Cisco Exam Advice

PEMBO · 27-07-2008, 11:23

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

***Neo_VR*** · 27-07-2008, 22:46

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!

PEMBO · 30-07-2008, 08:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neo_VR

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!

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

**mannyo** · 30-07-2008, 08:19

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.

PEMBO · 30-07-2008, 08:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by mannyo

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

CCDE Jobs, Average Salary for CCDE Qualifications

philc · 08-08-2008, 14:24

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

Dr Zoidberg · 08-08-2008, 14:32

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.

PEMBO · 08-08-2008, 18:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by philc

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

Kaiserb_uk · 08-08-2008, 19:56

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

Dr Zoidberg · 08-08-2008, 19:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaiserb_uk

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

PEMBO · 09-08-2008, 10:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kaiserb_uk

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

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