Hands-on Experience

An important key to success on the BSCI exam lies in obtaining hands-on experience, especially with the Cisco IOS in the LAN and WAN environments. There is simply no substitute for time spent installing, configuring, troubleshooting, securing, and optimizing a Cisco router. If you cannot afford your own equipment or lack the access at work, you can check with companies on the Internet that rent router time. Some even provide written labs specific to the BSCI exam. Even www.ebay.com has many packages at auction that you can bid on.

You can download objectives, practice exams, and other data about Cisco exams from the official BSCI Exam Web page at www.cisco.com/warp/public/10/wwtraining/certprog/testing/current_exams/642-801.html.