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How I Plan On Studying For CCENT/ICND1

This is show I plan on studying for the first part of the CCNA R&S exam.

MATERIALS:

1. CBT Nuggets

I am going to be using Jeremy Cioara's CCENT course on CBT Nuggets. These videos have been recommended by a lot of people and this is the first thing I'm going to do.

2. Books

I have the Official Cert Guide by Odom and this is going to be the main book I'm going to use.

I also have Todd Lammle's CCENT book as a PDF. I might use this as reference for some topics.

3. Labs

I am using Packet Tracer and GNS3. I cannot afford a hardware lab, so I'm going to be using a Virtual Lab.



STUDY PLAN:

First Step:

I'm going to go through the CBT Nuggets videos and make a lot of notes from them.

Second Step:

Packet Tracer and GNS3 Labs with the videos.

Third Step:

Use the books and study the whole portion to perfect it.

Fourth Step:

Practice questions using 1001 CCNA questions book and other sources. 



Thanks for reading!

AZID

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