Lo all, planning on doing my Cisco exam prematurly before I finish the Net Acadamy as its dragging abit.

I have read all the material for ICND1 + & ICND2 and Im very confident with it all (got a distinction in semester 1 and 2 with grades of 98%) so I think I should stand a chance of passing.

Im wondering though, should I do ICND1 and ICND2 exams (640-816 and 640-822) OR do the CCNA exam (640-802)?

My thinking is that if I pass the ICND1, I should get a voucher for ICND2 which makes it cheaper to do that route as opposed to the CCNA.

Any suggestions or comments?

Thanks,

Mike:thumbup:

[update: Passed CCNA 640-802 and there was no supprise questions on there that wernt covered in the ICND modules]

Edited 2 February, 200917 yr by PEMBO

CCNA is VERY unforgiving.....

my collegue at work failed it by a point because of one mistake with an incorrect syntax.

not for the faint hearted! :eek:

CCNA is VERY unforgiving.....

my collegue at work failed it by a point because of one mistake with an incorrect syntax.

not for the faint hearted! :eek:

Might bite the bullet and go for the CCNA instead, just thinking about the ICND1+2 means I need to do 2 exams which is a pain

A work colleague is about to start on the CCNA course, his ultimate goal is to get to CCDE although I am not sure how realistic that target is.

A work colleague is about to start on the CCNA course, his ultimate goal is to get to CCDE although I am not sure how realistic that target is.

One can only dream:D

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I think there are a limited number of CCDE's in this country -one agency mentioned 60-ish? I've only ever met one, a friend of a friend who's a contractor, and he had his own switch rack in his study. And a 911 on the drive.

Phil

CCNA's pretty easy , though past that they get quite a bit harder.

One tip is every time they give you an example config , write it all down.

Quite often you'll get questions later in the exam where you can get the answer from the notes you've just made.

I think there are a limited number of CCDE's in this country -one agency mentioned 60-ish? I've only ever met one, a friend of a friend who's a contractor, and he had his own switch rack in his study. And a 911 on the drive.

Phil

IIRC its 15000 world wide, so 60 is about right

I'm wanting to do the CCNA - I've a certain amount of hands on 'fiddling' type experience but while I can replicate the most basic of configs in work situations I far too often have to say "I don't know" and we get a consultant at £1700 per day...the business case shouldn't be TOO hard to write

I'm wanting to do the CCNA - I've a certain amount of hands on 'fiddling' type experience but while I can replicate the most basic of configs in work situations I far too often have to say "I don't know" and we get a consultant at £1700 per day...the business case shouldn't be TOO hard to write

We can do you CCNPs and CCIEs for a lot less than that

I'm wanting to do the CCNA - I've a certain amount of hands on 'fiddling' type experience but while I can replicate the most basic of configs in work situations I far too often have to say "I don't know" and we get a consultant at £1700 per day...the business case shouldn't be TOO hard to write

just get a load of books, a couple of switches and routers and jobs a good un

My kit consists of 2x 1900 switches, and 3x 1600 routers - not state of the art but enough to practice with.

Looking at your sig you should be totally fine with it:thumbup: