First let me say the site looks great! Really like the new look.

After last weeks little surprise (Me getting an 822 then nearly crying like a schoolgirl when I found out the score had changed to 849, and as a result my love for cisco grew even more.....just a hint of sarcasm) I will be re-taking the exam this coming Friday. I have been using the sybex book and the w. odom book.

My question is of those who have passed the exam,
especially those without any or much router experience, what has been the THING (study habit, program, technique....whatever) that has helped you to remember the best?

Thanks in advance, and I am sure I will become a much larger fan of Ciscos when I pass!!!

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Hi dmichaud,

It's good to see you didn't let the first attempt get ya down!

IMO, if you use every resource you can, you'll do great. Things like multiple books, internet, study groups, magazines, etc. No single source can give you all the angles on this stuff, so keep it diverse!

Also, go a little berzerk in your studies.

Hope this helps!

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I used the router sim that was my most usefull study aid and working at it for at least 2 hours every day for 2 mths till i had everything down cold.. i could subnet in my sleep, recite iso commands while doing othe unrelated things

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good luck on Friday. I'm sure you'll nail it this time.

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READ, READ, READ and READ even more!!!!!!

The more you read the more all the little pieces will begin to fall togther

Best of luck,

Yankee

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Hi dmichaud.

I don't know if you have checked out my Web site yet...it might help a little:

http://unite.com.au/~u4399a/CCNA%20Study%20Tips.htm

For me, I stopped expecting to learn everything in a single day. Doing the CCNA was good for me: it helped me reinforce good study habits that I have learnt over time. If I got stuck on something, I would make a mental note of it, and keep looking around, asking questions, until it made sense - and I would be easy on myself about not understanding something.

Hope this helps,

Cheers,

Deets

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Just study your butt off!

I took the CCNA back in the day (640-407), after going through a two year course in high school.

One thing that helped was making neumonics to remember things... you remember those right?

Like, to remember the OSI model, do this:

(A)ll --- (A)pplication
(P)residents --- (P)resentation
(S)hould --- (S)ession
(T)ry --- (T)ransportation
(N)ot --- (N)etwork
(D)oing --- (D)ata link
(P)eople --- (P)hysical

Instead of having to remember the letters at the start of each word, remember this phrase:

All presidents should try not doing people

That's one thing that helped.

Router simulators or a good public router will get you used to the syntax and format for a lot of the IOS commands.

Make sure you can subnet like mad! And above all, get some sleep and stay relaxed during the test. I was real shaky when I went to go take mine... but I did okay.

Best of luck!

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Kinda stupid but I can never remember which is layer1 or 7. I can remember the Physical, Data Link, Network...etc. but get confused when you say layer 7...I don't know Physical or Application

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Just remember that the highest.. Application, which is closest to the user, is layer 7. Just remember that layer 1, which would be physical, is everything that the normal user would not have to deal with.

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