INCD1 Exam done today

Cider

Some backstory.

Been working in tier 1/2 support for a couple of years. Got my N+ back in 2009 and one or two MS Certs. In December last year there was talk of a network admin position coming up in the IT department (my support is external , not internal).

Not really having looked at Cisco before I decided to order the Official cert guide and watch Jeremy with CBT Nuggets.

I failed in March with 801. I believe this is one question shy of a pass.

This time around I asked my company in NYC (im in israel) to send me two switches they had lying around. I got familiar with them and used GNS3 for the rest. The position entailed BGP and EIGRP so I concentrated on those and didnt do OSPF.

Scheduled May and failed again with around 800.

At this point I was pretty lost and decided to get the Boson Practise exams. This went well in simulation mode where it explains to answers etc. However after about 2 months of doing these tests it sort of became second nature to choose the answer as it was memorized in my head. I made another post here asking if people have had the same experience.

Anyhow , I passed with 888. Now sure how many questions are wrong there but I was still quite nervous at some questions, not because they are hard but the way its worded.

At the end of the day I found Boson to be good with CBT nuggets exam walkthrough and Jeremy on ICND1. I also went through Chris Bryant's course but found it to be lacking to keep me motivated and on course. His material is good but the level of concentration you have to have with him was too much for me, to put it bluntly , hes boring.

Since I have gone through EIGRP and STP for the position quite intensely I will try and do my ICND2 by the end of the year.

10Linefigure

Congrats on the pass! I would highly recommend the Sybex book by Todd Lammle it has access to CBTmicroNuggets for free with it. And keep labbing! Good luck!