Writing CCNA next Thursday

shecool · July 2010

Hi all,

This will be my first post on the CCNA forum, though I have done a lot of lurking

. I'll be writing my CCNA next Thursday and it will be my first certification... I'm sooo excited and nervous.

I've used the following materials:

CBT Nuggets ICND1
Traingsignal ICND2
Official ICND1, ICND 2 book

I'm also going into my final year of my college program, Telecommunications Technology so I've learned a lot there, completed a few labs, and read several different related books (Routing TCP/IP vol.1 , OSPF Anatomy of an Internet Routing Protocol,and various white papers).

As for my labs, I've used real equipment before but unfortunately I do not have my own lab. Thus I've primarily relied of GNS3 and packet tracer CCNA.

Also, I'm not sure if this has also been posted on this forum, but please consider checking out this link as well: Petition Cisco for Educational IOS License | My Etherealmind

To quote the site: "The new Cisco IOS (15.0) licensing methods are potentially putting
our educational ability to study using GNS3/Dynamips at risk of coming to an end."

Alrighty, sorry for the long post. Wish me luck!

EDIT: Passed the exam!

nicklauscombs · July 2010

nice! looks like you are using a lot of good sources and have a good study plan. just keep banging out those practice labs using gns3/packet tracer and i think you should be good to go. might also be worth your while to buy a practice test (boson and/or transcender are my recommendations) to find out where your weak areas are. otherwise good luck on your test! look forward to seeing a pass.