CCENT exam this morning, wish me luck

H3||scr3amH3||scr3am Member Posts: 564 ■■■■□□□□□□
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I bought an early expiration ICDN voucher hoping to get my CCENT before I begin my classes @ WGU. The voucher expires on March 4th, so I booked it for today hoping to get my Cisco transcripts into WGU before March 1st (we'll see).

I've been studying hard for the past 2 weeks, but I haven't done much of any labbing :S and that has me worried. I feel comfortable with everything apart from the CLI and OSPF. I've memorized my subnetting chart and think I'm prepared. If anyone has any last minute pointers, please share them now :D

I'll let you guys know how it goes later today.

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  • Jon_CiscoJon_Cisco Member Posts: 1,772 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Good Luck!
    I am not a fan of cramming so my best advice is to be early and relax. Of course you have a few certifications so you probably already know your exam routines.
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  • colemiccolemic Member Posts: 1,569 ■■■■■■■□□□
    Good luck!
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  • JoJoCal19JoJoCal19 Mod Posts: 2,835 Mod
    Good luck today!
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  • jvrlopezjvrlopez Member Posts: 913 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Good luck. Be careful with those labs!
    And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high. ~Ayrton Senna
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  • chanttchantt Member Posts: 23 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Good luck. Just read the labs carefully. The multiple choice questions shouldn't be an issue, it's just 'dem labs!

    I get anxiety on test days. Best thing I can do for myself is to feel prepared; try to project the image of myself being successful, that I know this!
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  • NetworkNewbNetworkNewb Member Posts: 3,298 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Good luck!! from others it sounds like subnetting is a big part of the exam so you might do alright.
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  • gorebrushgorebrush Member Posts: 2,743 ■■■■■■■□□□
    Go knock it out the park!
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  • Nafe92014Nafe92014 Member Posts: 279 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Good luck, Donkey Kong slam that exam. :P
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  • estela1estela1 Registered Users Posts: 2 ■□□□□□□□□□
    good luck! I have tomorrow an interview for this position! Wish me luck too! icon_cheers.gif awwwwwwwwwwwwwww
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  • jem7skjem7sk Member Posts: 77 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Good luck.. so how did it go?
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  • H3||scr3amH3||scr3am Member Posts: 564 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Did not pass today...definitely not a fan of Cisco exams... no chance to flag a question for review or return to them...damn. I will definitely not be pursuing a career in Cisco technologies lol. I got close but not close enough 762/1000 needed 804. Guess I'll study and lab some more and try again in my time at WGU... thanks for all the well wishes guys.
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  • NetworkNewbNetworkNewb Member Posts: 3,298 ■■■■■■■■■□
    OUCH so close!
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  • gorebrushgorebrush Member Posts: 2,743 ■■■■■■■□□□
    Yeah you can't go back to questions once it is answered.

    Don't give up though - you were close!
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  • H3||scr3amH3||scr3am Member Posts: 564 ■■■■□□□□□□
    NetworkNewb wrote: »
    OUCH so close!
    good luck on yours March 6th.
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  • HAMPHAMP Member Posts: 163
    What were your weak points?
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  • chanttchantt Member Posts: 23 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Ugh hurts to not pass and be so close. Not being able to review questions is annoying. I am reviewing my CCENT material and then going to start studying for CCNA (ICND2). If you want to form a study group at any point just let me know!
    Studying for the 200-101 ICND2 exam. Shooting for early June.
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  • OfWolfAndManOfWolfAndMan Member Posts: 923 ■■■■□□□□□□
    I can agree it's unfortunate you can't go back in the questions, however don't let that be the reason you don't pursue the Cisco network realm.
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  • siggnationsiggnation Member Posts: 182
    Scream-- sorry to hear, very close. Which sections did you experience the most trouble? Were you too slow with subnet block sizes, higher multiplication tables of 2?

    Best,
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    CCIE Routing and Switching Written Exam v. 5.1
    CCIE Routing and Switching 5.0 OCG, Vol. I
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  • H3||scr3amH3||scr3am Member Posts: 564 ■■■■□□□□□□
    OfWolfAndMan wrote: »
    I can agree it's unfortunate you can't go back in the questions, however don't let that be the reason you don't pursue the Cisco network realm.

