I took 640-801 today and I.......

Passed!!

with a 887/1000

Be sure you know your stuff....VLANS, VTP, STP, Subnetting, etc..

Thanks to this forum and all you guys for the different tips n' tricks

I feel like Cisco threw the book at me, I had 2 simlets, 1 router sim,
and 3 drag n' drops

I finished with 24 seconds on the clock...

One other tip..Keep track of the time and pace yourself!!

See Ya....gotta finish my glass of wine, then I'm off to the CCNP forum..

Find more posts tagged with

Save $250 on 2025 certification boot camps from Infosec!

Book now with code EOY2025

Button

Comments

skaeight

Congrats!

wildfire

Well done see you in the CCNP forum!

share with the forum what you used to prepare

bigga12

wildfire wrote:

Well done see you in the CCNP forum!

share with the forum what you used to prepare

Pardon me in my haste I forgot to list the Study items I used.

Cisco Press Intro / ICND - Wendell Odom - READ the entire book!!
Sybex CCNA study guide 5th ed. - Todd Lammle - READ the entire book!!
Home Lab -
2 - 2501 routers
1 - 2610 router
1 -3524 switch
2 - 2924 switches

Do you think my home lab is sufficient for CCNP studies??

skaeight

bigga12 wrote:

Home Lab -
2 - 2501 routers
1 - 2610 router
1 -3524 switch
2 - 2924 switches

Do you think my home lab is sufficient for CCNP studies??

What did all of the above run you? It looks like it's at the very minimum a solid start for a CCNP lab.

wizarddeath

Congratz!!!

Hopefully this will be my post tomorrow, taking it at 3 pm on the 27th!

amyamandaallen

congrats

BTW how much experience did you start off with as Im also interested in this cert.

mikej412

Congratulations!

You might want to add a 252x switch -- makes a nice frame-relay switch for BCRAN and gives you an extra router for BSCI.

therainesman

CONGRATS ! ! !

I am jealous. I took my first attempt today and missed it by 13 pts (got a 837)!

Spent waaay to long on an early sim and had to rush the second half of the exam.

Ah well, I'll get it next time.

-Out

bigga12

skaeight wrote:

What did all of the above run you? It looks like it's at the very minimum a solid start for a CCNP lab.

Actually I was lucky enough to grab all that equipment from a corporate liquidation sale...

therainesman wrote:

CONGRATS ! ! !
I am jealous. I took my first attempt today and missed it by 13 pts (got a 837)!
Spent waaay to long on an early sim and had to rush the second half of the exam.
Ah well, I'll get it next time.
-Out

Thanks I'm sure you will get it...I fell into the same boat checking and re-checking my sim questions instead of moving on...almost lost to the clock....Good Luck on your next try

skaeight

bigga12 wrote:

skaeight wrote:

What did all of the above run you? It looks like it's at the very minimum a solid start for a CCNP lab.

Actually I was lucky enough to grab all that equipment from a corporate liquidation sale...

Wow, you are lucky. One more question. How much info was covered in Odom that wasn't covered in Lammle? I am almost the entire way through Lammle, and am seriously considering picking up Odom.

Also, did you use any other practice questions, or just the ones included in the 2 books? Thanks.