OK getting serious.

The CCNA book I bought is insuffuicent for me to learn. I don't even know where it is.

I need to start with a beginers books. Then If you can I would like the full blown help books for CCNA. I believe Ill be taking a course thatll help me with my CCNA next year in college but I don't think itll be enough.

I know its been asked million of times I just can't find the specific post.

Now that i am half way through the A+ class, I wanna start CCNA studying.

Ive been reading posts left and right on this forum, but I don't really understand most of them. so ya.

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johnnynodough

By the Cisco Press self study books by Wendell Odom, two books, one for INTRO, and one for ICND. Buy togther as a package and its cheaper.

1Ste

Do you have an idea of the cost cause once I know that, Im driving to book store.

maybe 40$ to 50?

johnnynodough

Dont buy it at a book store, buy it on ciscopress.com and get it for 30% off, or amazon.com. Or even Ebay. I beleive I got the package for around 100 bucks, but it was a couple of years ago.

1Ste

Question: How many tests are there just for CCNA cert.

keenon

2 options

1 test

or 2 tests -intro and icnd

if your unfamiliar with networking i would suggest trying Net+

1Ste

I am always open to any Certs, So you think I should studt for and take network + before CCNA?

What I have been doing latly is staying up, and googling words or things Ive read before in my CCNA book, reading those articles i find, then finding words or things in that I don't know and repeating the process I started a notepad with all the words I have found definitions to and read articles or papers on. Mostly routing protocals. example: ISDN, RIP, VLSM, OSPF. Stuff like that. I find it really helpful.

keenon

i'm not sure of anyone elses thoughts but i would suggest network +, as its a good grasp of alot of non-vendor specific technologies. vlans, isdn, T1, T3, cabling and ect.

alot of it transfers over to ccna very well

1Ste

Sounds easy to..

Got a good suggestion on a study book for it?

Any other ideas?

D-boy

johnnynodough wrote:

Dont buy it at a book store, buy it on ciscopress.com and get it for 30% off, or amazon.com. Or even Ebay. I beleive I got the package for around 100 bucks, but it was a couple of years ago.

www.bookpool.com has cheap books too, i get all my books from there...

1Ste

Im actualy having trouble finding the package with the intro and ICND together.

keenon

your mainly going to find the one book for ccna in more places than others

1Ste

Im kinda gonna have to buy it at a book store cause I still live at home and my parents don't really want me to spend money, so I can't do it over internet.

Ill see what i can find, any reccomendations for network+ books?