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ICND1 and ICND2 passed, Anki Flashcard Decks and lab **** inside

joshmadakorjoshmadakor Member Posts: 495 ■■■■□□□□□□
in CCNA & CCENT
Edit1: hehe, techexams blanked out the word p_rn in the title, whoops
Edit2: I just noticed the MLP poster in the background. Coworkers...

Time spent on ICND1: 65 hours (I passed this already 3 years ago, but had to renew. Took 65 hours of review T_T)
Time spent on ICND2: 75 hours (I studied for about 1/3 of this 3 years ago, so some was review)

I used the following resources:

ICND1:
CBT Nuggets (Good, not enough info, use OCG to solidify)
OCG (Good)
Transcender (Average)
Boson Ex-Sim Max (Great)
Anki Custom Deck (Tie everything together and make it stick)
Hardware lab (Great, Packet Tracer = Average, IMO)

ICND2:
CBT Nuggets (Good, not enough info, use OCG to solidify)
OCG (Good)
Transcender (Average)
Anki Custom Deck (Tie everything together and make it stick)
Hardware lab (GREAT, especially for Frame Relay)
Any random quizzes I could find on the internet (quizlet, etc) -- be careful with user created content for obvious reasons.

ICND1 Anki Deck (268 cards)
ICND2 Anki Deck (429 cards)

Use these decks for supplemental purposes only. I created them based off of things I needed brushing up on so they aren't comprehensive. They do include some show commands and output from real hardware


Hardware Lab i used for studying included:
4x 1841 w/2x wic1t
2x 3550
2x 3560
1x 2611xm w/1x NM8-A/S
Computer running Hyper-V and 6 available NICs acting as individual hosts (used for pinging, testing ACLs etc)
Computer also had 2x 8 serial port cards, used to connect to all the gear.

Lab ****:
http://i.imgur.com/p0iIVEo.jpg (somewhat clothed)
http://i.imgur.com/8JJbXeG.jpg (naked)
http://i.imgur.com/hhMI0lw.jpg (from behind)
http://i.imgur.com/gvz2hoW.jpg (serials and multi-port nic)
http://i.imgur.com/PGiBhPZ.jpg (glorious, convenient Multi-Tab PuTTY console)
http://i.imgur.com/vvI9CsQ.jpg (few of many random topologies I drew up to lab)

Hope this is somewhat useful!

Next, I'm going to tackle CWNA. I will be creating an Anki deck for that too. Since I know nothing about wireless, the deck will be more comprehensive than my CCNA decks. Any tips or advice for CWNA?
WGU B.S. Information Technology (Completed January 2013)
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    cyberguyprcyberguypr Mod Posts: 6,928 Mod
    Ah! should've gone wirt Pr0n. Nice setup and great description of the pics icon_smile.gif
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    joshmadakorjoshmadakor Member Posts: 495 ■■■■□□□□□□
    cyberguypr wrote: »
    Ah! should've gone wirt Pr0n. Nice setup and great description of the pics icon_smile.gif
    Ahhh you're totally right! And thank you :)
    WGU B.S. Information Technology (Completed January 2013)
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    koz24koz24 Member Posts: 766 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Congrats, good stuff.
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    Dakinggamer87Dakinggamer87 Member Posts: 4,016 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Congrats!! icon_thumright.gif

    Nice lab setup as well
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    volfkhatvolfkhat Member Posts: 1,054 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Okay,
    gotta ask:

    Where's the other end of all your Console cables going???
    http://i.imgur.com/hhMI0lw.jpg

    lol
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    joshmadakorjoshmadakor Member Posts: 495 ■■■■□□□□□□
    volfkhat wrote: »
    Okay,
    gotta ask:

    Where's the other end of all your Console cables going???
    http://i.imgur.com/hhMI0lw.jpg

    lol

    Edit: here is a better picture: http://i.imgur.com/GDzQFet.jpg

    Good Question! They are plugged into the black cables in this cluster: http://i.imgur.com/gvz2hoW.jpg

    I have two of these: http://www.amazon.com/Crest-Serial-Chipset-Components-SI-PEX15041/dp/B00M1BQLO0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1452897372&sr=8-1&keywords=8+port+serial+pci+express
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    mzx380mzx380 Member Posts: 453 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Wow
    You have a great setup for the CCNA. I understand you've taken it once before and I am currently studying for CCENT. I'm in the middle of taking a Udemy course before moving on to Todd Lammle's book and have been using Cisco Packet Tracer so far. The problem I'm seeing is that there seem to be some commands that do not provide adequate experience in preparation for the exam. Would you be able to recommend a minimum for equipment that I can purchase in order to better prepare?
    Thanks
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    joshmadakorjoshmadakor Member Posts: 495 ■■■■□□□□□□
    tl;dr:
    3x 2611XMs
    2x Catalyst 2950s

    For routers, cheapest I'd recommend for CCNA is 3x 2611xm. With three, you should be able to practice Frame Relay and do some other things like fully witness OSPF's DR, BDR, and DROther modes with real gear. I say 2611xm because they seem to be pretty inexpensive and have 2 FastEthernet ports. (Otherwise I would recommend 1841s all the way, they are smaller and so quiet, but seem to cost somewhat more)

    For switches, you can probably get away with having 2x Catalyst 2950s. I mean, three would be nice to be able to do a larger spanning-tree topologies, but two will let you practice VTP and Etherchannels. (They are less than $20 these days it seems)

    Hope this helps
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    Brain-DBrain-D Member Posts: 134
    Congrats!!!
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