Looking for study tips for CCENT/CCNAX

thewiz8807

Hello all,

I'm currently covering the material for the CCENT using Todd Lammle's CCNA: R&S book. Chapters 1-14 cover the CCENT material and so I've made it to chapter 12.

At the end of every chapter there are written labs, hands on labs (configuring switches and routers w/ software), and an end of the chapter quiz.

This is my first time covering this material, and my first time through. My study method (in the exact order) is:

Read chapter
Do written labs
Do hands on labs
Do end of chapter quiz

When it comes to the written labs, I average about a 70% as well as with the end of the chapter quizzes.

I'm a bit worried at my lack of retaining information as I just crossed my first Problem Scenario where I had to configure a VLAN on a switch. I legit could not remember any of the commands off of the top of my head. All I could do was enable and then put it into global configuration. I tried using some of the ? commands to see what other options I had, I still couldn't do it. I got a 0/7 for a grade - felt bad lol.


Is this normal for someone completely new to this material and it's their first time through?

I plan on re-capping and watching videos as well as re-doing all of the hands on labs after reading all of the chapters for CCENT. Planning on following up with 2 weeks worth of review and labs.

I'm open to some pro study tips from those of you who've been at this for a while.


Thanks,
Wiz

koz24

My suggestion would be to read Odom's OCG for the theory. For the labbing, don't worry about Lammle's labs. They are very basic. Get yourself some real lab guides. A few guides come to mind:

101 Labs for the Cisco CCNA Exam: 9780955781520: Computer Science Books @ Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Routing-Switching-200-120-Network-Simulator/dp/0789750880/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1439682884&sr=8-1&keywords=ccna+simulator