Best Material to use for Studying Purposes

Hello All;

Recently I passed ICND2 and received my CCNA R&S status; I am now hoping to start studying towards CCNA:S.

Currently the Material which I am planning on using to help study for the Certification is the official 640-554 Study Guide and also the CBT nugget series. Is there anything else anyone could recommend?

Also in regards to Labbing, would GSN3 be enough or would you recommend purchasing some physical equipment?

I look forward to some input!

Cheers.

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alan2308

The study guide, some docs on the Cisco site and plenty of labbing in GNS3 got me through it.

rowelld

Use a VM and install CCP. Learn how to navigate around CCP to configure a network device.

j.petrov

Your study materials look good to me. I used exactly the same stuff. I usually would watch a CBT Nuggets video then read the corresponding chapter and then do labs. GNS was a little bit of a pain to configure, but I got CCP working and was able to set up an ASA as well.

Good luck.

StussyNz

Is CCP needed? At work to configure ASA firewalls we use ADSM? is that not included in the study material?

alan2308

Look at the exam topics on the Cisco site. The answers you seek are all right there.