Well, after about a month and a half hard study I have finally achieved my first official IT certification.
Without revealing the details I am happy to report I passed this exam with a near perfect score. Thank you very much to the advice on these boards as it has been invaluable over the last little while.
Resources used:
CBT Nuggets - watched these twice and then in the past week I have been going over weak areas in the separate videos.
Train signal video series - Watched these twice as well, Chris Byrant goes into a lot of depth that you need to know for the exam.
Cisco Press ICND1 book - Read twice, lots of detail which is good when you first get studying but a little harder to use 1-2 weeks before exam day.
Todd Lammel Sybex book- Read once, good for focusing on exam material. It went above and beyond a few times but no biggie.
ICND1 Exam Cram - Worth every last penny, this was the PERFECT resource to have 2 weeks before taking my test. It went through every topic and everything you need to know for the exam.
And of course the most important resource: my Cisco 851w router, which provided me the invaluable experience I needed to work the sims.
At the end of the day and all that reading + router work, the exam was cake
. Now, onto the ICND2!!!
