reg ccna exam

First off, when I took the exam, I was told not to bring in any electronic devices, including calculators, so sorry, you will have to do any math the old fashioned way, with pencil and paper. My test was video taped, and I was told that the review the tape, so if you check on a page or cell phone call you may get slapped, so just leave them behind to be safe.

Know the OSI model and IP addressing including subnetting inside and out. I had about 15 questions on these two areas (about 15 to 20 % of the exam). If you put some solid time into these easyily memorized areas, you will be glad.

Another way to score points without alot of thought is to memorize the full commands as best you can. I had alot of multiple choice and fill in the blanks on the commands set, but you needed to know the FULL command. You can type "config t" to get to the configuration prompt, but you need to know that the full command is "configure terminal". On the multiple choice questions, they will try and trick you by throwing a "-" (dash) in the the wrong place or by putting the words slighly out of order. I.E. the command "ip domain-lookup" the may put "ip-domain lookup"

Don't get me wrong, you will have to know everything else solidly to passthe exam, but these are areas that you can score some easy points, you will kick youself if you score well on all the other areas, but fail the test do to the fact you didn't do some simple memorizations.

I'm sorry but you don't have to know all the exact commands in fact in the simulator exercises the tab key auto-completes the command and guess what there is a the help feature comon to every ios device. you should study rip eigrp igrp, the diference between routed and routing protocols, the addressing schema ( including classless and classfull) plus the way to configure a small network ( maximum 4 routers). Remember that secret is the command to make the enable password incrypted to level 5 and that if you type enable secret password the password will be "password" ( it is important because 5 persons in 40 from my company made this mistake.

You won't be allowed anything in the exam but the blank sheet of paper and pencil they give you. That's it.

As far as how the test is....it's difficult, but fair. It isn't tricky...but it is demanding. I recommend HIGHLY you get the sybex book and KNOW the material. The e-trainer from Sybex is very helpful as well.

I passed on my first try...but I studied hard, practiced on the simulator and on real routers and felt pretty prepared going in.

You will need to know your stuff...IOS, Router commands, Protocols, LANs/WANs, switching, VLANs, OSI model, etc. Review the objectives carefully and put the time and effort in.

Also, spend some time with practice tests...they'll make you more comfotable and give you a good feel for what you'll face.

Good luck!

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