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by ghstinshll

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I'm so down from this... I took a 3-month time frame to do a self-study/CBT/hands-on course through a local college to pass the CCNA, which I've put off for a long time now... I did a great job studying, learning, and feel I could do ANY day-to-day operation I need to with the skills the CCNA taught me.

My depressing news comes in that I got a 847, two points too low for a passing score and feel like the book I read doesn't offer enough on the topics I had the hardest time with. ISDN and Frame Relay were my weak points. I was so pumped about this, passing and finally adding the CCNA to my card-list... Part of why I'm so upset about this is the time I spent cramming for the actual exam (as compared with book-study perviously)and didn't pass when ex-coworkers have read the "dummies" book and passed with no experience. This was years ago possibly before it was as hands-on, etc too.!

Does anyone know of good sites where I can learn more about this? I'm looking for just enough to get me over th edge, not white papers...

Advice and consolations would be appreciated...

JW

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by sda

you can try the books by Sybex or even print out some of the material avaliable on the Cisco site. I used the books by Sybes and the material provided by Cisco and I passed the CCNA exam. Also try to search for sample question and practice on them.

by ghstinshll

I used the Sybex book written by the Cisco god himself, Todd Lammle... He was great at the content, except for that last two chapters where information is there, but there's not much in the way of getting you ready for scenarios in those sections... I also have a test king sample test as well as the ones that the school provided. They were really close. I didn't learn the Frame and ISDN well enough to fully understand it all like the rest of the questions were... U know, for missing 9 out of 60 I feel like I should have the CCNA already. Damn that high bar, eh?! I wonder if Mr. Chambers would give me a variance... (-:{

by cef

I took the CCNA and passed my first time. I took the actual CCNA class offered by Cisco. The one thing I found that helped me more than any other thing were the hands-on labs. It really drove the point home as we configured the ISDN and Frame-relay in the network lab.

Prehaps you should look into some virtual labs. I see them advertised everywhere. You rent time on an actual lab stack.
IMHO

Carl Foote, CCNA

by lordinfidel

Every exam I have ever taken I always use this method.

1st buy the official book from the vendor you are taking the exam from. Read it from front to back, do the practice questions. Do it they way "THEY" say first.

Then look for 2 other study guides that have meat and practice exams. Then find the coriolios exam cram book for the exam.

I've never been a fan of the CBT type of training.

by lordinfidel

Every exam I have ever taken I always use this method.

1st buy the official book from the vendor you are taking the exam from. Read it from front to back, do the practice questions. Do it they way "THEY" say first.

Then look for 2 other study guides that have meat and practice exams. Then find the coriolios exam cram book for the exam.

I've never been a fan of the CBT type of training.

by ghstinshll

I have a lab with two 2500's in there... I think I might have skipped the lab on them, maybe that's why... I really skimmed through chapter 10, so I know it's my fault, but felt it would be a minor point on the exam, but ISDN held a lot of weight.

by lordinfidel

When I took my 2K upgrd exam, all that was on it was wins. WTF!

My CCNA was alot of IPX crap. Like who the hell uses that.

The RHCE was a little different since it was broken up into 3 parts. The troubleshooting section was really the hardest. You had to use your knowledge about linux and could not look anything up.

Each vendor will do something to totally throw you.

So don't look at it as a failure. Look at it as an oppurtunity to learn something that you don't know.

by ghstinshll

not all labs... just the ISDN labs... I'm hands-down in access lists and network setup, etc...

by ghstinshll

Maybe someone at TechRepublic would be interested in publishing this document with me... How do I do that? I'll fish through the TR pages and find someone to point an email to, i guess....

by elemejetope

I am about to start preparing for CCNA; I bought 4 Multimedia training software from Learning Key. I believe we can always share Ideas and materials together. My email: elemejetope@yahoo.com

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