Hey Guys,
Just wanted to throw my failure in also. I took the
exam a month ago. I gave myself a gap of 1 month from when I failed the icnd the first time. What happened the 1st time was I was given a sim the 2nd question in and it was about a small network that consisted of 3 routers (both ends had a switch and pc) middle had a database server attached, an I was to troubleshoot what the problem was. They did not say what the symptom was (users cannot access database etc). Anyways I failed the it so the 2nd time around I figured that I new enough and just needed a brush up. I lightly went over sybex and (don’t hate me) but I also got my hands on a testking (I guess I got what I deserved) because when going through it I found lots of errors. Honestly I was hoping I would come across the sim that I got on the exam, only because I did not know what to do. Anyways fastforeward to last month and I went in feeling confident. Took my time wrote down notes on the plastic that they gave me and began the test. Well guess what question 2 was? Again the exact same question. 3 routers both ends had switches pcs, the middlehad a server. I read and re-read the question and it only said to find the problem and fix it. Honestly I still did not know how to tackle it. I remember not knowing the ip of the router on one end so I had to do cdp and found it but still after that I was able to ping from one end to the other end. I checked route tables routing protocols, switch configs, interfaces. I sh*t you not but I spent 20 minutes on this question before moving on.
I know that I should of just went on but I don’t know what they wanted to know, and I know that the sims weigh a lot more than the questions, but again being able to ping everything on both sides I was getting frustrated and thus that frustration translated to not trying anymore on the exam. I remember with 5 minutes left I was only on question 25, so I just glanced at the question and glanced at the answer's. I did not care. I failed and all I can say is because I was not prepared. Testking is crap don’t buy it don’t use it. Like I said I only used it because I was hoping that I would find a sim similar to the one I had (so that i can see what they are looking for) but did not. Right now with a baby on way in about 2 weeks I don’t know if I want to contiue to try and get the ccna. Maybe just study and get the knowledge but who knows. Has anyone that has taken the ICND know about the sim that I am talking about or similar. I don’t want the answer just what were they trying to ask. I have a home lab that consists of 2x2501's and 1 1924. I used ccna virtual lab platinum, ccna test out. Besides my home lab the sims all pointed out what they wanted or what the problem was. I am thinking about taking the test again and this time going over the testout software and sybex book together ( I think it is overkill though) because I have the intro done but I don’t know I may come across the sim that I had or techinques to handle the sim that I may have overlooked. I don’t know. Can someone throw this dog a bone (with just a little meat on it) please.
Thanks
Comptek
A+, Network+
Just wanted to throw my failure in also. I took the
exam a month ago. I gave myself a gap of 1 month from when I failed the icnd the first time. What happened the 1st time was I was given a sim the 2nd question in and it was about a small network that consisted of 3 routers (both ends had a switch and pc) middle had a database server attached, an I was to troubleshoot what the problem was. They did not say what the symptom was (users cannot access database etc). Anyways I failed the it so the 2nd time around I figured that I new enough and just needed a brush up. I lightly went over sybex and (don’t hate me) but I also got my hands on a testking (I guess I got what I deserved) because when going through it I found lots of errors. Honestly I was hoping I would come across the sim that I got on the exam, only because I did not know what to do. Anyways fastforeward to last month and I went in feeling confident. Took my time wrote down notes on the plastic that they gave me and began the test. Well guess what question 2 was? Again the exact same question. 3 routers both ends had switches pcs, the middlehad a server. I read and re-read the question and it only said to find the problem and fix it. Honestly I still did not know how to tackle it. I remember not knowing the ip of the router on one end so I had to do cdp and found it but still after that I was able to ping from one end to the other end. I checked route tables routing protocols, switch configs, interfaces. I sh*t you not but I spent 20 minutes on this question before moving on.
I know that I should of just went on but I don’t know what they wanted to know, and I know that the sims weigh a lot more than the questions, but again being able to ping everything on both sides I was getting frustrated and thus that frustration translated to not trying anymore on the exam. I remember with 5 minutes left I was only on question 25, so I just glanced at the question and glanced at the answer's. I did not care. I failed and all I can say is because I was not prepared. Testking is crap don’t buy it don’t use it. Like I said I only used it because I was hoping that I would find a sim similar to the one I had (so that i can see what they are looking for) but did not. Right now with a baby on way in about 2 weeks I don’t know if I want to contiue to try and get the ccna. Maybe just study and get the knowledge but who knows. Has anyone that has taken the ICND know about the sim that I am talking about or similar. I don’t want the answer just what were they trying to ask. I have a home lab that consists of 2x2501's and 1 1924. I used ccna virtual lab platinum, ccna test out. Besides my home lab the sims all pointed out what they wanted or what the problem was. I am thinking about taking the test again and this time going over the testout software and sybex book together ( I think it is overkill though) because I have the intro done but I don’t know I may come across the sim that I had or techinques to handle the sim that I may have overlooked. I don’t know. Can someone throw this dog a bone (with just a little meat on it) please.
Thanks
Comptek
A+, Network+