What is the hardest topic to study for CCNA?

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  • livelovelaughaturmistakeslivelovelaughaturmistakes Registered Users Posts: 1 ■□□□□□□□□□
    I Suck at wan techs
  • fredrikjjfredrikjj Member Posts: 879
    STP killed me on the CCNA, and I almost didn't pass because of it.
  • OfWolfAndManOfWolfAndMan Member Posts: 923 ■■■■□□□□□□
    All I gotta say is... FRAME RELAY. Most of the other WAN questions were pretty straightforward, frame relay is just a pain. I had fun with the routing stuff. I guess parts of the extended ACLs were a little tedious as well
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  • junmacarambonjunmacarambon Registered Users Posts: 3 ■□□□□□□□□□
    so i need to focus more studying on WAN to pass CCNA.
  • DevilWAHDevilWAH Member Posts: 2,997 ■■■■■■■■□□
    I think the reason most people have issues with WAN, is is new. All the rest deal with IP / MAC address and build on the basic networking that people pick up when you use a desk top PC. WAN's is something a bit different, its not hard to get your hard round as long as you spend a bit of time getting your hand dirty with it.
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  • mikerodriguezmikerodriguez Member Posts: 12 ■■□□□□□□□□
    It's the NAT and Access Lists that are a real pain for me...
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  • Magic JohnsonMagic Johnson Member Posts: 414
    EIGRP I am finding tremendously difficult at the moment.
  • theodoxatheodoxa Member Posts: 1,340 ■■■■□□□□□□
    I took my CCNA test last friday and failed. Not to worry I have already rescheduled another attempt later this month. Its funny that WAN protocols are the hardest by majority I actually got a 100% in that category. For me it was hands on router configuration, ACLs, and NAT. Im definitely gonna push the studying though I want this CCNA so bad.

    I was the opposite. I scored 100% on ACLs and NAT, but my lowest score was on WANs for both ICND1 (60%) and ICND2 (83%).
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  • pierrevillerespierrevilleres Member Posts: 26 ■□□□□□□□□□
    I have problems memorizing the commands sometimes but I understand the underlying concept behind the different protocols.
  • kianmkianm Member Posts: 8 ■□□□□□□□□□
    WAN technologies icon_exclaim.gif
  • ibn_shaddadibn_shaddad Member Posts: 57 ■■□□□□□□□□
    I voted for
    Bridging/Switching

    because STP and RSTP was the hardest thing on me icon_sad.gif
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  • robby005robby005 Member Posts: 5 ■□□□□□□□□□
    spanning tree in depth and complete osi model understanding is hard
  • Cisco InfernoCisco Inferno Member Posts: 1,034 ■■■■■■□□□□
    I would have to say that spanning tree was the hardest for me to understand completely.
    You really just have to have an image or sketch of 4 switches and start labeling ports roles and to determine blocked paths.
    Could also be because it is Chapter1 in Lammle's book. By the time you finish the book, you can't remember everything.

    Also, I thought Frame Relay was a close second. Once you understand the commands and the show outputs(sh frame-relay map), you'll understand it much easier. Also, knowing why to choose p2p or to choose multipoint interfaces helps out.

    For Third, I would say making sure you know everything about the metrics involved with EIGRP and OSPF. Especially good to compare both protocols to better know each.
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  • jjs1234jjs1234 Member Posts: 26 ■□□□□□□□□□
    IPv6 is the most difficult. I just dont get it.

    Everything else was easy. EIGRP is a DISTANCE VECTOR. OSPF is a LINK STATE.

    Both dont work if the Hello and dead timers are wrong. For OSPF its the AREA #s. For EIGRP its the Process ID number that needs to be the same.

    STP and RSTP are easy. RSTP adds two extra link states. It has rapid convergence.


