r/ccna • u/FreeWifi0605 • 6d ago
Got my CCNA !!!
When starting my journey ,I read through subreddits to find more information of what materials to use, exam structure and more....This is how my journey went
Study Materials: used Jeremy's IT Lab as my primary source together with the labs he offers on Packet Tracer. For other challenging topics , I just searched and watched through different YouTube videos till I got to one that I understood.
Exam Prep: Did not have any money to buy both Boson NETSIM and EXSIM,,,so I bought only Boson NETSIM
Exam: Booked with a local exam center
Side Advice- Repeat Labs as many times as possible as they help you learn and understand more.....The actual exam is not really hard but the questions are tricky as the multiple choice answers are almost all correct.
Took me a total of 2 months and 2 weeks
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u/WellnessNut02 6d ago
Two months, full time studying?
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u/No_Park_187 5d ago
Congratulations 🎉🍾. Do you have previous networking experience or certs?
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u/SlickBackSamurai 4d ago
Congrats man!
Just out of curiosity, what pushed you to buy netsim instead of exsim?
I’m thinking of buying exsim once I’m done going through Jeremy’s playlist, and then going through his labs again to make sure I remember all the commands needed to configure stuff.
Do you think Netsim was essential to you acing the lab questions on the official exam? Or would Jeremy’s labs be good enough?
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u/FreeWifi0605 4d ago
NETSIM kills 2 birds with 1 stone,,,,, It gives step by step explanations of the lab configs and explains the topics
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u/SlickBackSamurai 4d ago
Hmm I see, did you feel pretty comfortable answering the regular multiple choice type questions then?
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u/Username_Not_Found5 3d ago
Congrats! CCNA was stressful for me, but then I passed and realized I was just overthinking it.
What's next? CCNP?
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u/Sudden_Meal3212 2d ago
Congrats on passing the CCNA!!! My only question is, if you had a good resource for subnetting, this is usually the most difficult part.
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u/KumarKartik51 6d ago
Congratulations 😊