ICND1 Scheduled 4/24/2010

DPGDPG Member Posts: 780 ■■■■■□□□□□
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I have scheduled my ICND1 exam for April 24, 2010.
I am tempted to just go take the exam now to see where I am at (I used a discounted voucher).

I have a few years of hands on experience with Cisco 6509's, 2950s, etc, but not any routers.

Here is the lab that I have assembled:

Routers

1x 3620
1x 2650XM
2x 2621

Switches
3x 2950-12
1x 2950-24

WIC's

3x WIC-1T
1x WIC-2T

Network Modules

1x NM-16A
1x NM-2FE-2W
1x NM-4T

Cables

1x CAB-OCTAL-ASYNC
2x Smart Serial to DB60
3x DB60 to DB60


Study Materials

Cisco Press ICND1
CBT Nuggets
TechExams.net Forums
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  • peanutnogginpeanutnoggin Member Posts: 1,096 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Looks like you have a very good lab to start with. Make sure you can subnet in your "sleep"! Good luck... you should be fine!!!
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  • DPGDPG Member Posts: 780 ■■■■■□□□□□
    I think I have subnetting down for the most part.

    I can solve almost all of the questions on subnettingquestions.com within 10 seconds.

    These type usually take me a little more time:

    How many subnets and hosts per subnet can you get from the network....
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  • hexemhexem Member Posts: 177
    Where the number of bit's = N

    subnets = 2 ^ N
    hosts = 2 ^ N - 2

    memorize the powers of 2 all the way up the scale.
    ICND1 - Passed 25/01/10
    ICND2 - Passed 9/03/10

    Studying CCNA:S
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  • xenodamusxenodamus Member Posts: 758
    Just scheduled mine for 4/30 - Good luck to us both!
    CISSP | CCNA:R&S/Security | MCSA 2003 | A+ S+ | VCP6-DTM | CCA-V CCP-V
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  • steve514steve514 Member Posts: 17 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Best of luck to the both of you. Remember to rest up the night before :)
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  • notgoing2failnotgoing2fail Member Posts: 1,138
    Most people will tell you subnet is huge and they are right. You need to know this.

    Having just taken the CCNA exam, it's all over the place...know it well...
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  • DPGDPG Member Posts: 780 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Can anyone recommend some labs I should go through before taking the exam?

    So far I have done a few NAT and RIP v2 labs.

    I have also played around with SDM.

    I think I may move my test date up to this Saturday.
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  • DPGDPG Member Posts: 780 ■■■■■□□□□□
    I am getting impatient so I re-scheduled the exam for this Saturday!
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  • DPGDPG Member Posts: 780 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Well, I passed the ICND1 today.

    This was my first attempt at a Cisco exam. The only word I can use to describe it is bland.
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  • tazdeviltazdevil Member Posts: 55 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Congrats... Take a break.. What's next?
    ICND1 - Passed March 19/2010
    ICND2 - Passed April 8/2010
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  • DPGDPG Member Posts: 780 ■■■■■□□□□□
    I think I will take the ICND2 in a few weeks.
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  • tazdeviltazdevil Member Posts: 55 ■■□□□□□□□□
    I was just about 3 weeks between the two. Enjoy the pass and reward yourself for the pass... a few drinks and a nice dinner.
    ICND1 - Passed March 19/2010
    ICND2 - Passed April 8/2010
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  • DPGDPG Member Posts: 780 ■■■■■□□□□□
    How long does it usually take before you can use the Certification Tracking system?
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  • mikej412mikej412 Member Posts: 10,086 ■■■■■■■■■■
    DPG wrote: »
    passed
    Congratulations!! icon_cheers.gif

    There can be a slight backlog as they process the Friday and Saturday (and maybe even Sunday) exams into the tracking system. Best case it still shows up Monday (after 9am) -- otherwise look for it again Tuesday. But you can't complain to Cisco until after the 10 or so days (or whatever) they mention on the score report.
    :mike: Cisco Certifications -- Collect the Entire Set!
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  • DPGDPG Member Posts: 780 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Thanks!

    I'm hoping my ICND2 exam is a little more hands-on and not as trivial as the ICND1.
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  • DPGDPG Member Posts: 780 ■■■■■□□□□□
    I just received the Cisco 3550 I had purchased, or so I thought.

    They sent me a worthless WS-C3524-PWR-XL-EN.
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  • xenodamusxenodamus Member Posts: 758
    Listening to you is making me consider moving mine up as well, lol. The 30th seems like an eternity....
    CISSP | CCNA:R&S/Security | MCSA 2003 | A+ S+ | VCP6-DTM | CCA-V CCP-V
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  • DPGDPG Member Posts: 780 ■■■■■□□□□□
    I booked my ICND2 for April 24.

    I think I should be able to go over everything that I would need to know within 10 days.
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