Passed ICND2 yesterday morning

altjx

Woot!! Finally! After all the studying, all the notetaking and practicing, I passed ICND2 on the first try with a score of 930!! The material was much easier than I had expected, and I had 30 minutes left!

I've been studying consistently since passing ICND1 2 months ago. I've used CBT Nuggets/TrainSignal, Official ICND2 Study Guide (cisco press), Boson Exam Environment, TechExams (of course), Google, and that's about it. I've also taken the Cisco course in college about a year ago, so a lot of this material was a refresher for me.

For anyone who haven't seen my previous thread of attached notes and commands, here are them again:
ICND2 Notes - http://db.tt/3dZpnmFG
ICND2 Commands - http://db.tt/OftJPaUa

ICND1 Notes - http://db.tt/Rzg4ijL4
ICND1 Commands - http://db.tt/FCEB4i5C

Feel free to ask any questions. Good luck to any test takers. This makes my 7th cert and for being 20 with 3 years work experience in IT, anything beyond would be a little overkill. Next goal - finish my 2 years for college and get my BS, and pursue a master's. I'll take my CCNA Security over the next year or two for my job and extend my expiration period.

seansabian

Congrats Altjx!

altjx

Thanks!

ciscoman2012

Thanks for the notes. I feel pretty comfortable for the ICND1 but I will def. take a look at the notes you've provided. Thanks again for sharing your work with others and props on the success of passing your exams!

altjx

ciscoman2012 wrote: »

Thanks for the notes. I feel pretty comfortable for the ICND1 but I will def. take a look at the notes you've provided. Thanks again for sharing your work with others and props on the success of passing your exams!

Thanks man, absolutely no problem!

ashikz

congrtz ..
and thx for NOtes

alan2308

Congrats! So what's next?

Ola_CISCO

Congratulations, was this your first attempt, also how many hours did you dedicate for studying?

altjx

This was my first attempt and I've been studying ever since passing ICND1 about 2 months ago. I've dedicated more than 100 hours to this exam, during idle time at work and some time in the evening, and boring weekends. I've also taken the classes too about a year ago, and it was a 2 year course.

My next step is to pursue my Bachelor's degree and Master's afterwards. I'll get my CCNA Security and SSCP sometime in between, since I work in IT Security and these certs will be a huge plus for me. I just don't want to overload myself with so many certs and not the experience.

MAC_Addy

Congrats on the score!

I can tell by your notes that you have put a lot of time and effort in to this certification. Like others have said, thank you very much for sharing. I've been studying very lightly for the past 6 months and trying to knuckle down and get at least my ICND1 done before the end of the year.

Good luck on your future studies and thanks again for sharing notes!

altjx

MAC_Addy wrote: »

Congrats on the score!

I can tell by your notes that you have put a lot of time and effort in to this certification. Like others have said, thank you very much for sharing. I've been studying very lightly for the past 6 months and trying to knuckle down and get at least my ICND1 done before the end of the year.

Good luck on your future studies and thanks again for sharing notes!

Most definitely! I've been carefully reading line by line as I knew the CCENT and CCNA would be much more in-depth and tougher than my Microsoft certifications. Fortunately, Cisco asks what's right and what's wrong vs how Microsoft do their "choose the best answer" question. Definitely by far the best and most straight forward certifications I've ever taken.

No problem!

AndreL

congrats and thanks for the study matterial

altjx

AndreL wrote: »

congrats and thanks for the study matterial

Thanks! No problem!

Ola_CISCO

Wow, well done, I'll be definately taking a leaf out of your book

alxx

Congratulations!

Hopefully you get your degrees faster than I have.
11 years part time so far with 1 year to go (double degree Applied Physics and Computer Systems Engineering)
here eng degrees are 5 -6 years with 1 year of compulsory industrial experience.

IEWANNABE

Congrats! Keep the heat up!

Excellent1

Nice work! No surprise on the score, though--you obviously prepared carefully and really understood the material. Good to see it paid off so well.

headshot

Nice work and nice notes. A few more pages and it could be a book.

megadeth199

Wow man thanks for these notes. This will help me for my exam :P

Shanman

Congrats on the pass!!! Good luck with your future studies.

lanrexng2

Awesome well done!

maddem

Congrats and good luck with future studies.

altjx

Thanks everyone! I definitely put a lot of work into my notes, so I'm glad you all like them.

alxx wrote: »

Congratulations!

Hopefully you get your degrees faster than I have.
11 years part time so far with 1 year to go (double degree Applied Physics and Computer Systems Engineering)
here eng degrees are 5 -6 years with 1 year of compulsory industrial experience.

I've told myself I'll never work part time again, because in college I hated that. I felt so limited on my salary, it was ridiculous and especially because I was happier at work than school. I'll probably take a few classes per semester and see how well it plays out with my new position.

THA_DOC

Congrats on your Pass!

altjx

THA_DOC wrote: »

Congrats on your Pass!

Thanks!

Dakinggamer87

Congrats on pass!!

altjx

Dakinggamer87 wrote: »

Congrats on pass!!

Much appreciated!

alxx

altjx wrote: »

I've told myself I'll never work part time again, because in college I hated that. I felt so limited on my salary, it was ridiculous and especially because I was happier at work than school. I'll probably take a few classes per semester and see how well it plays out with my new position.

Pay isn't to bad can't really complain to much at $48 an hour (only about lack of hours , approx 21 a week)
I've just got to finish the degree then look at decent paying jobs not casual jobs.
Work on embedded systems (currently omap with embedded linux then back on to fpgas next year) and netowrk/sensor systems development.

Plus I know when I finish the degree ,I'll find something else to learn (keep going with cisco etc )

MrXpert

Sorry for the belated congrats! great job on your pass.Your notes are excellent by the way
I read earlier you used Boson. May i ask you how the Boson ICND2 ex sim max questions compared to the real thing?
thanks

altjx

MrXpert wrote: »

Sorry for the belated congrats! great job on your pass.Your notes are excellent by the way
I read earlier you used Boson. May i ask you how the Boson ICND2 ex sim max questions compared to the real thing?
thanks

Thanks! I personally think the Bodon environment was a little tougher. I had the same opinion for ICND1 as well. I got tired of looking at the software after about taking all 150 questions about 10-15 times over 2 months. I eventually stopped because I started knowing the answers before reading the questions and it became tiring.

MrXpert

That's good news, I thought the same thing with ICND1 but with the ICND2 Boson questions I wasn't so sure whether it maybe harder or easier than the real thing.