Posted on Thursday, 6th April 2006 by sean

Due to my own laziness, I let my CCNP expire over a year ago, which means I have to start at the bottom. I finally passed the CCNA today.

The exam was fairly straightforward, there were only two out of 56 questions that I sat back and wondered what the heck was going on. One of them I’m certain had an incorrect question because it was asking for information that wasn’t there, the other was fairly vague.

Lots of STP, VTP, and CDP questions. Very little on Frame, ISDN. Surprisingly, a couple of questions on NAT that required some thought.

Some of the questions were direct, many showed an exhibit and required to deduce the problem or otherwise describe what was going on.

The simulations were interesting, one was a direct “there’s a problem with this network, figure out which router to log into and solve it”, the other put you on one device and asked several questions about a larger network. It was quite a challenging problem, the bar has certainly been raised since I last took the CCNA.

On to BCMSN.

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3 Responses to “Yay, finally a CCNA”

  1. Chris Riling Says:
    April 20th, 2006 at 6:45 pm

    Hi,

    I just came across your website somehow on Google and was reading some of your entries; I noticed you seem to be very knowledgable on a variety of topics. I’m leaving this comment because I would like to pose a question. I passed my CCNA in 2003, and it just expired in Jan, 06. I haven’t renewed it yet, but I am scheduled to take the test very soon. I have a fair amount of experience, since I have been working as a network administrator. I’m also scheduled to start a 10 day CCNP bootcamp at the beginning of May. Any suggestions for the CCNA and the CCNP? I’ve heard that the CCNA has gotten exponentially more difficult these days…

    A reply via email would be good if you have time, if not, I understand.

    Thanks for the help,
    Chris

  2. neteng Says:
    April 25th, 2006 at 12:12 pm

    Congrats! I’m looking at tackling the CCDA next…now if only I could devise a way to add more time to the day.

    neteng

  3. Sikandar Says:
    May 4th, 2006 at 10:38 am

    Dude

    You are better then me, but i played a trick . I did my CCNA in 2000 and i was such a lame that i completed my CCNP in 4 years :) . I gave 1 exam each year. Once you are in a job you hardly think of certifications but i think its a high time for me to go for CCIE.

    -Sikandar

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