When to do labs?

I recently purchased Chris Bryant's CCENT/CCNA prep materials (eBooks & Trainsignal vids). I'm uncertain as to how I should time the use of the labs. In other words, would you recommend that I do each lab after the associated written/video material, or only at the very end, as a final preparation for the exam?

I welcome any thoughts on this, but especially from those who have gone through Bryant's materials. Thanks!

-Brian

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Slowhand

Doing as much lab-work as possible is recommended. (For both the test and for being able to do the work in the real world.) Since you won't get much out of the labs until you've done the reading, I'd suggest doing each lab or set of labs as you finish up reading sections of the material. After that, do labs to work on your weak areas, along with any additional brush-up reading, before you take the test.

dynamik

bmunroe wrote:

In other words, would you recommend that I do each lab after the associated written/video material, or only at the very end, as a final preparation for the exam?

Both, and multiple times in between. You're not going to learn the material by doing it once as you go or in a cram session before the exam. You need repeated exposure to really have things sink in.

empc4000xl

I would alternate days. There were days where the only thing I did was labs and I was use the book if I got stuck. But mainly just the lab books.

Glynixx

empc4000xl wrote:

I would alternate days. There were days where the only thing I did was labs and I was use the book if I got stuck. But mainly just the lab books.

Empc4000xl & friends,
did you also use the Bryant lab book or are there others you may have used? If so, which ones?

Thank you!

bmunroe

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