I’ve been spending the last day or so reading books and the odd chapter here and there on EIGRP for the BSCI exam which I hope to sit sometime in the next three weeks.
At the moment I’m using the Cisco Press – BSCI Authorized Self-Study Guide, Cisco Networking Academy BSCI Lab Portfolio along with the Cisco Press BSCI Quick Reference Sheets.
Unfortunately, the issue that I’m having is retaining the information. I’ve been trying something similar to the spaced repetition method outlined over here on the Internetwork Expert CCIE blog.
In an effort to remember as much as possible, I decided that doing and understanding is better than merely reading and although this takes more time, one is more prepared for any issues that may arise on the job. Unfortunately, after spending about half a day trying to get my labs working on GNS3 I just gave up!
As an alternative (and I much better alternative at that!), I’ve decided to use dynamips and dynagen alone without the GUI of GNS3. So far, things are working great and I’ve been using the lab topologies found over here at the dynamips forum which are excellent!
I’ve also been reading the EIGRP section of the IOS configuration guide found here.
Tomorrow, I’m plan on moving on to OSPF and configure some “mini” technology labs in dynamips for practice after reading the IOS configuration guide and the BSCI chapter.
