I made Odom proud!
Stotic
Member Posts: 248
in CCNA & CCENT
I took the CCNA today and passed with a 961!
Planning and Designing 100%
Implementation and Operation 91%
Troubleshooting 94%
Technology 91%
I used Cisco Press and Sybex as texts and Test CCNA CBT's. I also had a CCNA based class and a CCSP based class so I was fairly familiar with the IOS CLI. Besides the classes I took, I studied for 4 months doing something CCNA related practically every day whether it be a page out of a book or a practice test. This forum was a big help, especially with wildcards and VLSM. Thanks to NightShade1, NeonNoodle and dtlokee for those explanations. They really helped me!
It was challenging, but I was very confident after I got half way through the test. Knowing subnetting is a must. I didn't necessarily have it down in my head, but I had a quick method that I kinda threw together that really worked for me. I was so worried about the marker erase board before the test. Luckily they gave me two of them and the marker was a pen marker. Yes, this actually was one of my biggest fears because I just imagined myself fumbling with a giant marker. I finished with 20 minutes left so I felt that I was given enough time. Really I just read and read and read until I absorbed as much as I could. It paid off! Off to CCNP!
Planning and Designing 100%
Implementation and Operation 91%
Troubleshooting 94%
Technology 91%
I used Cisco Press and Sybex as texts and Test CCNA CBT's. I also had a CCNA based class and a CCSP based class so I was fairly familiar with the IOS CLI. Besides the classes I took, I studied for 4 months doing something CCNA related practically every day whether it be a page out of a book or a practice test. This forum was a big help, especially with wildcards and VLSM. Thanks to NightShade1, NeonNoodle and dtlokee for those explanations. They really helped me!
It was challenging, but I was very confident after I got half way through the test. Knowing subnetting is a must. I didn't necessarily have it down in my head, but I had a quick method that I kinda threw together that really worked for me. I was so worried about the marker erase board before the test. Luckily they gave me two of them and the marker was a pen marker. Yes, this actually was one of my biggest fears because I just imagined myself fumbling with a giant marker. I finished with 20 minutes left so I felt that I was given enough time. Really I just read and read and read until I absorbed as much as I could. It paid off! Off to CCNP!
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networker050184
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Congrats!!!! Anyhting can be accomplished if you try hard enough!!!!An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made. -
mikej412
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Congratulations!
:mike: Cisco Certifications -- Collect the Entire Set! -
gaby_978
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congratulations. did u use any equipment for ur studies?"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing,
you'll never get it done" -
mikearama
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Nicely done, Stotic... see you on the CCNP board.
Oh, btw... Odom? Lamar Odom of the Lakers? William Odom (3-star general, head of the NSA)?There are only 10 kinds of people... those who understand binary, and those that don't.
CCIE Studies: Written passed: Jan 21/12 Lab Prep: Hours reading: 385. Hours labbing: 110
Taking a time-out to add the CCVP. Capitalizing on a current IPT pilot project. -
r_durant
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Congrats... CCNA (Expired...), MCSE, CWNA, BSc Computer Science
Working on renewing CCNA! -
Netstudent
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congrats!
There is no place like 127.0.0.1 BUT 209.62.5.3 is my 127.0.0.1 away from 127.0.0.1! -
Stotic
Member Posts: 248
mikearama wrote:Nicely done, Stotic... see you on the CCNP board.
Oh, btw... Odom? Lamar Odom of the Lakers? William Odom (3-star general, head of the NSA)?
I'm sure all three were weeping at the news as well.
I used a bunch of routers and switches in labs I did in my Cisco classes. -
Stotic
Member Posts: 248
I thought Testout was pretty well done. I liked the practice tests that it used. While the sims weren't the best, they helped with learning how to troubleshoot and whatnot.
