--- Zoran Brakus zoran.brakus@angel-telecom.com wrote:
I'm looking for a best way to upgrade my CCNA and become a CCNP. At the moment, I have the following options on my mind:
a) CCNP academy - it costs around 16k CHF; a lot of money, isn't it?
it's waaay too high price for quite a moderate degree. A set of ciscopress books will not cost you more than few hundred francs. And if you find a job where you have access to some roiuters, that will be enough.
I would recommend gaining some real-life experience and head for CCIE, and not wasting time for those numerous exams for the CCNP degree.
b) to make my own lab (ebay), buy all books and try to become a "home made" CCNP? :-)
for CCIE it would work, for CCNP it's an overkill imho.
stan (ccie since 2000)