What REALLY Happens in a 12-Day R&S Bootcamp!

People just do not like reading Marketing copy about products. Hey, I cannot blame them - I do not like it either! I love the Apple store because I can play with the device or the software before I buy, for example. But with all this said, it is pretty surprising when students show up in our 12 day and they have very little idea of what they are in for...

With this post, I am going to take you through the remarkable event in a simple "play by play" "no-Marketing" fashion. Notice that overall - it follows about 30% lecture and 70% Hands On with lectures biased towards passing strategies. Ideally the candidate should be 30 to 60 days away from passing the lab exam when they attend this course. Some students do attend it very early in their preparation, however, with the intent to retake all, or a portion, of the event.

I would love your questions in the comments area of course.

Monday (Day 1)

Introductions
Lecture on overall lab and study strategy
Lecture on Layer 2 Technologies
Graded Labs rack prep
Layer 2 Technologies Lab

Tuesday (Day 2)

Layer 2 Technologies Troubleshooting Lab
Layer 2 Technologies Lab review
Lecture on IGPs
IGP Lab

Wednesday (Day 3)

IGP Troubleshooting Lab
IGP Lab review
Lecture on BGP
BGP Lab

Thursday (Day 4)

BGP Lab review
Lecture on Multicast
Mulitcast Lab
Mutlicast Lab review
Lecture on IPv6
IPv6 Lab
IPv6 Lab review

Friday (Day 5)

Lecture on QoS
QoS Lab
QoS Lab review
Lecture on Security
Security Lab
Security Lab review
Lecture on Services
Services Lab

Saturday (Day 6)

Services Lab review
Advanced Troubleshooting Lab
Lecture on MPLS
MPLS Lab
Class Social Event

Sunday (Day 7)

Introductions
Version 4.0 Mock Lab 8

Monday (Day 8 )

Version 4.0 Mock Lab 8 Instructor Walk-through

Tuesday (Day 9)

Version 4.0 Mock Lab 9

Wednesday (Day 10)

Version 4.0 Mock Lab 9 Instructor Walk-through

Thursday (Day 11)

Version 4.0 Mock Lab 10

Friday (Day 12)

Version 4.0 Mock Lab 10 Instructor Walk-through
Class Social Event