Going for the CCNA!

I'm scheduled to take the 640-802 in less than 10 hours! I don't know whether I'm excited or frightened to say the least, it's a weird feeling because I've never been in this kind of situation before(caring about my exam results). I haven't been studying the material for that long at all, in fact I began my studies less than 3 weeks ago

Of course, I'm not running into this blindly since I took the CCNA Exploration class about 2 years ago, but the exam topics have changed quite a bit since then. If I had to pinpoint my weaknesses, it would be pretty much all switch-related material(VTP, STP/PVST+/RSTP), and the specifics of wireless(DSSS/FHSS/OFDM, b/g data rates, a/n non-overlapping channels), and maybe some IPv6

I just thought I'd let everybody know before posting a topic about how I did on it. Honestly I don't know if I'm ready, but I'm past the rescheduling window and I'm pretty curious to see how I do.

-Devon

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peanutnoggin

Good luck!!!

gateway

Best of luck to you!

fly2dw

No looking back now, just go for it!

Good luck!

Good luck!

good luck!!

Best of Luck!!!

Good luck!

Luck to you. Have an apple and a peppermint both natural brain stimulants. Have the beverage of your choice after you slay it.

ZZOmega

THANK GOD I PASSED.

I swear this night and day studying was gettin a bit old, but I have to say I kind of enjoyed it. 974/1000, not bad eh?

TheShadow wrote: »

Luck to you. Have an apple and a peppermint both natural brain stimulants. Have the beverage of your choice after you slay it.

I forgot to check back on this thread before I went to take the CCNA, so I didn't eat a peppermint or an apple, but sure as heck got my beverage of choice after

Thanks for all your support guys, I really learned a lot from you helping each other out! Hopefully I can be of some help around here too

nicklauscombs

ZZOmega wrote: »

974/1000, not bad eh?

not only did your hard work pay off with a pass but you slayed that exam. excellent work. congrats!

rogue2shadow

Combo Horror! Epic score man!

mikej412

ZZOmega wrote: »

PASSED.

Congratulations!!

peanutnoggin

zzomega wrote: »

thank god i passed.

I swear this night and day studying was gettin a bit old, but i have to say i kind of enjoyed it. 974/1000, not bad eh? :d

congrats!!!

fly2dw

ZZOmega wrote: »

974/1000, not bad eh?

Nice one, you nailed it! Well Done

billscott92787

Congrats! Good job

So what's next CCNP?

phantasm

974/100? Way to go!!

ZZOmega

Thanks everybody!

billscott92787 wrote: »

Congrats! Good job So what's next CCNP?

You got it! I feel like I lost my life over the course of studying for the CCNA, so I might as well keep going

Does anybody have insight as to how Cisco's new three-exam track compares to their old four-exam path? I can't find nearly as much info on ROUTE/SWITCH/TSHOOT as I can on BSCI/BCMSN/ISCW/ONT. More specifically, should I hurry and try to test for the 4-path CCNP before it becomes history, or is the new condensed material pretty manageable?

EDIT: Actually, before I head straight into CCNP, should I go after CCNA SP/Wireless/Voice/Security first? If so, which path is recommended?

tha_dub

If you haven't even started studying for the 4 exam route go for the new exams. Sure there won't be as much exam specific resources out there yet but a lot of the old exam info applies anyways. Also when exams get retired so does old technology that is either seldom used anymore and or even supported in newer software revisions.

gateway

Excellent score! Congrats!!!

phantasm

ZZOmega wrote: »

EDIT: Actually, before I head straight into CCNP, should I go after CCNA SP/Wireless/Voice/Security first? If so, which path is recommended?

That question only you can answer. Pick one and knock it out, I chose Security but that's me.

nicklauscombs

phantasm wrote: »

That question only you can answer. Pick one and knock it out, I chose Security but that's me.

i chose this path as well especially after just finishing the security+ which has a lot of crossover topics with the ccna security exam.

QHalo

ZZOmega wrote: »

Thanks everybody!

You got it! I feel like I lost my life over the course of studying for the CCNA, so I might as well keep going

Does anybody have insight as to how Cisco's new three-exam track compares to their old four-exam path? I can't find nearly as much info on ROUTE/SWITCH/TSHOOT as I can on BSCI/BCMSN/ISCW/ONT. More specifically, should I hurry and try to test for the 4-path CCNP before it becomes history, or is the new condensed material pretty manageable?

EDIT: Actually, before I head straight into CCNP, should I go after CCNA SP/Wireless/Voice/Security first? If so, which path is recommended?

The 4 exam format will be going away soon and CCNP is much more indepth than CCNA so I'd start learning the new format if you're going that route. As for which CCNA concentration, well that depends where you want to go. They're starting off points for other tracks so like Security for example, you can't do CCSP without taking CCNA Security first. I believe this is also true of Voice. It takes some long term planning on your part to figure out where you want to be and in what aspect of networking.

burbankmarc

ZZOmega wrote: »

Thanks everybody!

You got it! I feel like I lost my life over the course of studying for the CCNA, so I might as well keep going

Does anybody have insight as to how Cisco's new three-exam track compares to their old four-exam path? I can't find nearly as much info on ROUTE/SWITCH/TSHOOT as I can on BSCI/BCMSN/ISCW/ONT. More specifically, should I hurry and try to test for the 4-path CCNP before it becomes history, or is the new condensed material pretty manageable?

EDIT: Actually, before I head straight into CCNP, should I go after CCNA SP/Wireless/Voice/Security first? If so, which path is recommended?

The ROUTE and SWITCH are, from what I hear, nearly identical to the BSCI and BCMSN. So I would recommend going with the new tests.

billscott92787

Go with the new tests, it would be impossible to do the entire 4-TRACK before July 31. Take your time, go with ROUTE, SWITCH, TSHOOT.

logicmyfoot

ZZOmega wrote: »

THANK GOD I PASSED.

I swear this night and day studying was gettin a bit old, but I have to say I kind of enjoyed it. 974/1000, not bad eh?

I forgot to check back on this thread before I went to take the CCNA, so I didn't eat a peppermint or an apple, but sure as heck got my beverage of choice after

Thanks for all your support guys, I really learned a lot from you helping each other out! Hopefully I can be of some help around here too

congrats man

ZZOmega

Thanks everybody! For the most part, I've figured out where I want to go from here. I want to do CCNA Security/Voice/Wireless, before I hit up the CCNP R&S track, but I also want to build upon my knowledge learned from the CCNA, so I don't lose some of the crap that's stuffed in my head.

I enjoy the CLI much more than I do the SDM, which I'm sure most, if not all of you, agree with me. Learning the nitty-gritty of why certain things are used, when they are applicable, how to use certain features to their full potential, etc. Using the SDM and clicking a few buttons just doesn't do it for me. I've dipped my feet into the CCNA Security track recently, and there's a pretty large part that's dedicated to setting up/installing/running the SDM. While I don't like it, I guess I have no choice

The track I'm planning on going right now is;

CCNA -> Security -> Wireless -> Voice -> CCNP -> (Haven't thought this far yet)

That is, unless someone wants to place a bet that the 4-exam path, start-to-finish, cannot be completed before July 31st

Once again, thanks everyone for your support, help and opinions! I love this community and hope to be around more often!

~Devon