CCNA schedule

agplt

I'm trying to get best study route for fast and effective studying -
1 chapter of Todd Lammle book a day,
1 chapter of Free CCNA workbook a day,
4 chapters CBT nuggets videos a day.

But still i didn't decided how i should study chapters and watch video, do labs, it's hard to organize everything into proper way, so now i am thinking watching 4 videos of CBTNuggets when reading Todd Lammle book and after that doing some labs, but still... i can't decide how to do things. Maybe someone can give me advise how i should do everything ?

here's my plan:
T stands for Theoric
P stands for Practice
V stands for Video

THEORIC (Todd Lammle) http://www.lammle.com/

Chapter 1 - Internetworking
Chapter 2 - Introduction to TCP/IP
Chapter 3 - Subnetting, Variable Length Subnet Masks (VLSMs), and Troubleshooting
Chapter 4 - Cisco's Internetworking Operating System (IOS) and Security Device Manager (SDM)
Chapter 5 - Managing a Cisco Internetwork
Chapter 6 - IP Routing
Chapter 7 - Enhanced IGRP (EIGRP) and Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Chapter 8 - Layer 2 Switching and Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
Chapter 9 - Virtual LANs (VLANs)
Chapter 10 - Security
Chapter 11 - Network Address Translation (NAT)
Chapter 12 - Cisco's Wireless Technologies
Chapter 13 - Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6)
Chapter 14 - Wide Area Networks

PRACTICE (Free CCNA Workbook)] http://www.freeccnaworkbook.com/labs/

Chapter 1 - Getting Started with Cisco Lab
Chapter 2 - Basic Cisco Router and Switch Management
Chapter 3 - Configuring Basic Cisco Device Security
Chapter 4 - Configuring Cisco Catalyst Series Switches
Chapter 5 - Configuring Wide Area Network Links
Chapter 6 - Configuring Static Routing
Chapter 7 - Configuring Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
Chapter 8 - Configuring Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
Chapter 9 - Configuring Open Shortest Path First (OSPF)
Chapter 10 - Configuring Route Redistribution
Chapter 11 - Configuring IP Services
Chapter 12 - Configuring IP Version 6 (IPv6)
Chapter 13 - Installing and Configuring Cisco GUI's

VIDEO (CBTNuggets) PART 1 http://www.cbtnuggets.com/series?id=411

Chapter 1 - Welcome to Cisco CCENT
Chapter 2 - Foundations - What is a Network
Chapter 3 - Foundations - Living in the OSI World
Chapter 4 - Basic TCP/IP - Addressing Fundamentals
Chapter 5 - Basic TCP/IP - TCP and UDP Communication
Chapter 6 - Basic TCP/IP - Understandin Port Numbers
Chapter 7 - Basic TCP/IP - The Tale of Two Packets
Chapter 8 - LANs - Welcome to Ethernet
Chapter 9 - LANs - Understanding the Physical Connections
Chapter 10 - LANs - Understanding LAN Switches
Chapter 11 - LANs - Working with the Cisco Switch IOS
Chapter 12 - LANs - Initial Setup of a Cisco Switch
Chapter 13 - LANs - Configuring Switch Security 1
Chapter 14 - LANs - Configuring Switch Security 2
Chapter 15 - LANs - Optimizing and Troubleshooting Switches
Chapter 16 - Wireless - Understanding Wireless Networking
Chapter 17 - Wireless - Wireless Security and Implementation
Chapter 18 - Advanced TCP/IP - Working with Binary
Chapter 19 - Advanced TCP/IP - IP Subnetting 1
Chapter 20 - Advanced TCP/IP - IP Subnetting 2
Chapter 21 - Advanced TCP/IP - IP Subnetting 3
Chapter 22 - Routing - Initial Router Configuration
Chapter 23 - Routing - SDM and DHCP Server Configuration 1
Chapter 24 - Routing - SDM and DHCP Server Configuration 2
Chapter 25 - Routing - Implementing Static Routing
Chapter 26 - Routing - Implementing Dynamic Routing with RIP
Chapter 27 - Routing - Internet Access with NAT and PAT
Chapter 28 - Routing - WAN Connectivity
Chapter 29 - Management and Security - Telnet, SSH, and CDP
Chapter 30 - Management and Security - File Management
Chapter 31 - Last Words for Test Takers

VIDEO (CBTNuggets) PART 2 http://www.cbtnuggets.com/series?id=412

Chapter 1 - Advanced TCP/IP - IP Subnetting 1
Chapter 2 - Advanced TCP/IP - IP Subnetting 2
Chapter 3 - Advanced TCP/IP - IP Subnetting 3
Chapter 4 - Advanced TCP/IP - Working with Binary
Chapter 5 - Review - Rebuilding the Small Office Network 1
Chapter 6 - Review - Rebuilding the Small Office Network 2
Chapter 7 - Review - Rebuilding the Small Office Network 3
Chapter 8 - Switch VLANs - Understanding VLANs
Chapter 9 - Switch VLANs - Understanding Trunks and VTP
Chapter 10 - Switch VLANs - Configuring VLANs and VTP 1
Chapter 11 - Switch VLANs - Configuring VLANs and VTP 2
Chapter 12 - Switch STP - Understanding the Spanning-Tree Protocol
Chapter 13 - Switch STP - Configuring Basic STP
Chapter 14 - Switch STP - Enhancements to STP
Chapter 15 - General Switching - Troubleshooting and Security Best Practices
Chapter 16 - Subnetting - Understanding VLSM
Chapter 17 - Routing Protocols - Distance Vector vs. Link State
Chapter 18 - Routing Protocols - OSPF Concepts
Chapter 19 - Routing Protocols - OSPF Configuration and Troubleshooting
Chapter 20 - Routing Protocols - EIGRP Concepts and Configuration
Chapter 21 - Access-Lists - The Rules of ACL
Chapter 22 - Access-Lists - Configuring ACLs
Chapter 23 - Access-Lists - Configuring ACLs 2
Chapter 24 - NAT - Understanding the Three Styles of NAT
Chapter 25 - NAT - Command-line NAT Configuration
Chapter 26 - WAN Connections - Concepts of VPN Technology
Chapter 27 - WAN Connections - Implementing PPP Authentication
Chapter 28 - WAN Connections - Understanding Frame Relay
Chapter 29 - WAN Connections - Configuring Frame Relay
Chapter 30 - IPv6 - Understanding Basic Concepts and Addressing
Chapter 31 - IPv6 - Configuring, Routing, and Interoperating
Chapter 32 - Some Last Words for Test Takers

