Passed ICND1

joshmadakor

I passed about an hour ago with a score of ~975.

Resources
Odom's ICND1 3rd Edition: CCENT/CCNA ICND1 640-822 Official Cert Guide, 3rd Edition
Boson ExSim-Max: 640-822 ICND1 CCENT Practice Exam | Boson
Subnettingquestions.com: subnettingquestions.com - Free Subnetting Questions and Answers Randomly Generated Online (I pounded this very hard for a couple hours. When I got to the point when I dreamed about subnetting, I stopped studying it. This was enough)
And random practice questions I could find on the internet

I also have a home lab that is made up of 3x 2950s, 3x 2610XMs, 6x WIC1t, 1x NM-4A/S.
I built all my Ethernet crossovers and straight-throughs; I bought my crimper, rj-45 connectors, and patch cable from newegg)

My home lab:
http://i43.tinypic.com/9fzdp3.jpg
http://i40.tinypic.com/qsqd8z.jpg

The exam isn't very easy, but it's not incredibly hard either. My advice is to use Boson ExSim. The layout is very similar to the real test. If I didn't use it, I would have gone into shock when taking the real test and possibly failed.

I will use this same approach for ICND2, but first I need to take a rest

bout2k

Congrats... I highly agree with your statement "If I didn't use it, I would have gone into shock when taking the real test.." ... I actually lol'd when I read this. I felt the same way this morning...

Crims0n

Congrats mate, and good luck with ICND2. I hear you on the rest haha.

joshmadakor

bout2k wrote: »

Congrats... I highly agree with your statement "If I didn't use it, I would have gone into shock when taking the real test.." ... I actually lol'd when I read this. I felt the same way this morning...

Lol, it's totally true. Congrats on your pass btw

Crims0n wrote: »

Congrats mate, and good luck with ICND2. I hear you on the rest haha.

Thanks man

yuddhidhtir

congrats:)

tr1x

Thanks for posting what you used, I'm taking this exam soon. I have lab equipment as well, did you go off of any material for setting up practice labs? Or just kind of wing it and set stuff up yourself?

joshmadakor

tr1x wrote: »

Thanks for posting what you used, I'm taking this exam soon. I have lab equipment as well, did you go off of any material for setting up practice labs? Or just kind of wing it and set stuff up yourself?

I just kinda drew up my own topologies that fit the gear that I had and came up with the addressing scheme myself. I did many different combinations and made sure I could ping all across it. With my lab equipment, I practiced using most of the commands/technologies I came across in Odom's book. IIRC, there's a section at the end of each chapter that has all the commands mentioned in the chapter. I also setup a TFTP server and practiced updating the IOS and messing with the config register.

Dakinggamer87

Congrats on pass!!

Puffy

Nice score. Congrats