Passed CCNA:Security

dave0212dave0212 Member Posts: 287
in CCNA Security
Passed the CCNA:Security today with 933/1000.
My CCNA was due to expire in August.

The test wasn't as hard as I expected, definitely know the SDM inside out(where to look for info) luckily I spent my weekend going through the SDM config wizards and looking at the resulting setup.

I would recommend along with the SDM, know VPN, IPS and Zone Based Firewall.

I used Cisco Press, CBTs and GNS3 to prepare, work for a Cisco partner so have easy access to IOS’s

Time for a small break, a few beers and some xbox before cracking on with VCP and MCITP:EA :D
This week I have achieved unprecedented levels of unverifiable productivity


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Learning Python and OSCP
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  • dynamikdynamik Banned Posts: 12,312 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Thanks for the review, oh, and congrats! icon_cheers.gif
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  • bertiebbertieb Member Posts: 1,031 ■■■■■■□□□□
    Nice one mate, another one bites the dust. Enjoy the rest of your week off icon_thumright.gif
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  • adeeteeadeetee Member Posts: 79 ■■□□□□□□□□
    dave0212 wrote: »
    Passed the CCNA:Security today with 933/1000.


    Thats awesome!!! Congratulations!
    Wish List :
    CISSP...
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  • mikej412mikej412 Member Posts: 10,086 ■■■■■■■■■■
    dave0212 wrote: »
    a few beers
    Ooooooh! Beer!!! icon_cheers.gif

    Oh, and congratulations on the pass! :D
    :mike: Cisco Certifications -- Collect the Entire Set!
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  • Daniel333Daniel333 Member Posts: 2,077 ■■■■■■□□□□
    What kind of limitations did you run into with GNS3 and the CCNA:Sec?
    -Daniel
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  • shednikshednik Member Posts: 2,005
    Daniel333 wrote: »
    What kind of limitations did you run into with GNS3 and the CCNA:Sec?

    Shouldn't have any really....I have my linux server running gns3 with a cloud connection to my home network. I can access my lab via telnet/ssh/sdm that way works out nicely.
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  • dave0212dave0212 Member Posts: 287
    shednik wrote: »
    Shouldn't have any really....I have my linux server running gns3 with a cloud connection to my home network. I can access my lab via telnet/ssh/sdm that way works out nicely.

    As shednik says very few issues, I ran it on the same computer and the only issue was once you have a few routers running GNS hits the CPU, I found running GNS and SDM on seperate processes worked well.
    This week I have achieved unprecedented levels of unverifiable productivity


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    Learning Python and OSCP
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  • shednikshednik Member Posts: 2,005
    dave0212 wrote: »
    As shednik says very few issues, I ran it on the same computer and the only issue was once you have a few routers running GNS hits the CPU, I found running GNS and SDM on seperate processes worked well.

    Yea I tried that didn't work well for larger labs...I think linux runs gns3 much better and since it's on a separate machine I don't take the CPU hit.
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  • incasminincasmin Banned Posts: 5 ■□□□□□□□□□
    how was the exam difficulty compared to the CCNA exam?
    how was the course difficulty compared to the CCNA course?


    Thanks and congrats! :)
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