Failed Route :(

pujan96

Hey All,

Sad news to share but I failed the Route exam.

Scored 718 and needed 790.

Struggled in VPN, Network Principles, L2 technologies and Infra Services.

It has been very clear the Cisco Press book on the route exam is very "below the bar".

Any advice from anyone else who failed? 

Struggled with NTP, IP SLA, NPT and NAT64 topics.

Thanks,
Pujan

MontagueVandervort

I don't have any advice as I haven't yet taken this exam; however, I'm also having some issues (technical errors, extremely poor grammar, obvious errors such as pointing to the incorrect image, etc.) with the Cisco Press books these days and am considering an alternative.

That said, I'm sorry to hear you failed the exam but hang in there... you'll get it!

"Victory is sweetest when you've known defeat."

scaredoftests

I found the scholarship cisco learning lacking as well.  So many items were missing in that training versus the actual test.  The test I hated, because unlike the other cert tests I have taken in the past, you could not go back to previous questions.

pujan96

Thanks for the support guys
Test recheduled to take on the 13th
Gameplan: Go through the blueprint of anything not familiar with, and use ciscos own desgn guides along with youtube videos per topic, gonna be a hard camp for the next 2 weeks (slightly less infact)

thomas_

Welcome to the club!  I failed it the first time around and rebooked my exam for a week later and passed.  I would recommend going through the exam objectives, so you can remember the questions you were uncertain about.  After you have that list research those topics.  

Mr.Robot255

unlucky Pujan u will get it next go for sure.

MitM

Not sure if it's in budget, but I would recommend INE's CCNP video course and Boson practice exams

twolefteyes

I personally found all the CCNP books a waste. They are a good starting point but you will have to look into the Cisco white pages. Whenever I'm studying a technology I just google "Cisco IP SLA" or whatever I'm looking for and it will pop up the technical configuration and the overview of the technology. 

pujan96

Just resat and Passed  

Just barely that is, got the exact score needed to pass, not sure how to feel about that....

But glad its done, Hardest hurdle out of the CCNP done, now onto switch, should be a breeze as my current role focuses on Switching more heavily compared to routing.

Going to take a break for a week, binge watch some tv shows, catch up with mates, and than go back hard to studying.

Thanks for all the advise and support guys.

Infosec_Sam

Congratulations on the pass! Enjoy your week off!

twolefteyes

Congrats on the pass!