Got'r done

I ended up getting a 903 on ICND2 this morning. I went fast because I was worried about time, but I ended up finishing with around 25 minutes left. I probably could have done a bit better had I been a little more cautious, but I'm still pretty happy with that score.

Finishing this up was actually a pretty big deal for me. I wanted to work on Cisco certs since before I was out of high school. I put a lot of money into study materials for the old version of the CCNA, bought 2500-series routers when they were somewhat decent, etc. A little over eight-years later, I finally wrapped up the CCNA

I used Train Signal, The Bryant Advantage (which I didn't really use since the material was nearly identical to the TS CBTs), Transcender, the Portable Command Guide, the Cisco Press books, and real equipment/dynamips.

I really wish I would have buckled down and taken it at the end of last year, shortly after ICND1. It was frustrating to get back into after so much time off. I'm going to keep working on Cisco stuff slowly, but surely, and focus on my security studies as well. I'd like to do OSCP, CEH, and CWSP by the end of the year. I'm going to start working on BCMSN as well, so I can mix up my studies a bit. All that should keep me busy for awhile

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mikej412

Congratulations!!

You know the drill

veritas_libertas

dynamik wrote: »

I ended up getting a 903 on ICND2 this morning. I went fast because I was worried about time, but I ended up finishing with around 25 minutes left. I probably could have done a bit better had I been a little more cautious, but I'm still pretty happy with that score.

Finishing this up was actually a pretty big deal for me. I wanted to work on Cisco certs since before I was out of high school. I put a lot of money into study materials for the old version of the CCNA, bought 2500-series routers when they were somewhat decent, etc. A little over eight-years later, I finally wrapped up the CCNA

I used Train Signal, The Bryant Advantage (which I didn't really use since the material was nearly identical to the TS CBTs), Transcender, the Portable Command Guide, the Cisco Press books, and real equipment/dynamips.

I really wish I would have buckled down and taken it at the end of last year, shortly after ICND1. It was frustrating to get back into after so much time off. I'm going to keep working on Cisco stuff slowly, but surely, and focus on my security studies as well. I'd like to do OSCP, CEH, and CWSP by the end of the year. I'm going to start working on BCMSN as well, so I can mix up my studies a bit. All that should keep me busy for awhile

Congrats!

kalebksp

Congrats!

BigTone

Congrats!

Bl8ckr0uter

dynamik wrote: »

I ended up getting a 903 on ICND2 this morning. I went fast because I was worried about time, but I ended up finishing with around 25 minutes left. I probably could have done a bit better had I been a little more cautious, but I'm still pretty happy with that score.

Finishing this up was actually a pretty big deal for me. I wanted to work on Cisco certs since before I was out of high school. I put a lot of money into study materials for the old version of the CCNA, bought 2500-series routers when they were somewhat decent, etc. A little over eight-years later, I finally wrapped up the CCNA

I used Train Signal, The Bryant Advantage (which I didn't really use since the material was nearly identical to the TS CBTs), Transcender, the Portable Command Guide, the Cisco Press books, and real equipment/dynamips.

I really wish I would have buckled down and taken it at the end of last year, shortly after ICND1. It was frustrating to get back into after so much time off. I'm going to keep working on Cisco stuff slowly, but surely, and focus on my security studies as well. I'd like to do OSCP, CEH, and CWSP by the end of the year. I'm going to start working on BCMSN as well, so I can mix up my studies a bit. All that should keep me busy for awhile

Awesome. You have beaten me but I will catch up in a week and a half.
Make sure to write up about the OSCP and CWSP.

Great job

Firemarshalbill.com

Congrats, I think you need to change your line under certifications

networker050184

Congrats!

Bokeh

Congrats, keep up the good work.

veritas_libertas

Firemarshalbill.com wrote: »

Congrats, I think you need to change your line under certifications

I was thinking the same thing.

jason_lunde

congrats man! well-deserved

ziggi138

Congrats man.

miller811

You the man....congrats

Webmaster

Congrats!

120nm4n

Congratulations!

Kaminsky

dynamik wrote: »

... I'd like to do OSCP, CEH, and CWSP by the end of the year. I'm going to start working on BCMSN as well, so I can mix up my studies a bit.

The end of this year ??? Wow !

I know your good but ... WoW.

Grats mate

dynamik

mikej412 wrote: »

You know the drill

Indeed. I've done this once or twice or before...

I decided to go with Knob Creek and an Ashton ESG this time around.

knwminus wrote: »

Awesome. You have beaten me but I will catch up in a week and a half.

Caught up? Doesn't that imply that I'm not going to do anything over the next week and a half

knwminus wrote: »

Make sure to write up about the OSCP and CWSP.

Will do.

Firemarshalbill.com wrote: »

Congrats, I think you need to change your line under certifications

Why? I do have a few in progress

Kaminsky wrote: »

The end of this year ???

It's really not as much as it sounds. I'm not starting any of those from scratch; most of been in progress for awhile. I almost sat the CEH today as well, but some of the obscure questions I was getting in practice exams made me too nervous. I've done a lot of work with wireless security out of personal interest the last year or so, so most of the CWSP is familiar. The one I'm really worried about is the OSCP. A guy at work who's much more experienced than me came up a bit short on that this last week. It has a lot of things like tweaking exploit code to work in that environment, etc. It's not just run a vulnerability scanner and point-and-click with Metasploit. I have a pretty good pass-rate thus far, but that one might take a few attempts

Slowhand

Congrats on the pass, you turbo-charged SOB.

And oh, yes, the Ashton ESG is a very good choice as a celebratory-smoke. I've always been a fan of the sun-grown sticks, and Ashton is awesome in general. Nice choice of bourbon, too.

Now, go get sh*t-faced.

rsutton

Congrats!

Essendon

Felicidades.

But really, how does this guy remain motivated, study hard (obviously), and pass so many exams...

Slowhand

Essendon wrote: »

Felicidades.

But really, how does this guy remain motivated, study hard (obviously), and pass so many exams...

Pure, uncut, Colombian cocaine.

Essendon

Slowhand wrote: »

Pure, uncut, Colombian cocaine.

laidbackfreak

congrats

oh and about time lol

dynamik

Slowhand wrote: »

Pure, uncut, Colombian cocaine.

That used to be the case. However, this divorce has left me so strapped for cash that I've had to resort to dirty Cajun street crack.

laidbackfreak wrote: »

oh and about time lol

Tell me about it. I was looking at my exam history in Transcender, and it picked up the day after I stopped last year.

10/13/2008
10/14/2008
10/15/2009
10/16/2009
etc.

That was a pretty funny coincidence, but it was also a pathetic realization

It actually took me a second to realize what was going since I was fairly certain I hadn't done any practice exams the week before...

One thing I forgot to mention was the number of errors/typos on the exam. I think there were three that were bad enough to leave feedback for. One question had all the host IPs on a network set to the same IP (the question was unrelated so that's not an NDA violation). I think my comment was something like, "While this wouldn't remedy the situation, I think I'd start by assigning unique IPs to the hosts. You know, just as a general best practice."

tiersten

dynamik wrote: »

I ended up getting a 903 on ICND2 this morning.

Slacker. I expect you to get 904+ on your future exams!

Congratulations

ncsugrad2002

Congrats man!

Satcom

YTMND!