Re-Taking CCNA training

[cyberspace]

I have done the CCNA training as part of my university course, but I have forgotten alot of the detail of what I learned in the first year.

A local college is running the course for very cheap, is there any harm in doing the training again? Means I will be fully up to speed for the prometric, and I can keep my knowledge up to date during my year out

Thoughts/Opinions?

Ta

 

[CiscoGuy33]

cyberspace,

If the price is right go for it!!

Depending on when you first took the training the CCNA has changed a bit in the past few years.

If you have a good instructor ask questions, if the school has a Cisco lab (routers and switches) USE IT - get hands on experience !!

Get a study group together from class - always great to have others to bounce questions off!

Good Luck !!

E.A. Broda
CCNA, CCDA, CCAI, Network +

 

[cyberspace]

Cheers for the tips

Yes, I was very suprised at the price to be honest, only £150! Usually more than that.

I actually only finshed the training in May, but I note that there have been some changes, for example, ip subnet-zero is now officially used in CCNA, whereas back in 2003 when I first stared the training, it was not used!

The school does have a lab, this is one of my main reasons for going back - because while I know good details of the theroy, it's not much use if I can't do the practical - YES i use Boson NetSim, but I regard this as an accompianment to the real hands on stuff, as opposed to out right alternative.

I just feel that by doing it again, not only will I have the most up to date knowledge, but I won't forget what I have learned, and I can better the skills I have already developed. Plus, I will be considerably better prepared when I take the CCNA prometric next July.

Anyway, I have enroled and start this coming Wednesday!

 

[cyberspace]

Well I started last night.

Labs are great, although not too sure about the instructor yet, he seemed to skim over things way to quickly! Still I won't judge yet.

There are some changes! And it seems a higher standard now, you have to get 70% in the online final to progress to the next semester, which was not the case last time

and you arn't allowed ANY notes in practical exams!

Oh well, good practice eh!

 

[CiscoGuy33]

cyberspace,
You do not have any notes when doing the sims on the CCNA exam.

Same policy I use in class - students learn to use "help" built into the IOS and understand what they are doing and can adjust when a monkey wrench is thrown into the works.

When I watched students in another class that the instructor let use notes, I thought the students were baking a cake - they kept looking down to follow the steps word for word. If I threw a change at them they had no idea where to start to trouble-shoot the problem.

Sounds like you will learn lots !!!

E.A. Broda
CCNA, CCDA, CCAI, Network +

 

[cyberspace]

You are indeed right!!

I think it's just adjusting really, i'll just really hammer Net Sim at home and really get my head around it.

To be honest I took my other practicals rarely referring to the notes but it was nice to have them as they have been a saver on occasions!