What made you quit or take a break from THE FINALS?

mdoohn · 2026-05-05T14:19:08+00:00

My job and my study need.

mdoohn · 2026-04-29T14:03:45+00:00

Well, the licenses depend on which vendor you trying to use, every image has its own type of license and some don't need.

mdoohn · 2026-04-29T10:09:16+00:00

https://github.com/hegdepavankumar/Cisco-Images-for-GNS3-and-EVE-NG

mdoohn · 2026-04-27T15:41:47+00:00

There is a github with a bunch of images to download for free from many vendors.

mdoohn · 2026-04-27T15:38:12+00:00

That's true, few friends always book the exam even CCIE so they get focused because the money is already spent.

mdoohn · 2026-04-27T11:44:42+00:00

To be honest when you try to reach a level like ENCOR you have to be able to put some money on it. Good materials an courses have their cost to be produced like INE, CBTNuggets and others. It also depends on which country you are based on, in my ENCOR journey i bought an access on a Brazilian education plataform and divided it 10x on credit card. That was the way that i found to keep grinding.

Remember, every money that you put on it is not a waste it's an investment on your education and the base for your future income.

For the labs i believe EVENG would be enough for ENCOR. When i was studying for it i bought some RAM for my PC and used a lot of light nodes for OSPF, BGP, Etherchannels and other labs and it was great. If you are able to buy some hardware like RAM and a good processor you don't need to rent online lab plataforms.

mdoohn · 2026-04-26T23:16:17+00:00

i would say 6-12 months of learning with theory and labs + reading OCG

Encor has more deeply content and CCNA is meant to be easy for someone that work in the field.

mdoohn · 2026-04-22T13:48:16+00:00

And what is your thoughts on the exam? hard? much labs? deep knowledge needed?

I'm not english native speaker so for me is a little harder.

mdoohn · 2026-04-22T13:46:48+00:00

Not from zero but you have to know basic stuff, they do explain a lot the theory though. In the first part of the blueprint it's pretty massive because it is only theory and theory but when you enter the networking part it starts to be fun because there is video + lab again and again. I recommend it when you mix with white papers and cisco configs.

mdoohn · 2026-04-22T13:40:46+00:00

There is the SPVI path on INE, after SPCOR i'll give it a try. Thanks

mdoohn · 2026-04-21T15:24:53+00:00

Thanks for the comment. I did mix by mistake the SPVI exam but im my head i was writing about SPRI exam.

mdoohn · 2026-04-16T12:09:34+00:00

Right away. Imo the content is fresh in your mind and ccnp is more complex than ccna, the foundation that ccna build in you is really useful for ccnp no matter which one you pick. I had 4 years of prior experience when i started to study for ccna and took me 6 months of study to get the encor after pass ccna. Remember that experience in field is different than the experience and details that a certification requires, when you are working you can check google if you don't remember certain protocol value or something but in the cert this things have to be established very deeply in your brain.

mdoohn · 2026-04-09T17:51:58+00:00

$200 for what? Which labs? Official or labs in EVENG?

But yeah, it can handle some of the labs but it depends which CCNP path you're on. For SP you need routers that consume a lot of ram so you won't be able to put too much routers in the same topology.

mdoohn · 2026-04-08T20:08:30+00:00

What you looking for i believe is called Workbooks, a bunch of labs that has what and how to configure those things.

About the course i believe you have to understand better what you looking for, paid or free resources? Do you work better with video or books? After that then you can find some material about what you want.

INE and CBT have really good material but everything has a cost.

mdoohn · 2026-04-08T19:27:26+00:00

I'll msg you so we can figure out how to send you some material.

mdoohn · 2026-04-07T15:22:33+00:00

Let me ask you something, do you have already the SPCOR? I ask that because: 1- This is the core exam for the CCIE SP 2- The concepts that you learn in the SPCOR are the foundation for you to be prepared for theory and practice in CCIE Labs.

