Takin CCNA Wednesday........

arggggggggggg 753 ............

I WILL KICK IT ASS NEXT TIME

MY SCORE

yea i know that but what is it out of? 1000? or what? ihave never taken a CCNA so i dont know the marking system..

the unlucky that u didnt pass dude.. good luck next time u take the exam :)

Miller

What areas / topics did you find the most difficult. Let us know and maybe we can advise.

I dont want to break the NDA so I will be vague. I spent too much time on the Simulation. 25 minutes or so. I gave up on it so I know I did not get it right. I had 1 minute to answer the last 8 questions. I gave the first

I will not go the Test King route. I want to know this stuff so........ I am going to borrow a few 2600 routers and a few switches from my school tonight. (last class of semester) and work on labs all next week( summer break) and then the week back I will take it again. The sim was on VLANs and I thought I knew my stuff but the pressure got to me and I froze up. Didn't think the basics out and wasted time pursuing configurations before I had all the info I needed (Subnetting etc).

I didnt break it down and kept going back to see what configuration I needed to do next. I was a difficult sim ... not just ip address and routing.

I had no experience with routers 2 months ago when I started the CCNA class.

BTW , is it true that if you dont get the sim right you have no chance of passing.

The required pass score for the CCNA is currently 849 out of 1000, although your attempt is scored between 300 and 1000.

Well, I Boned up one of the SIMS on the composite (CCNP recert) exam and still passed, but did not score well. Now that you've seen an exam, you will know better how to prepare. Just dealing with the testing environment is half the battle for some people. If you have specific questions on topics or specific subjects that are giving you trouble, ask the group for help. You may always email me offline if you want. feedback AT family-george DOT com

Good luck.

Ty aubrey.....I spent so much time on the sim thinking I had to get it right that I shorted myself on time for the rest of the test.

No, the sim(s) are the only question(s) that you can get a partial score for - all other questions are binary, i.e., all or nothing - I don't have the source of this info to hand but it was from a Cisco staffer on an official forum somewhere.

And I can confirm this because last month when I did my CCNA re-cert I didn't complete the sim (OSPF troubleshooting) - the bits I did do I know were correct - but still got 934.

Aubrey

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Wasnt able to borrow the router and switches.....alls well though the sim has its limitationa but will suffice for CCNA..

Have been hitting the books hard and practicing VLAN's. Different switches have different ways of settin them up.

I know how on the 1900 and 2950.... will that be enough for the 640-801 ? A little knowledge of NAT will help too.

Nothing on NAT in Todds book. Booked for Sept 2. I will prevail ......THIS TIME.....

Well, I've taken it twice - and scored an identical 770 each time. Got hung up on a couple of the sims (last exam had FOUR) and ran out of time. Practice, practice, practice...

this white boy passed.

I am interested in pursuing a career in routing....what cert should i go for next.

I would like advice on setting up the least expensive router and switch network....both cisco and other vendors.

what model would be the most usefull in training right now.