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  • AlejandroJimenezAlejandroJimenez Registered Users Posts: 2 ■□□□□□□□□□
    undoubtedly, the hardest topic are NAT and Access control lists.
  • DPN1DPN1 Member Posts: 35 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Voted for WAN technologies due to Frame relay mostly, as others have said it is a bit different from everything else you learn. STP is quite hard too but thats just due to the amount of stuff there is to learn for it, it starts to click once you play with it. NAT was another topic i struggled with for ages.
  • SimridSimrid Member Posts: 327
    I voted for WAN technologies too. Learning the different encapsulation types, working out which is being used, Frame relay - The list goes on. The struggle is real but we will get there.
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  • quickman007quickman007 Member Posts: 195
    WAN, only because of Frame Relay. So much labbing just to "kind of" understand it.
  • digitheadsdigitheads Member Posts: 39 ■■□□□□□□□□
    they pull some pretty tricky **** in those exam questions, there are several areas you need to be solid in: the OSI model and what happens at each layer, and what they use as input, bytes, frames, packets.... remember Do Sargent's Pay For Beer - Data, Segment, Packets, Frame, Bits and the OSI model and how it relates to the tcp/ip model... worst I think is all the protocols, internal and external... rule of thumb if it is a Cisco proprietary protocol, then most likely it isn't routable....
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  • DPN1DPN1 Member Posts: 35 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Been using Measureup practise tests plus the old CCNA books i have, I've been working in the networking sector for 6 months now so hopefully the experience help towards passing the CCNA aswell :)
  • CyberWolfCyberWolf Registered Users Posts: 1 ■□□□□□□□□□
    hmm... WAN wasn't a problem for me.. Routing Protocols i got a 33% on icon_sad.gif
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  • aderonaderon Member Posts: 404 ■■■■□□□□□□
    How do I vote for NAT? icon_lol.gif

    inside local, inside global, outside local, and outside global made my head spin lol
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  • pinkiaiiipinkiaiii Member Posts: 216
    Just done today semester one exam got my a$$ handed to me with just over 60% score icon_sad.gif ,how likely im to get screwed when doing routing protocols.Since i lack any intelligence in understanding vlsm ipv6,switch functions,and even random class c subneting questions at this point.Does it come to a point where one comes to revisit same terms or im i in a boat just gonna slowly sink downwards as progressing further ?
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  • bender_fender100bender_fender100 Member Posts: 89 ■■□□□□□□□□
    pinkiaiii wrote: »
    Just done today semester one exam got my a$$ handed to me with just over 60% score icon_sad.gif ,how likely im to get screwed when doing routing protocols.Since i lack any intelligence in understanding vlsm ipv6,switch functions,and even random class c subneting questions at this point.Does it come to a point where one comes to revisit same terms or im i in a boat just gonna slowly sink downwards as progressing further ?
    Did you take ICND1 or the whole composite test?

    You shouldn't be so hard on yourself because of what happened. Try to think about this as a learning opportunity. At first, I was in for a rude awakening when I saw my score and I was downright disappointed and feeling down that first day, but eventually I started feeling better about going through my weakest areas and wanting to try again. Cisco makes their exams difficult for a reason and looking at it that way, it will make getting them more of a meaningful achievement.
    Working on CCENT and nearly almost there. Retake in December and pass, then after that, study for ICND2 and work on CCNA Security and look into Microsoft certifications. No previous IT certs.

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  • pinkiaiiipinkiaiii Member Posts: 216
    doing just part time course in college for ccna,that was first netacad semester exam,covering basics.So sort of bumped up about scoring so low,as ipv6 and subneting didnt sink it at all besides subneting class c and some basic vlsm.
    To say the least with speed course is going and amounts to read,every time i am left with more questions then answers doing chapters.And difficulty seems to increase twin fold every time.

    Only regret i have that didnt do proper look into course material and what depth it goes into/amount of time needed before starting it.thus while did binary and some classes on youtube before starting but when got 1000+ pages book and equipment that that seen in couple servers rooms and never thought as it much as being something more like hub,its like getting bricked you get labs assignments most times with everything put down and just to practice commands,yet if someone asked whats the difference between one router or another/switch answer would be maybe more interfaces on one then another.
  • JamesKurtovichJamesKurtovich Member Posts: 195
  • dustervoicedustervoice Member Posts: 877 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Subnetting i struggled with anything other than /24 confuses me even to this day :)
  • bender_fender100bender_fender100 Member Posts: 89 ■■□□□□□□□□
    NAT, ACLs and the CAM table for me. Port security took me a while to get too.
    Working on CCENT and nearly almost there. Retake in December and pass, then after that, study for ICND2 and work on CCNA Security and look into Microsoft certifications. No previous IT certs.

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  • RealUnitedRealUnited Member Posts: 12 ■□□□□□□□□□
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