640-802

Passed the CCNA exam (640-802)!

Just in case people are wondering, I finally passed my Cisco CCNA exam! Got 94% on it.  For those of you intending to write this, I wouldn’t take it for granted. This is not the easy CCNA exam from the days of old, this is a brand new CCNA exam that Cisco has updated and it is meant to chew you up and spit you out if you are not prepared. They also only give you 90 mins. to write the exam which isn’t a  lot of time based on all the detail in the questions you have to go through.

The study resources I used to pass are:

·         Previous career experience with Cisco Routers and Switches

·         Boson Cisco Router Simulators

·         Cisco Press Books

·         Cisco Practice Exams that came with the Cisco Press Books

·         Lots of Red Bull J

The exam has quite a few mistakes in it that aren’t apparent if you don’t know the material. If you know the material well enough you will catch the mistakes in the questions and then all you can really do is make a 50/50 guess as to what the right answer is based on guessing what the intended question should have been. I know that sounds awful but it’s the harsh reality. The exam that I wrote had at least 4 to 5 mistakes in the exam that I could see.

-Cheers, RP

Time to legitimize my Cisco knowledge…

So I used to work with Cisco products many years ago. I find myself heading back that way as of late but I have no certifications to show for it. I never really had the time due to all the other certifications I was pursuing.

Now I’ve decided that it’s a good time for me to pursue it and make the knowledge I already know about Cisco legitimate by pursuing some Cisco certifications. This will also help to dust off some of the cobwebs from some of the stuff I haven’t worked with in a while.

Currently I’m preparing to write my CCNA exam (Exam # 640-802). The CCNA exam covers basic routing & switching topics and basic networking skills along with IPv4 and IPv6. For all of you budding computer techs out there I think it’s a great exam to use to prove your networking knowledge to potential employers.

-Cheers, RP