Comments on: Cisco announces a new entry level certification as a pre-curser to the CCNA exam

By: rahul nanda

rahul nanda — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:18:25 +0000

hello sir..i am from india..currently i am pursuing my ccna examm.but really dont know wat to do for simulation part..can u just help me out dat which simulator can i use and where will i get it..

By: pushkaraj junghare

pushkaraj junghare — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:43:12 +0000

hi, sir my self pushkar i want exam. update plz. give me
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Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:16:21 +0000

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By: mdurrin@cox.net

mdurrin@cox.net — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:36:13 +0000

Todd,

I took the CCNA exam today and it is REALLY HARD! TOO HARD! They must have made the new one much harder. I got a 683 and needed 825 to pass. There are TOO MANY QUESTIONS and most of them are TOO LONG AND COMPLICATED for the time allowed! I almost walked out after the first 20 questions! I think they are trying to get you flustered with all the details! At a minimum, you have to be able to quickly follow every packet and frame thru a complicated network diagram. They really need to have a few more basic questions. And I’m not convinced that they aren’t trying to trick us, too!

I am not an experienced Cisco network admin, but I have many years of Novell network experience as a CNE and many years of enterprise IT experience as well (20 years overall technical experience).

Additionally, I went all out for this certification - worked on it full-time for 2 months your excellent study guide, Chris Bryant’s excellent videos, Odom’s Video Mentor (ok), Routersim (very good for the most part, but lacking in some command parameters), Cisco kits workbook (good, but out-dated), and my own rack of 3 Cisco switches and 3 routers, including the SDM and CNA apps. But I used the CLI most of the time.

I didn’t sleep well last night which hurt me some, but that test is a real son of a bxxch! I passed seven Novell CNE tests in one month, five in one day! If this had been a college exam, it would have been rounded and I would have easily passed. 825 out of 1000? You got to be kidding me! I think Novell’s was 70%.

I need to find a test simulator more like the actual test. I purchased MeasureUp’s test simulator (which was just like a super hard Microsoft exam I took a few months ago), but they are mostly nothing like the actual test and too easy. I have seen no complicated network graphics or CLI configs like on the exam. However, now that I have seen the actual test, I know more of what to look for. I am going to checkout Trancender’s even though they didn’t simulate the Microsoft test I took very well.

Any suggestions?

By: BlackJackiv2008

BlackJackiv2008 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:39:12 +0000

Hi Mr Todd Lammle,

I am preparing for CCNA Exam, also will plan to take CCNP if can pass CCNA.
Since I am new to the exams, may i know what/how many routers and switches do i need to purchase for my hands on?

Hope you can give me an advice.

Thanks.

Jack

By: srikant

srikant — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:04:36 +0000

hi! Todd lammle. This is srikant and it is the 1st time i want to place a view on this site. I am looking forward to your books on icnd 1 2 because i find the composite too intimidating.
i bought your latest ccna study guide after being recommended by a tutor but i will go for the two way approach.
it is a pleasure reading your books and hope you continue to write and in my view the best in the business.best regards.srikant

By: Dogma

Dogma — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:47:53 +0000

What are some things that are not on the latest CCNA exam there were on the old one? ISDN & Frame Relay, are they still included in the latest test?

By: chad

chad — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:10:11 +0000

dear TL :
ive been studying ur CCNA’s 5th edition study guide but couldnt submit to the certification exam , now that the material has changed , should i continue to the new chapters in the 6th edition or start all over again.

chad

By: chad

chad — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:03:21 +0000

dear TL :
ive been studying your CCNA’s 5th edition study guide but i ddnt submit to the certification exam and now that the material has changed i want to ask you if i should continue on the new chapters in the sixth edition or start all over again.

chad

By: Cory

Cory — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:10:27 +0000

NV memory or NVRAM is where the router stores the startup-config. This is the configuration file the router uses when it boots/restarts/initializes itself. Provided the config-register is set to 0×2102, it copys the startup-config to running-config in RAM.

When you configure memory your telling the router to load the startup-config and execute all of its commands. Essentially this just appends the startup-config statements to the existing running-config in RAM whatever that may be.

If you want to enter global config mode ‘router(config)#’ and have it accept input from the terminal, you should use the configure terminal command. ‘config t’