Failed 210-260

Fulcrum45

I blew it. Given all the negative feedback about this exam though I really can't complain. There were a lot of complaints about the exam expanding beyond the blueprint but it seemed to be in line with it to me so maybe Cisco has addressed the issue. My problem was I tried to rush my studies once I found out I was heading overseas again for work. I'll give it another 45 days or so and try to take it again.

no!all!

Sorry to hear that, I've got mine scheduled for this Saturday. I am extremely nervous because of literally everyone else's experience, but I really just want to take the exam to see where I stand.

sam88

All the Best guys.

Fulcrum45

no!all! wrote: »

Sorry to hear that, I've got mine scheduled for this Saturday. I am extremely nervous because of literally everyone else's experience, but I really just want to take the exam to see where I stand.

How'd you do? Sorry it took me so long to reply to this thread.

McElhinney

I am due to sit the exam at the end of this month. Good luck to you guys.

Moldygr33nb3an

Just took it and passed with an 867 (7 points over).

I did the entire ITPROTV course and luckily I had an old 5510 lying around here at work and a Cisco partner account so I was able to get a full fledge ASA up and running with ASDM for labbing and breaking it. Plus I work on ASA's daily here at work so I was familiar.

The VPN questions (specifically IPSEC) really threw me for a loop.

Oh and I also read the CISCO ASA Third Edition Book from Cisco. Literally, that's the entire test in that book. Its not a study book, but a resource book. Very thick but if you would just go through all the topics in the pdf and just hunt down the topics in this book, you'll be good to go.

no!all!

Fulcrum45 wrote: »

How'd you do? Sorry it took me so long to reply to this thread.

I actually pushed mine back to 3/24 so I've been cramming like crazy

jrel209

I take mine in a week, and i'm seriously not feeling confident. I did the boson and I barely passed the boson test just by naturally memorizing the questions. I'm sorry, but the WGU study material hardly matches what the boson or the actual test included (failed my first attempt).

Does anyone have any recommendations? Because WGU course of study is barely half of what the test appeared to be.

Moldygr33nb3an

jrel209 wrote: »

I take mine in a week, and i'm seriously not feeling confident. I did the boson and I barely passed the boson test just by naturally memorizing the questions. I'm sorry, but the WGU study material hardly matches what the boson or the actual test included (failed my first attempt).

Does anyone have any recommendations? Because WGU course of study is barely half of what the test appeared to be.

Read the CISCO ASA Third Edition Book. Just use Cisco's .pdf for topics and move through the book slowly. It's dry, but I'm telling you, much of the test is in there.

binargs

First of all, good luck to everyone who is taking this test. Give me back my luck when you are done.
I am also in the same shoe for taking the test at the end of the month, except if i don't pass my cisco cert will expire.
I also have never passed a single cisco exam upon the first try.
From what I read, and current have, the latest edition of the OCG by Omar Santos is crap. the previous version by Keith Baker is much better although outdated. I am using both OCG and CBT nugget and 30 days before the exam to study. Due to time constraint, I am actually taking time off work to pass this exam.

shortstop20

Moldygr33nb3an wrote: »

Just took it and passed with an 867 (7 points over).

I did the entire ITPROTV course and luckily I had an old 5510 lying around here at work and a Cisco partner account so I was able to get a full fledge ASA up and running with ASDM for labbing and breaking it. Plus I work on ASA's daily here at work so I was familiar.

The VPN questions (specifically IPSEC) really threw me for a loop.

Oh and I also read the CISCO ASA Third Edition Book from Cisco. Literally, that's the entire test in that book. Its not a study book, but a resource book. Very thick but if you would just go through all the topics in the pdf and just hunt down the topics in this book, you'll be good to go.

I already read that book before I even started studying for CCNA Security, makes me wonder how much I'm actually going to need to study for this exam, maybe not much. I have the OCG, just bought it a couple weeks ago. I'm thru three chapters so far but browsing thru the entire book I'm hardly seeing anything that I'm not at least somewhat familiar with. Plenty of it I am quite comfortable with.

I also work with ASA on a daily basis and Sourcefire on a somewhat regular basis.

binargs

@Fulcrum45
when you said
"There were a lot of complaints about the exam expanding beyond the blueprint but it seemed to be in line with it to me so maybe Cisco has addressed the issue."
in comparing to what are you referring to? the OCG or some other course ware?
thanks.

no!all!

So, I just took the exam over this past weekend. I did a hell of a lot better than I thought I would, but didn't pass. I got a 725 I think. All in all, I really didn't think it was that bad of an exam. There were some things mentioned in the exam that are not in the blueprint which is frustrating, but it is what it is I guess. I'm going to shoot for mid to late April for a retake. At $300 for the exam, I hope I pass next time!

McElhinney

no!all! wrote: »

So, I just took the exam over this past weekend. I did a hell of a lot better than I thought I would, but didn't pass. I got a 725 I think. All in all, I really didn't think it was that bad of an exam. There were some things mentioned in the exam that are not in the blueprint which is frustrating, but it is what it is I guess. I'm going to shoot for mid to late April for a retake. At $300 for the exam, I hope I pass next time!

That was unfortunate but at least you know what to expect for the next attempt. I have postponed my exam until next week now as I feel I needed more time to study. I will update you on my results some time next week.

JoJoCal19

no!all! wrote: »

So, I just took the exam over this past weekend. I did a hell of a lot better than I thought I would, but didn't pass. I got a 725 I think. All in all, I really didn't think it was that bad of an exam. There were some things mentioned in the exam that are not in the blueprint which is frustrating, but it is what it is I guess. I'm going to shoot for mid to late April for a retake. At $300 for the exam, I hope I pass next time!

I've seen from several people that the info on the 210-260 that isn't in the official study guide, can be found in this book.

Fulcrum45

Well, to follow up on my own post; I took the 210-260 again and finally passed it a few days ago. A lot of CBT Nuggets, ITProTV, 31 Days To Your CCNA Sec Exam guide and a little of the OCG. I did a good deal of labbing with my own ASA- mainly to get a better feel for the ASDM GUI and worked on bringing up IPSec Tunnels in the CLI. I'm just happy to have that one off my back. Whew!

joshuamurphy75

Congrats. It's a tough one. Took me several tries to pass mine.