On 25th February, I am taking CCNA1 exam .
I am wondering if anyone of you can tell me what to specialy "take care about", what are exam objectives and so... Any advices are wellcome...
I haven't taken the exam for a couple of years, but one thing EVERYONE always advises is - know your subnetting.
Someone recently advised wriing down subnet information on the paper you will get before you start the exam so it's all there when you need it. I always take a few minutes in the room to write down as much relevant information as I can - you don't get penalised (the timer only starts when you click the "Start Test" button) and it's handy to have the information at your hands when under pressure.
Years ago I was always advised to know your OSI model and lo and behold I got TWO drag and drop questions on the OSI model. So it was probably worth knowing that subject well as drag and drops have a decent weighting assigned to them.
I don't go for tricks, preferring to know stuff like subnetting inside out. So I recommend you write out some addresses and subnet masks, then write it out in binary, write out your first useable host address, last useable host address, broadcast address and subnet address. Do this over and over.
I see a lot of people stumbling over something I believe is basic knowledge. You must be totally comfortable with working in binary and with the concepts of masks - not just for subnetting, but for access lists, IP Precedence in QOS, etc.
and spend hours and hours on it. The more you practice the easier it gets! I did my CCNA recently and there are a lot of questions relevant to subnetting.
I think the hardest part was the troubleshooting but you really have to have all the basics down.
Good luck!
Molenski
As my bessie bud Kev always says - Get involved!!!
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