James,<br><br>I concur with John Doe. It also took me 6 months to study for my CCNA; including both simulations and practical labs. Troubleshooting in CCNA is the utmost important foundation, especially in Layer 1 issues. There is only one way of troubleshooting layer 1 issues, and it is captured in CCNA.<br>
<br>Regarding CCIEs, they are 4 so far.<br><br>John Doe,<br><br>You forgot Ms. Hazel Gachoka of Cisco Systems, San Jose. She got her CCIE in 1999, quite an achievement those days.<br><br> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Watchman <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:skunkingrahim@gmail.com">skunkingrahim@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>@James. If you have a minute, give me a call on +254734334074. We can chat about what you&#39;re looking at doing. I&#39;m not looking to change your mind, but i&#39;d love to hear about what your aspirations are. </div>

<div><br></div><div>As a noob, no one was there to guide me, it&#39;d be worth at least listening to what you have to say and maybe, i can shed some light on a few things with my own experiences.</div><div><br></div><div>

And take all the advice put up already, it counts. </div><div><br></div><div>Watchman.<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 1:00 PM, John Doe <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:fivepings@gmail.com" target="_blank">fivepings@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div>Hi James,</div>
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<div>I&#39;d recommend taking a longer time than 1 month to study your CCNA. (personal recommendation is 6 months.) This is because the CCNA is the foundation for everything you may do in the future. It is better to be a CCNA than to be CCNA certified (if you catch my drift).  You can use dynamips for hands on experience. If you can get CBT Nuggets or Knowledgenet videos to supplement the books, even better.</div>



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<div>After studying for 6 straight months, do the single exam, its cheaper!</div>
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<div>When cisco used to publish the number of CCIE&#39;s per country, Kenya had 5. Check Dimension Data, COPY cat and UN. Don&#39;t know if any are on the list.</div>
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<div>Given that the mobile CCIE lab was due in Kenya in august, there might be more. Good luck!<br><br></div><div><div></div><div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:49 AM, george <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:theonlydamnedavailablename@gmail.com" target="_blank">theonlydamnedavailablename@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;" class="gmail_quote">For a newbie, sit for the 2 papers. You just can&#39;t hack CCNA in a month without any prior experience. AFRALTI offer the course in 6 months with lots of hands on labs. This would be a better way to do it.<br>


<br>There are numerous forums online on both 640-802 and the paper 1 and paper 2 track.<br><br>Regards,<br><br><br><br>
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<div>On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 10:48 PM, James Flint <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:safi.flint@gmail.com" target="_blank">safi.flint@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br></div>
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<div>Hi guys. 
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<div>I am a newbie in the IT field taking a 4 week CCNA course at New Horizon. I am looking for some supplementary Cisco materials. Any recommendations?</div>
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<div>Secondly, has anyone done the 604 - 802 exam? How would you compare it to the alternative of sitting for two papers, ICND 1 and ICND 2?</div>
<div>Does the splitting make them easier?</div>
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<div>Finally, does anyone know of any Kenyan CCIE? Better still are they on skunkworks? </div>
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