Passed today!!

Passed today with a 960/1000. During the test I thought I had failed for sure. I didnt get a sim until two questions from the end. I actually only got one sim. I know alot of people say that they aren't in the cisco curriculum, but I had read that they updated the test questions not too long ago. I read up on these three subjects and was glad that I did. Had a number of questions on the test regarding those three topics. My recommendation is to read as much as u can from the Cisco website about these topics. I read just about every article they had. I studied with a home lab and a few different study materials. The study materials included Testout, CBT Nuggets, and as much info as I could get from this wonderful site and all the others. I used the Boson Netsim 6 also, but I found it to be problematic and discarded it and only used it for Frame Relay and ISDN sim's, which I couldn't do in my home lab.

WOW! Feels like a giant "cert" monkey off my back. I feared this exam for a number of years. It really does deserve alot of study. It is not an easy exam and you have to know what you are doing to take this exam. You can not go in just off of reading the books and pass the exam IMHO. You have to have some face-to-face time with the sims and/or real-world labs.

I unfortunately forgot to check the "tab" and "?" questions that so many people have had. I was thinking all the way down to the testing center to make sure and check to get a solid answer on these questions, but for anyone that has taking cert exams before, you know how everything kinda gets flushed outta the brain once the exam starts.

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keenon

congrats

Webmaster

Congratulations!

porengo

Congrats!

Don't forget to update your profile to reflect your new CCNA cert!

janmike

Congrats!

Alien

Congratulations

You can not go in just off of reading the books and pass the exam IMHO. You have to have some face-to-face time with the sims and/or real-world labs.

This is exactly what i did. I read Lammle once, tried to configure Frame-Relay, ISDN and OSPF overnight and marched on to battle. I might have missed one or two but i'm reloading and coming back for more.

Me> Hey Testmaster. When can we do this again?
Testmaster> As soon as you have made enough money to waste.

desikan

Congrats Wirerat on the great achievement!!
Can you please let us know the three subjects (as per your message) that you prepared well?
You need not tell us the questions but giving the names of the topics should be ok perhaps.

wirerat

Alien wrote:

Congratulations

You can not go in just off of reading the books and pass the exam IMHO. You have to have some face-to-face time with the sims and/or real-world labs.

This is exactly what i did. I read Lammle once, tried to configure Frame-Relay, ISDN and OSPF overnight and marched on to battle. I might have missed one or two but i'm reloading and coming back for more.

Me> Hey Testmaster. When can we do this again?
Testmaster> As soon as you have made enough money to waste.

Thats great you did that. Maybe it's just me then. I am more of a learn by example person. I love to read books but more to the science fiction topic then tech books. I seem to barely remember that much when I read as compared to when I see it via a CBT or do it by simulator.

wirerat

desikan wrote:

Congrats Wirerat on the great achievement!!
Can you please let us know the three subjects (as per your message) that you prepared well?
You need not tell us the questions but giving the names of the topics should be ok perhaps.

I thought I had put it in my message, but after re-reading it I see I left it out. I apologize. Too many celebratory beers.

The three topics were RIPv2, NAT/PAT, and subnet zero.

Alien

Hey wirerat, I might do with one beer. I forgot to post my score

815. I was sleepwalking after sleeping for only three under the heavy influence of caffeine when and when i got to the sim, somehow the keys got stickier, my fingers heavier and pop went my concentration. I also overlooked subnetting since last time i tested i was okay with it. Twas my third round but no KO still so the battle goes on to round 4. Once more i stress the fact that i am overly impressed with myself because i was underpressure from behind quarters to use **** but i resisted the devil. I dont care if next time i walk out with 846, the next 847, and the next 848 untill finally 849 but no way i'm using ****. I noticed a change in the exam compared to my previouse attempts in that the questions were more sensible and much easier to decipher which means its less freaky. My review to those aspiring for this cert is that if you study and practice harder than me, it can be done. I feel proud, clean and ready to win, got to set up my lab now.

Hey wirerat thats a hefty score you got there.

81% of pure cisco in my head.

Congrats to me too.

wirerat

Alien wrote:

Hey wirerat, I might do with one beer. I forgot to post my score 815. I was sleepwalking after sleeping for only three under the heavy influence of caffeine when and when i got to the sim, somehow the keys got stickier, my fingers heavier and pop went my concentration. I also overlooked subnetting since last time i tested i was okay with it. Twas my third round but no KO still so the battle goes on to round 4. Once more i stress the fact that i am overly impressed with myself because i was underpressure from behind quarters to use **** but i resisted the devil. I dont care if next time i walk out with 846, the next 847, and the next 848 untill finally 849 but no way i'm using ****. I noticed a change in the exam compared to my previouse attempts in that the questions were more sensible and much easier to decipher which means its less freaky. My review to those aspiring for this cert is that if you study and practice harder than me, it can be done. I feel proud, clean and ready to win, got to set up my lab now.

Hey wirerat thats a hefty score you got there.

81% of pure cisco in my head. Congrats to me too.

Ahhh. I misunderstood you. I thought you were saying you had just read the book and passed the test. I agree with you on the braindumps. What is the use of getting a certification if you really don't understand the technology behind what the cert is for. Seen too many people get hired that had the certs and once they got into a "rock and a hard place" type situation they crumbled. Tells you real qucikly that they used the braindumps and so on to get the certs. Makes it harder for you and me as the real pros to get jobs sometimes. In regards to your comment on the wording of the questions, I agree completely. I had read that it was hard to "decipher" some of the questions. I was expecting to spend quite a few moments just trying to figure out exactly what type of answer was being looked for, but the questions just didnt feel that way.