CCNA 640-801 this Friday - what can I take?

Hey I am going for the exam 640-801 this Friday evening, just wondering if I am allowed to take blank paper and pens etc to the exam, becuz I scribble alot on those subnetting questions, and waste alot of paper. Would they provide the paper and pen for that purpose? Also, although I have studied it, I have heard that ISDN is no more on the CCNA exam? is that true? doesnt really matter becuz I pretty much know what I need to know about it for CCNA anyways. Anyways, wish me luck!!! and ANY LAST TIPS or good cram notes / flash notes etc. that anyone suggests for last minute review? Thanks and once again WISH ME LUCK, I'll let you guys know how it went friday night, stay tuned!

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evanderburg

They will give you a marker and a sheet that you can write on. If you fill up the sheet, you can erase it. The marker and sheet must be turned in at the end of the test. Good luck!

lordy

My last minute tip:

Use the time that you have left from the tutorial to write down a table of netmasks. This will help you to save some time on the subnetting questions and can help you verify your answers.

Good luck !

Regards,
Lordy

rossonieri#1

lordy wrote:

My last minute tip:

Use the time that you have left from the tutorial to write down a table of netmasks. This will help you to save some time on the subnetting questions and can help you verify your answers.

Good luck !

Regards,
Lordy

yup - do like lordy said,
maybe like this

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
128 192 224 240 248 252 254 255
128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1

good luck : )

Gogousa

I think what Lordy and rossonieri said is a mandatory for the exam if you can't do it in your head.
Don't forget to add the number of masked bits to the table because Cisco likes to ask the questions this way. (Like /30 instead off 255.255.255.252)
for me it helps to write down the valid subnets and IPs.
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
128 192 224 240 248 252 254 255
128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
/25 /26 /27 /28 /29 /30 (for 4th octect)
/17 /18 /19 /20 /21 /22 /23 /24 (for 3rd octect)
126 62 30 14 6 2 (valid IPs in 4th octect)
2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 (valid subs using ip-subnet cero)

From this table you can get everything for the second and third octect. At least for me this helped me a lot on the exam.

cisco_trouble

Dont forget your private address space ranges as well

masadull

yup... i have that made up... this is what I have made up

0 0000 0000 254 Hosts /24
128 1000 0000 126 Hosts /25
192 1100 0000 62 Hosts /26
224 1110 0000 30 Hosts /27
240 1111 0000 14 Hosts /28
248 1111 1000 6 Hosts /29
252 1111 1100 2 Hosts /30
254 1111 1110
255 1111 1111

I've been using this during practice exams and stuff....and thats all i pretty much need... What sims should I practice once again tonight? I dont want to focus too much on Frame-relay and ISDN sims since I havent heard of them coming on the exam... I will practice my VLAN, VTP, Telnet, Access List, NAT and Routing protocol sims... sufficient right?

Thanks guys, tomorrow around this time I go for the exam!