    Well sadly it's HORRIBLY off-putting (that gut wrenching feeling when you click the next button, and happen to read that last option and want to go back and change your answer....) to me, and I will not pursue Cisco any further then CCNA & CCNA:Sec from schooling. I don't want to setup/own a lab, and I don't want to be a Network Admin, I'm more into the Security side of things...

    @siggnation

    my weakpoints according to the print out were Network Device Security 37% and Troubleshooting 53% all other sections were in the high 60s to 80s.

    Subnetting and such, I just mentally dumped out a subnetting chart and used that, quick, accurate, and simple.
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  • siggnationsiggnation Member Posts: 182
    H3||scr3am wrote: »
    Well sadly it's HORRIBLY off-putting (that gut wrenching feeling when you click the next button, and happen to read that last option and want to go back and change your answer....) to me, and I will not pursue Cisco any further then CCNA & CCNA:Sec from schooling. I don't want to setup/own a lab, and I don't want to be a Network Admin, I'm more into the Security side of things...

    @siggnation

    my weakpoints according to the print out were Network Device Security 37% and Troubleshooting 53% all other sections were in the high 60s to 80s.

    Subnetting and such, I just mentally dumped out a subnetting chart and used that, quick, accurate, and simple.

    Gotcha. Bummer man, but you're well on your way, no doubt. For the troubleshooting section, I would recommend getting very acquainted with IOS #show commands. Show interfaces , show ip ospf database, show cdp neighbors , etc...
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    CCIE Routing and Switching Written Exam v. 5.1
    CCIE Routing and Switching 5.0 OCG, Vol. I
    Cisco Lan Switching
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  • H3||scr3amH3||scr3am Member Posts: 564 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Yeah, I tried the show cdp neighbours in a sim and it wasn't even enabled... but was still listed in the show ? command... irksome. But yes, as stated I need a lot more time doing Sims before my next attempt to get more familiar with the IOS command line for sure, thanks for the suggestion.
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  • jvrlopezjvrlopez Member Posts: 913 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Did you try "show cdp neighbors" or "show cdp neighbours"? confused.png
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  • H3||scr3amH3||scr3am Member Posts: 564 ■■■■□□□□□□
    jvrlopez wrote: »
    Did you try "show cdp neighbors" or "show cdp neighbours"? confused.png
    I actually did try them both, It's a Canadian thing, that extra u, sorry lol.

    I also couldn't get brief to work, so every time I did show interfaces, I had pages of output to look through :S
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  • mikeybinecmikeybinec Member Posts: 484 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Wait a minute. Maybe run cdp enable or cdp run AND THEN do sh cdp de ne
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  • dewey haftadewey hafta Member Posts: 39 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Don't quit. Keep after it.

    I failed my first attempt at the CCNA 2 weeks ago - by 4 points. The most demoralizing part was that the last question was a simulation and i missed it. I knew what I had to do, but realized that I was using the wrong command about 40 seconds before the exam was over. Then failed by 4 points.

    I was so mad - mainly at myself because I decided to bang my head against a command that obviously wasn't working. I got back on the horse, studied my weak areas that were noted in my results and took it a week later (this past Thursday). Passed with 945.

    My point is that now you have, like I did going into my second attempt, a better feel for how the exam presents itself. You know what to expect at this point and you know that you are weak in a few areas. Brush up on those weak spots and get back in there and kill it!
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  • Bitman18Bitman18 Registered Users Posts: 1 ■□□□□□□□□□
    If you got the "% CDP is not enabled" after running the sh cdp nei command, type the cdp run command and that will turn on cdp for you. Then you can do a sh cdp nei command to see the discovered devices. You can get through the exam. Just stay persistent and focus on learning the CLI and find some simulation practice labs that you can work through. If you don't want to shell out the $$$ for a lab then I would buy Packet Tracer Network Simulator. You can get free lab files from Cisco Packet Tracer 6.1 labs | labs. Good luck!
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