| CCNA and CCNP candidates hear it all the time: | | | | have that hands-on experience. |
| "you have to get some hands-on experience to | | | | So if the simulator questions are the more |
| pass the exams". | | | | obvious reason to get hands-on experience, what |
| Candidates tend to think that's just so they can | | | | are the less obvious reasons? |
| solve the simulator problems, but that's only the | | | | Glad you asked! |
| more obvious reason. | | | | You see what happens when things don't go |
| First, I want to make it clear that I'm not bashing | | | | according to the script. One of the biggest |
| learning from books you have to learn theory | | | | problems with learning your skills on software |
| before you can really know what's going on in the | | | | programs such as "router simulators" is that with |
| first place. The key is that to truly understand | | | | simulators, things go pretty much as planned. |
| routing and switching processes, you've got to | | | | |