Passed My Intro!

mileage1969

Phew! I thought I'd blow it on the first question as it was the simulation. Took me twenty minutes to finish it and I thought that I would finish the exam. Anyway, I passed with a 900 score. Time to press on with the next one!

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Congratulations!

Congratulations

Congratulations!

congrats man,

is there any advice you could give us and share any tips?
im looking to start it after my uni is finished.
how long did you study for it?

remerolle

Congrats...Welcome to the world of Cisco!

Congratulations

Congrats!!!

congrats

Congrats mate

P.S. sorry for being niave but i thought Intro had been retired?

networker050184

MikeInMoseley wrote:

Congrats mate

P.S. sorry for being niave but i thought Intro had been retired?

INTRO is retired, but still available to acadamey students.

beach5563

Congratulations, which study guide did you use? I have the Sybex book for CCNA but I think I can use it for CCENT also.

r_durant

Congrats!!

Good luck with the other half of the journey...

dps

Well done!!

mileage1969

Thanks for all the messages of support! In answer to your question Nel I began studying just less than a year ago. I know that sounds a long time but I started from scratch having had no computer knowledge whatsoever prior to then.I'm a professional trumpet player and since having kids decided that the unsociable hours isn't great for family life. A good friend of mine who works in IT suggested that I start in at the deep end and go for a ccna as I could study in my free time without it interfering with work, so I signed up with a local Cisco Network Academy. I bought the O.Wendal books,read them then read them again and again, went to the classes as often as I could and took the module tests and did the practical lab work mainly using Packet Tracer 4.1. My best advice is to learn your way around a router so that the configaring and commands become ingrained. Also you've got to learn sub-netting inside out and it's also worth spending time on TCP/IP. The best advice that my friend gave me when I started reading the ccna books was not to try to take everything in or remember it all the first time that you read it. I think it's a lot to absorb in one go. The books are very well written (although the editing is lacking) and build your knowledge up a step at a time. For more tests I found the Quia website a very useful tool, I also bought the Transcender software which gives explainations if you get questions wrong. I think the NetAcad final exams are the closest to the ccna exams. Thay have a pretty tight time limit which is the kicker in the ccna exam. If you're starting now you'll be doing the ICND 1 and ICND 2 exams which include more security and wireless training and again the O.Wendal books cover everything very thoroughly. All the best. Miles.

nel

thanks for the reply miles,

ive ordered the 802 library off the web. i hope to start the ccna in the summer sum point because of my uni commitments.

tech-airman

nel wrote:

thanks for the reply miles,

ive ordered the 802 library off the web. i hope to start the ccna in the summer sum point because of my uni commitments.

nel,

Do you have a Cisco Networking Academy near you?

nel

nel,

Do you have a Cisco Networking Academy near you?

Sure do. Well on the otherside of the capital anyway but its in commuting distance. Why?

Ive already done 3 of the 4 academy modules on my degree before i changed uni because of job relocation. i wish i studied hardy and went for it then!was a big mistake not to! ive forgot quote alot of things so would have to go over the material anyway. ive looked into doing the academy again but i dont know if i could afford the extra money for that at the minute?

alankool

Hi folks

I passed the ccna intro in march 07 but due to serious illness i was unable to progress and get the icnd certification. I've now returned to work to find the certification is still o/s on my employee development committment. Work have been supportive throughout and I would like to complete this certification asap.

My question is, there have been changes to the exams do i have to resit the intro (icnd 1) exam?

mikej412

alankool wrote:

My question is, there have been changes to the exams do i have to resit the intro (icnd 1) exam?

No, the old INTRO exam still counts for you and will take the place of the new ICND1 for getting the "new" CCNA. You'd need to take the ICND2 exam now to get the CCNA.