help me with ccna

[ramu29]

iam preparing using todd lamle book for ccna and hotcerts.
com ccna guide , will i be able to go through the pass exams .
i heared its reall beast . wanted to know ur guys opinions

 

[warbird]

Lammle’s book is pretty good, but I wouldn’t just read one book – read several. For example, in Todd’s 5th ed Study guide, he has very little info on NAT. You may get questions or even a simlet about NAT on your test.

Another good book is the CCNA ICND Exam Certification Guide by Wendell Odom. It’s a bit dry but he does explains subnetting thoroughly. You then can use the short-cut tricks Lammle teaches you about subnetting to really be prepared.

By the way, if you don’t know subbnetting very well, you will fail.

Finally, you need a router for some hands on training. In the past you could probably pass without it, but now those simlets will kick your ass without real hands-on experience. If you can’t afford a real router (check ebay) your next best choice is a router simulator from Boson or Network Visualizer v5 from Lammle.

Use any list of exam type questions you get (hotcerts?) to simply test what you know; do not use them as a brain dump or as a study guide.

Just to repeat, if you can’t do subnetting pretty much in your head, you will fail.
Good Luck!