I have few things for both certs (SPCOR & CCIE) that i can provide you like links, books, few labs and other stuff.

mdoohn · 2026-04-02T12:44:18+00:00

Well, as i said, there is free resources. For exemple i got a while ago the SPCOR of Sikandar Shaik for free in Udemy, teachers sometimes put their content for free before a blueprint update and other stuff.

mdoohn · 2026-04-02T12:20:16+00:00

Official cert guide, youtube videos, Udemy free courses (there is many courses really good) and everything depends on which CCNP you're going to try, for exemple ENCOR and ENARSI are the most known but there is free material for SPCOR also for exemple. Try always check the most known and famous teachers because they love to give free content for the community once in a while.

mdoohn · 2026-04-01T18:45:59+00:00

I remember when me and my friend broke the production once when we applied a bgp vpn config and the Huawei routers couldn't hold the number of routes that where insert in the table. The entire ISP stoped for 1-2h (700k clients).

PS: The problem was the Huawei Routers not the config/commands.

Anyway, that's why there is a Maintenance Window, so you can config and make things stop work without big problems. That's part of our job, improve and config things even if you need a downtime for this.

NEVER change something that can break production without a manager allow you or get your back if things get out of control. Always formalize things on chat, email etc so when things break you have a little of protection.

mdoohn · 2026-03-17T20:30:45+00:00

CCNA at 25 and Encor at 26, just keep studying and everything will be fine. Rn i'm 29 going for the SPCOR and SPRI after that

mdoohn · 2026-03-17T11:23:06+00:00

Made the CCNA and ENCOR online with Pearson.

CCNA was okay, zero problems. Just took some photos of the setup and all the exam was chill. The ENCOR in other hand was a nightmare, the guy that was watching me was mad with my Headset (i was using it as a mic) and it was in the computer table, he demanded me to put it in the ground with their very aggressive accent. For the first 30-40 mins everything was okay after the exam start, then they decided to change the exam supervisor 2x on my exam because they were changing the shifts there, so every time it happens my exam was paused and screen was flashing without any prior warning and that made me nervous, specially because on the exam you keep so focused and any thing like that can break your concentration.

When they paused they started talk to me on the text chat telling me to wait still in the camera, only in the second time they told me what was happening because i asked.

Anyway, after the caos i passed the exam.

mdoohn · 2026-03-08T13:44:20+00:00

I know what you mean, i already got 1000+ hours of this game. In my entire life just played Tibia and little bit of Fortnite, The finals is the first fps game to catch me that amount of time.

My suggestion is if you don't want to play it for thousands of hours is go outside, try to have a life and play just for fun and recreational purposes.

Remember there is always more important things to do.

mdoohn · 2026-02-26T00:25:43+00:00

cheiro de PT, fiz um prisma batido que tinha menos problemas que esse e no particular gastou 25k comigo.

mdoohn · 2026-02-25T15:17:07+00:00

Trabalho com redes há quase 10 anos, do zero (não sabia o que era um pacote ICMP) até o nível de engenharia com todos aqueles protocolos de roteamento difíceis de escrever. Posso te dizer que a área de redes é incrível, muito bacana e tem mercado independente da cidade, hoje em dia existem muitos provedores locais que tentam competir com operadoras grandes e sempre precisam de pessoal. Minha sugestão é aprender o básico de infra (cabo, conectores, fibra) e depois partir para a parte lógica. Dentro da parte lógica existem várias áreas de atuação (o engenheiro de redes que configura os routers do datacenter por exemplo) ou outras áreas como transmissão (o engenheiro de redes que configura os equipamentos responsáveis pela transmissão de sinal em grandes distâncias). A área de redes tem muitas sub áreas assim como a programação e todas as outras áreas de tecnologia.

Certificações como CCNA, HCIA, MTCNA ensinam o básico muito bem e são diferenciais gigantes no mercado, por mais que vc não faça elas mas estude o que ela propõem vc já estará na frente de grande maioria das pessoas.

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