Passed CCENT a week ago.
#1 easier then Network+ IMO
#2 LAB LAB LAB LAB
Materials used;
Wendell Odom Cisco Book
CBT Nuggets Jeremy Cioara videos provided by WGU
1800 series router
3750
2950
Packet Tracer
GNS3
Chris Bryant Udemy course (luckily got it for $10) very very good courses
Ryan Beney on Youtube
I also found a few people on Twitter who are network engineers and general IT professionals.
@labeveryday@pcsimplist@iwizkid
I labbed everyday for about 2 months. You really need to create your own labs and try and troubleshoot the labs and understand how things work in the IOS in order to complete the labsims.
Thanks for the help guys!