Cut it close but passed 640-554

Passed this morning and cut it close. Not too happy about the score but a pass is a pass right? I spent that past few months studying for this with the official cert guide, portable command guide and GNS3 for CCP and ASA labs. I also have my 3550's in my physical lab for the switch/L2 stuff.

I am not exactly sure why i scored so low. I do network security for my work, so a lot of the material I was already familiar with and I thought the exam topics were pretty easy. Overall it was a pretty fair test.

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Ivanjam

mark076h - congrats on the pass! What's next on the program?

YFZblu

Congratulations - I'm hoping to slay 554 in about 10 days.

mark076h

Ivanjam wrote: »

mark076h - congrats on the pass! What's next on the program?

Going to relax for a few weeks during the holidays. I might take a break from Cisco and do the VCP since my work has already sent me to the required and expensive class.

I am going to get the CCNP Secure book since it has some good material to know, but I am not sure if I am going to go down the CCNP Security route or not.