Passed ICND1 Today!

After a few months of studying I finally passed ICND1 today with a 907. I used Wendel Odom's book, Chris Bryant's videos and the Boson simulator and practice tests. Thanks to everyone who posts on the forums here. This site has been very helpful throughout my studies. On to ICND2!

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cyberguypr

Congrats on the pass!

Congrats!

Great Job!

Good Job!

Great job man.

Good work! Good luck with ICND2

Glyphic83

Thanks all!

emaz

Congrats!! I will be taking it in 3 weeks, would you have any insight on what areas they hit you hard with?

Glyphic83

emaz wrote: »

Congrats!! I will be taking it in 3 weeks, would you have any insight on what areas they hit you hard with?

I got a lot of questions about how switches would handle frames in specific scenarios. It's also a really good idea to be proficient in subnetting. I found subnetting.net to be particularly helpful for this. Being confident with subnetting will allow you to blow through those questions in a few seconds, so you can take your time with the sims.

Congrats!!!

Congrats!

Great, thanks!

I just started, I'm mixing ICND1 with fulltime classes. It's good to hear someone passed...Congrats!!!

Ivvan

Hello, in two weeks I present the CCENT exam, you could you give me a tip, or go deeper issues?

juicyjay36

Congrats!

Glyphic83

Ivvan wrote: »

Hello, in two weeks I present the CCENT exam, you could you give me a tip, or go deeper issues?

Hi Ivvan,
There really isn't any one "tip" that will make the difference between passing and failing. It's all about just making sure you understand the concepts. If you're confident with subnetting, you can identify how traffic will flow through a network when looking at a diagram (e.g. what's the source mac going to be after traffic flows from host A to host B, passing through a switch and a router along the way?), and you understand OSPF concepts, you'll do just fine.
If you can afford to spend the money on them, Boson practice exams are very helpful and will boost your confidence before you sit for the real thing. Subnetting.net and freeccnaworkbook.com also have free practice exams available that can help you gauge if you're ready.

Wolvendeer

Congrats on your pass.

Glyphic83 wrote: »

Hi Ivvan,
There really isn't any one "tip" that will make the difference between passing and failing. It's all about just making sure you understand the concepts. If you're confident with subnetting, you can identify how traffic will flow through a network when looking at a diagram (e.g. what's the source mac going to be after traffic flows from host A to host B, passing through a switch and a router along the way?), and you understand OSPF concepts, you'll do just fine.
If you can afford to spend the money on them, Boson practice exams are very helpful and will boost your confidence before you sit for the real thing. Subnetting.net and freeccnaworkbook.com also have free practice exams available that can help you gauge if you're ready.

This. Know your basic show commands, know how data passes through switches and routers, what constitutes broadcast and collision domains, and know how to subnet, you'll do fine. Also, know your OSPF and wildcard masks. When you go into the exams, it'll help you with your time management if you make a list of CIDR masks, subnet masks, and their increments so you'll quickly be able to translate between them.