This is a Reddit post on the CCNA subreddit:
Hey guys! I did it! I scored 896/832 and passed the ICND1. I had limited money and couldn't afford to fail the exam. I am so happy that I cleared the exam!
I am a college student and travel 130kms everyday so I could study only from 8pm to midnight. I worked very hard for this exam.
In my country, people usually go to training centers and bootcamps to clear this exam, but they usually use dumps and don't teach well. I WANTED TO ACTUALLY LEARN. I needed the knowledge of these topics because I want to get into cybersecurity. So I took the Self-Study path.
I tried studying slowly from January of this year, but never really understood anything and just watched the videos for the sake of it. But when the Feb deadline news came I knew I had no option and became fully focused. I re-watched all videos and took ton of notes. Then moved on to the book and then finished with the practice exams.
What I used:
Overall I think Boson was equally hard as the real exam. But the scoring on the Boson exams were more strict. The ICND1 scoring was a bit lenient imo.
I used Packet Tracer. I never got to setting up GNS3 so I used only Packet Tracer and I think that was enough to study.
On exam day, I ran into problems at the testing center because my exam didn't load and it was delayed by 3 hours. But I kept calm and tried to not worry.
During the exam, there were some questions I had no idea about, but took my time thought about it and answered it. I had a lot of Drag and drop questions. I had 30 extra minutes in the exam because English isnt the first language in my country.
For the people who are studying: Understand Subnetting. DO NOT skip any topics, this exam doesn't discriminate on topics. There were questions on every topic. Know how to set up VLANs, NAT, NTP, ACL's and other important lab configs. Dont underestimate the exam. The exam is easy, but it can hit you where you dont expect it. Have fun Studying!
I want to thank everybody on r/ccna.
Reading everyday about what people were studying and their posts on passing the exam kept me motivated through these 2 months.
I wish the best of luck to everybody who is trying the get certified before February. You guys can do it!
I plan on writing the ICND2 around December. Onto becoming CCNA certified! :)
P.S. If any INDIANS need help with this exam, on how to pay for everything or anything, feel free to PM me and I will surely help. I had to figure out everything by myself because I couldn't find anyone to tell me what to do so I want to help others.
Hey guys! I did it! I scored 896/832 and passed the ICND1. I had limited money and couldn't afford to fail the exam. I am so happy that I cleared the exam!
I am a college student and travel 130kms everyday so I could study only from 8pm to midnight. I worked very hard for this exam.
In my country, people usually go to training centers and bootcamps to clear this exam, but they usually use dumps and don't teach well. I WANTED TO ACTUALLY LEARN. I needed the knowledge of these topics because I want to get into cybersecurity. So I took the Self-Study path.
I tried studying slowly from January of this year, but never really understood anything and just watched the videos for the sake of it. But when the Feb deadline news came I knew I had no option and became fully focused. I re-watched all videos and took ton of notes. Then moved on to the book and then finished with the practice exams.
What I used:
- CBT Nuggets:
I cant thank Jeremy Cioara enough. He made understand the concepts well.
But the most important thing is, he keeps you interested. Whenever I
lost interest while studying a topic, I watched his videos and he
teaches with so much enthusiasm that you enjoy studying.
- Official Cert Guide:
This book is just golden. There is so much information in this book. If
you study this from cover to cover, you will have no problem in passing.
I made sure that I didn't move to the next chapter before completely
understanding the previous one. The book is a bit dry and you get bored
sometimes, but I tried to push through it and study.
- Boson ExSim: The number of people recommending Boson on r/ccna made me buy Boson.
Overall I think Boson was equally hard as the real exam. But the scoring on the Boson exams were more strict. The ICND1 scoring was a bit lenient imo.
I used Packet Tracer. I never got to setting up GNS3 so I used only Packet Tracer and I think that was enough to study.
On exam day, I ran into problems at the testing center because my exam didn't load and it was delayed by 3 hours. But I kept calm and tried to not worry.
During the exam, there were some questions I had no idea about, but took my time thought about it and answered it. I had a lot of Drag and drop questions. I had 30 extra minutes in the exam because English isnt the first language in my country.
For the people who are studying: Understand Subnetting. DO NOT skip any topics, this exam doesn't discriminate on topics. There were questions on every topic. Know how to set up VLANs, NAT, NTP, ACL's and other important lab configs. Dont underestimate the exam. The exam is easy, but it can hit you where you dont expect it. Have fun Studying!
I want to thank everybody on r/ccna.
Reading everyday about what people were studying and their posts on passing the exam kept me motivated through these 2 months.
I wish the best of luck to everybody who is trying the get certified before February. You guys can do it!
I plan on writing the ICND2 around December. Onto becoming CCNA certified! :)
P.S. If any INDIANS need help with this exam, on how to pay for everything or anything, feel free to PM me and I will surely help. I had to figure out everything by myself because I couldn't find anyone to tell me what to do so I want to help others.
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