Having a hard time with subnetting

hey guys, subnetting is sinking in really slowly for me is there anything you would recommend for the process to sink it quicker? Do you guys know what type of questions Cisco will ask that will involve subnetting on the CCENT exam so I can prepare so I'm not caught off guard??

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MAC_Addy

Read through this thread. http://www.techexams.net/forums/ccna-ccent/38772-subnetting-made-easy.html

This, along with Todd Lammle's and CBT Nuggets helped me out a lot.

fadhil

you should do as many questions as you can,you will be ready for any kind of questions

oli356

CBT Nuggets video on subnetting is fantastic. As for the types of questions, 255.255.240.0 how many host and network address can be made using this mask. Or "a network needs x hosts and x subnets, what subnet mask should they use".

Or you will have an ip address and /bit notation. You might have to find out that hosts network address or broadcast address.
You might have a diagram with a bunch of computers and a router, there might be comnectivity problems. You might need to check if the host and default gateway are on different subnets.

subnettingquestions.com - Free Subnetting Questions and Answers Randomly Generated Online I did this for 2 hours the day before my exam.

Once you understand subnetting it is so easy

Deemeetri

Thank you for the replies guys

chaddsuk

Hi

Once you have the concept down go to subnettingquestions.com - Free Subnetting Questions and Answers Randomly Generated Online and just keep firing off new questions, its one of those things that just take practice and once you have it your away!

I also made a subnetting for exams video on Youtube which may be helpful to you once you have the concepts down...

Subnetting Made Easy - CCNA exam method - Magic number NEW VLSM - YouTube

Hope that helps

techexamschris

Hello,
I used You Tube's, "Danscourses" for CCNA subnetting parts 1-6, and subnetting VLSM part 1 and 2. Subnetting Cisco CCNA -Part 1 The Magic Number - YouTube Extremely good explainations. I also used subnettingquestions.com. After watching these video and doing the subnettingquestions.com I could subnet anything fast, easy and in my head for most of the problems.

DoubleD

thanks!!!!

Jas21

MAC_Addy wrote: »

Read through this thread. http://www.techexams.net/forums/ccna-ccent/38772-subnetting-made-easy.html

This, along with Todd Lammle's and CBT Nuggets helped me out a lot.

^ that thread is the single greatest Subnetting 'thing' ever! That made it go 'click' more than anything else!

Somnipotent

like everyone said, go through the Subnetting Made Easy thread, learn the formula, then practice at subnettingquestions.com. get yourself a small whiteboard and a dry erase marker and drill, drill, drill... eventually it will click and you'll be like, wow, i can't believe it's not butter.

MAC_Addy

Somnipotent wrote: »

like everyone said, go through the Subnetting Made Easy thread, learn the formula, then practice at subnettingquestions.com. get yourself a small whiteboard and a dry erase marker and drill, drill, drill... eventually it will click and you'll be like, wow, i can't believe it's not butter.

That's exactly what I did. The whiteboard definitely helped out a lot, too.

NotHackingYou

Like above, practice practice practice.