How long it SHOULD take to prepare and pass CCNA? When...

I know its bit silly to ask but how long it SHOULD take generally to prepare and pass CCNA? i do not want to do new course I have heard that material for new 640-802 exam has not come out yet? and new topic are bit difficult. Please let me know how long it SHOULD take to prepare and pass CCNA when I have read half CCNA Intro book in two weeks( reading 2 hours per day). Many thanks for your help

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Pash

Manglian wrote:

I know its bit silly to ask but how long it SHOULD take generally to prepare and pass CCNA? i do not want to do new course I have heard that material for new 640-802 exam has not come out yet? and new topic are bit difficult. Please let me know how long it SHOULD take to prepare and pass CCNA when I have read half CCNA Intro book in two weeks( reading 2 hours per day). Many thanks for your help

You might be able to pass the 802 properly before deadline, but 2 hours reading only a day won't cut it. You need practice hours.

Manglian

thanks for your reply, do you think I can pass ccna 801 before deadline if i increase practise hour. Roughly how many pracitice hour for an average person( who have little knowlege for networking) would be sufficient ?

GregD

It all depends on the person. You have until November to do it, so it's certainly possible, if you put your mind to it. However, at 4 hours a day, four nights a week, it still took me 4 months to prepare for my CCNA. I passed with a pretty good margin (934), so I could have feasibly taken it sooner and passed, but I wouldn't have wanted to.

Do you have any experience with Cisco equipment? I started off at the beginning with none, and gaining it was a huge part of the process for me. If you have experience with it, you should be able to very easily meet the deadline

Manglian

Thank you very much for your reply, i studied networking in my MSc module and that is it.I am worried about practical LABs. I wanted to build my own CCNA Lab. I have two 2516 router and one 2950 cisco switch but unfortunately have no clue what labs are required to pass CCNA?. is it worth doing practice in real gear rather than simulations when I have short time. Please give me some tips regarding Labs

GregD

Manglian wrote:

Thank you very much for your reply, i studied networking in my MSc module and that is it.I am worried about practical LABs. I wanted to build my own CCNA Lab. I have two 2516 router and one 2950 cisco switch but unfortunately have no clue what labs are required to pass CCNA?. is it worth doing practice in real gear rather than simulations when I have short time. Please give me some tips regarding Labs

For the CCNA, simulators aren't that bad, but real labs are better.

But do what you can on real gear, and what you can't on simulators. The practical labs are integral to a working knowledge of the concepts covered in the CCNA

Do you have access to the netacad curriculum? It has the labs inside of it.

If not, I believe the other way to get access to them is to buy the lab study guides from Cisco Press.

http://www.amazon.com/Networking-Basics-Study-Academy-Program/dp/158713165X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/105-8582656-0367633?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189862919&sr=1-2
http://www.amazon.com/Switching-Intermediate-Routing-Networking-Academy/dp/1587131714/ref=sr_1_4/105-8582656-0367633?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189862919&sr=1-4
http://www.amazon.com/Routers-Routing-Networking-Academy-Program/dp/1587131676/ref=sr_1_7/105-8582656-0367633?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189862919&sr=1-7
http://www.amazon.com/Technologies-Study-Networking-Academy-Program/dp/1587131730/ref=sr_1_9/105-8582656-0367633?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189862919&sr=1-9

Manglian

GregD,thank you very much for your help. I do not have access to netcad i ll go for second option.