Halfway there...Passed ICND1!

sawyer815sawyer815 Member Posts: 5 ■□□□□□□□□□
Not much of a poster, but maybe my experience can help someone else on the same path to CCNA.

I started studying back on 5/1/11 with a goal of passing the CCNA with the 1 test route on 6/30/11. I was a little disappointed since I felt I would not be ready and miss my goal.

So today I took the ICND1 test on a whim and passed with a 962!

What I used mainly was the cisco academy books which are fantastic. They are way overkill I think on certain things but they do a really good job of helping you understand the material versus just memorizing. The packet tracer activities really hammer the material home.

I then watched the train signal CCNA series and everything just clicked.

I also used these supplemental materials to help drive home certain concepts:

ICND1 (Cisco Press, Odom)
ICND2 (Cisco Press, Odom)
The TCP/IP Guide - The TCP/IP Guide
Sybex CCNA (Lammle)

I would say repetition,hands on, and breaking things help the most.

If I can be of help to anyone let me know. It helps to understand the material better when you help others!

Next stop ICND2.

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  • nerdydadnerdydad Member Posts: 261
    Congratulations!
  • MrRyteMrRyte Member Posts: 347 ■■■■□□□□□□
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    CONGRATZ!!!!!icon_thumright.gif
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  • THA_DOCTHA_DOC Member Posts: 99 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Congrats!
    An Open Mind, Working to Get IT!:cheers:

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  • mikej412mikej412 Member Posts: 10,086 ■■■■■■■■■■
    Congratulations!!icon_cheers.gif
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  • jwashington1981jwashington1981 Member Posts: 137
  • r_durantr_durant Member Posts: 486 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Congrats!
    CCNA (Expired...), MCSE, CWNA, BSc Computer Science
    Working on renewing CCNA!
  • sawyer815sawyer815 Member Posts: 5 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Thank you.

    Can't wait to tackle ICND2 within the next 2 weeks.
  • Greenmet29Greenmet29 Member Posts: 240
    good job! Another one [exam] bites the dust!
  • mikedisd2mikedisd2 Member Posts: 1,096 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Man what a score, gool stuff, congratz. Don't spend too much time getting onto ICND2.
  • TesseracTTesseracT Member Posts: 167
  • ziggi138ziggi138 Member Posts: 94 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Congrats. Good Luck with the ICND2
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