Which one to take CCNA or ICND1 & ICND 2???

yahmed

My first post !!

I have a strong IT background . Being professional i dont have much time to study for 6 months for CCNA certification . My question is that is it a good idea to take CCNA as a single exam or as two exams ( ICND 1 and 2 )

Second Question is that CISCO Official Exam Guides are the best to prepare for CCNA certification ? If not which one should i go for ?

Third Question : Where can I get the Cisco Simulators .

I am planning on doing the CCNA certification on 60 days , Possible ?

Cheers

LOkrasa

Should post this in the CCNA forum. Most people here took the old exams since they just recently changed, and they can give you a better idea.

1. Taking the two exam route will let you progress through the material at a better rate while the single will be more challenging. I took the old 1 exam route and I wish I had done the two exam...

2. I would suggest reading the Sticky thread in the CCNA forum for all your reading guide suggestions.

3. Don't know too much about simulators, I used real lab equipment.

Is it possible in 60 days? Yes it is possible to be done in 1 week. Depends on how you study and what you expect to get out of it. If you just want the cert because you want a pay raise and don't really care about the material, you can take a bootcamp and pass. I dont recommend it but you could. I would say in 60 days you should be able to get the cert if you study 2-3 hours a day and pretty much the entire weekend every week. However, it all depends on the person so you need to just start and you will see for yourself how your studies are coming and answer the question then.

shednik

LOkrasa wrote:

Should post this in the CCNA forum. Most people here took the old exams since they just recently changed, and they can give you a better idea.

1. Taking the two exam route will let you progress through the material at a better rate while the single will be more challenging. I took the old 1 exam route and I wish I had done the two exam...

2. I would suggest reading the Sticky thread in the CCNA forum for all your reading guide suggestions.

3. Don't know too much about simulators, I used real lab equipment.

Is it possible in 60 days? Yes it is possible to be done in 1 week. Depends on how you study and what you expect to get out of it. If you just want the cert because you want a pay raise and don't really care about the material, you can take a bootcamp and pass. I dont recommend it but you could. I would say in 60 days you should be able to get the cert if you study 2-3 hours a day and pretty much the entire weekend every week. However, it all depends on the person so you need to just start and you will see for yourself how your studies are coming and answer the question then.

I agree with LOkrasa completely I took the INTRO and ICND before they were retired...but its all what you put into the exam...i was rushed when I took my exam so I not studied as much as i had liked...good luck and let us know if you have an ?'s along the way!!

AlexMR

I started studying for the CCNA three days ago. My only source now is the Sybex book by Todd Lammle. I have read/studied the first three chapters with a comprehension of about 90%. I am at page 170 of almost 900. I dont know if Lammle is covering more than what it's going to appear on the exam but I doubt it.

The thing is that I dont think with 10hours/week the program could be learned and the exam passed in 60days. The third chapter covers Subnetting and IP troubleshooting and i have that down pretty well. A lot of people say that one is the hardest topic, or WANs.

It's a lot of material. I have been studying for more than 8hours/day in the past 3days and I havent complete 20% of it, and i know after im done reading it I will have to go back through a lot of things, specially the theory.

I have been talking to two of my cousins who are CCNAs and they both told me the official courses of the Cisco learning academy are all you really need. Those 4 modules are meant to be 250-280hours of study. If you do them by yourself you can probably do it in 200hours (this is what ive been told by several CCNAs). The minimum time i've hear someone prepared for the CCNA without any previous networking studies is 5weeks. I if keep this pace i might be able to take it in 5 or 6.

It is always easier to get good grades when you have more questions (assuming you know the material). 85% in 55 questions is not a very wide margin or error. 110-120 should be easier. Now, because i started studying Lammle's book and the information is not organized as the Cisco program i will have to take the 802...