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Just passed CWNA-107 and the CWDP-303

It has been over a decade since I've taken the CWNA.  I think a lot of the concepts are the same for anyone else who has also taken that.  I've been doing this for 10+ years and I didn't feel too much of a need to study and was able to pass this while only brushing up on some of the newer stuff like roaming and 802.11ac.

The topic I got the lowest score in was for troubleshooting.  I can't get into details but the questions are very much a "it depends," and not black and white but whatever, I passed it.

I also took the CWDP and passed that - If you've been in the WLAN field for more than 5 years and do designs on the regular, just go in and take it.  It was that easy BUT that is due to my experience.  I did decide to review some of the CWDP materials and I had most of 80% of it all in my head and just rounded the things out to make sure but you can also round/process of elimination those questions on the test in your head.

The CWAP and CWSP are going to be on hold until I work on some more Cisco certifications and I really feel like taking Peter's class for the CWAP and then the CWSP.  I'm trying to prepare and understand what I need to do for my CWNE essay at this point.  As I said before, I've been at this for a decade and seeing people who have gotten their CWNE in 2 years annoys me in a good way.

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