Yahel

Your plan looks great but It will be hard to follow it because some chapters simply takes more time to understand

I don't use study plan... I follow only one rule "Study as much as you can, whenever you can" ; so far... it works great ^^
Everyday I spend 6+ hours on studying, but I don't care about time spent on the theory, videos, or labing.. It depends of the chapter...

Good luck

networker050184

IMO you are over thinking the whole thing. Take a chapter/subject and do some reading, videos and a little labbing until you have it down. When you feel confident move onto the next subject.

chmorin

Well he does not have any specific subject set for each day, so he could be doing just as you suggest.

It is always good to set up goals for each day and try to accomplish them. Shoot for the moon, that way if you fail to meet your daily goal you still accomplish more than people expect.

seekrit

networker050184 wrote: »

IMO you are over thinking the whole thing. Take a chapter/subject and do some reading, videos and a little labbing until you have it down. When you feel confident move onto the next subject.

This.

My best suggestion is do everything 3 times.. And don't skip anything, it's like watching a movie. You'll pick up things you missed each time..

x 3 =

agplt

Yahel wrote: »

Your plan looks great but It will be hard to follow it because some chapters simply takes more time to understand

I don't use study plan... I follow only one rule "Study as much as you can, whenever you can" ; so far... it works great ^^
Everyday I spend 6+ hours on studying, but I don't care about time spent on the theory, videos, or labing.. It depends of the chapter...

Good luck

No you got it wrong, i am doing schedule of what i will study but not for how long. I will study chapters to perfection, but just i don't want to read same book 5 times from start to the end, so i am making schedule to organize my studies it's like a log to watch what i have already done, and what i will study next. I will take notes while reading, watch great videos and after that use information in practice i think it will be best way to record everything in my head. and it's fun to do this way, because reading book all the time just makes me booring and sleepy so it's waste of time... i read like 50 pages and remember nothing big issue! so i am trying different ways to make studies more fun.

IMO you are over thinking the whole thing. Take a chapter/subject and do some reading, videos and a little labbing until you have it down. When you feel confident move onto the next subject.

yeah i am thinking of doing it, btw thanks.

Well he does not have any specific subject set for each day, so he could be doing just as you suggest.

It is always good to set up goals for each day and try to accomplish them. Shoot for the moon, that way if you fail to meet your daily goal you still accomplish more than people expect.

Thank You for advise.

This.

My best suggestion is do everything 3 times.. And don't skip anything, it's like watching a movie. You'll pick up things you missed each time..

x 3 =

I will suicide by third time... for me to do something same second time is boredom... but yeah maybe i will need to do some stuff several times.. Thanks

eMeS

networker050184 wrote: »

IMO you are over thinking the whole thing. Take a chapter/subject and do some reading, videos and a little labbing until you have it down. When you feel confident move onto the next subject.

Agree totally...

MS

Yahel

That's better
Reading books makes everyone sleepy, but nobody can't pass CCNA exam without reading Labing is the fun part CBN Nuggets is like watching a movie you can't stop

impz

Whenever I try to map out a schedule, I NEVER follow it lol.

What I did was basically, watch all the CBT videos on one certain topic e.g switching. Then I proceed to read the Wendell Odom CCNA book on the relevant chapters and the chris bryant's ccna guide. If there are labs to do, I do them on Packet Tracer first to get a feel of it, then test it out on real hardware. Note that all of this usually isn't done in one day unless the topic is very small.

Sometimes, there are the days when I don't feel to read/watch anything so I just spend about 5-15mins practicing subnetting.

Labbing is very fun imo. I usually try all kinds of configs to answer those "what if I do x or maybe y or maybe z?"

agplt

I decided not only to follow this learning style - reading, video, labing every day etc. But i decides to start blog, about all my trip into cisco career. i think it's good thing to try explain everything to "imaginary" reader

chmorin

agplt wrote: »

I decided not only to follow this learning style - reading, video, labing every day etc. But i decides to start blog, about all my trip into cisco career. i think it's good thing to try explain everything to "imaginary" reader

That is usually a good idea, and is a pretty good tool to use after the CCNA level. Keep in mind that even if you can't/dont want to read things many times, you can usually watch the CBT nuggets more than once and not kill yourself.

agplt

chmorin wrote: »

That is usually a good idea, and is a pretty good tool to use after the CCNA level. Keep in mind that even if you can't/dont want to read things many times, you can usually watch the CBT nuggets more than once and not kill yourself.

Yeah ! Great idea ! i think i am to much concentrated into how to learn than learning... i spend to much time doing/thinking nonsenses. back to studies !, Thanks guys i appreciate your posts and help !