Taking my ICND this weekend

ksuchewie

Well, I figured it's time to give it a shot. If I don't try now I don't know when I will. I'm pretty confident in all categories except ISDN & access lists. I would have to say I'm about 80% on access lists and 70% on ISDN.

Any last minute things you guys could think of to help me with access lists or isdn, I would appreciate it.
_________________
B.S. in MIS
CCNA
Next up: CCDA

ksuchewie · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Sat May 12, 2007 12:01 pm

I failed bad. I got a 772.

Planning & Design : 80
Implementation & Operation: 82
Troubleshooting: 54
Technology: 64

I'm really frustrated now. I can answer all of my Cisco Pack questions and never miss any. I have no idea what I missed.

How many times can you retake the exam incase I fail the next time?
_________________
B.S. in MIS
CCNA
Next up: CCDA

Headhunter · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Sat May 12, 2007 3:14 pm

until you pass but you need to wait a certain amount of time between the exams, check CCO
_________________
Koen
CCSI #30501 CCNP CCIP CCVP CCSP CCDP Cisco Advanced Wireless LAN Field Specialist Cisco Unity Design Specialist Cisco IP Telephony Design Specialist JNCIS-ES JNCIA-ER JNCIA-EX MCSE MCSA:Messaging

danielzzx · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Sun May 13, 2007 6:50 pm

dont feel too bad, you werent too far off- you will get there..

try taking other practice exams, the ones a free-tests.com seem much harder than any other ive tried for ccna..

Headhunter · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Mon May 14, 2007 2:57 am

ksuchewie · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Tue May 15, 2007 6:41 am

Is there anyway to find out which questions I missed? I reviewed some of my materials, and the ones I thought I got wrong, I got right.
_________________
B.S. in MIS
CCNA
Next up: CCDA

kidvelvet · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Thu May 17, 2007 2:55 am

Unfortunately, no, there isn't any way to tell. You have to simply recall from memory and then check out the answers.

Troubleshooting is going to be the hardest part unless you are working with R&S gear on a daily basis. The only thing I could think of is to work through some labs on your home gear, then break the lab and look at logs, look at changes to the system, etc. The more you see, the better your odds.

It is 5 business days after a first fail before you can retake the exam. I am not sure about the successive fails, however.
_________________
kidvelvet
www.kidvelvet.net

Yes, your problem is the most important. Just like everybody else's.

buddha01 · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2007 8:42 am

how are you getting on with your re-study plan>

ksuchewie · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2007 3:32 pm

Honestly, I've stopped studying. I got so upset with failing that I kinda put in on the non-priority list. I feel my weakest areas are STP and ISDN setup (particularly dialer profiles). I can remember some questions from my exams and the "answers" are not found in the book, and feel like I wasted time and money buying books especially the cisco press pack because it is supposed to tell you everything you need to pass. Last week I literally took the CCNA questions on www.free-tests.com like 1000 times to pound those into memory.

I can take pretty much any practice test I can find and score 90% or better. Then I remember getting a 772 on the actual exam, and it makes me wonder why I failed so bad. I am also financially unstable right now, so I don't feel like throwing another $100 out the window if I don't pass.
_________________
B.S. in MIS
CCNA
Next up: CCDA

Cormac Doyle · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2007 5:52 pm

danielzzx · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2007 6:53 pm

im sure everything you need is in the intro/icnd books
_________________
[CCNA][MCSA:2003][TS:70-620]

ksuchewie · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2007 8:38 pm

I didn't take the tests so many times to memorize the question/answer combo, but rather help memorizing subnet combos a little faster. I did find a weakness (subnetting with blocks, which you will find a thread a little bit lower in the section), and made sure I knew what I was doing.
_________________
B.S. in MIS
CCNA
Next up: CCDA

danielzzx · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Wed May 30, 2007 9:34 am

its no good memorising subnets, you really have to learn the binary and how a subnet mask does what it does, and why, etc

get yourself to the point you can work it out in your head
it gets a bit harder when you are working out hosts for a 12 bit mask, but for every 24+ mask and probably around 20bit isnt difficult to work out without paper
_________________
[CCNA][MCSA:2003][TS:70-620]

ksuchewie · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Wed May 30, 2007 10:55 am

So it's no good to memorize that /20 = 255.255.240.0 ? etc.?

You want me to waste time and write down 1111 1111.1111 1111. 1111 0000. 0000 0000 everytime?

Doesn't make much sense to me.
_________________
B.S. in MIS
CCNA
Next up: CCDA

danielzzx · **Post subject:** **Posted:** Wed May 30, 2007 11:18 am

memorizing that a 20bit mask is 255.255.240.0 is different to KNOWING that a 20bit mask is 255.255.240.0

you dont have to write it down, but its not difficult. you know that 8 bits make up 255, so you can instantly think well thats 8, 8, and 4 left..

maybe better to memorize how many bits make up 128 192 224 240 etc..

you can of course do it how you want, but i took the time to learn it properly and any subnet question wouldnt give me trouble, if they are really hard i might even need to pick up a pen for a few seconds..
_________________
[CCNA][MCSA:2003][TS:70-620]