Share your ICND1 Experience

@Hello,

..”..will be fine”…I can tell that you trained with Jeremy 🙂

@turney

How can you possibly know that???

..that phrase belongs to Jeremy 🙂

@turney @cod3w1r3d

Great i really didnt want to start picking up bad habits from Jeremy, the man is awesome but hes completely off the wall. Sometimes the tangents he goes off on are completely irrelevant.

I myself am a student of Jeremy…I absolutely love the guy…
He is the best instructor on subnetting… many thanks to him, I passed the ICND1 exam today with a score of 950! Now on to INCD2 🙂

@turney Agree 🙂 I love his style..and yep..he helped me a lot to uderstand subnetting! ..the best way IMO

@turney
Congrats on the pass well done.

@c0d3w1r3d
Dont get me wrong i like Jeremy and he is one heck of tutor but there is sometimes a little too much fluff for my liking

🙂 Thanks guys!

Oh, I forgot…to all those studying for the ICND1 exam….practice subnetting, subnetting, subnetting…..know your concept and YES…. “you will be fine” :). I hope you don’t mind if I list an external site: http://www.subnettingquestions.com , as I used that site to practice subnetting, as well.

passed ccna 640-802 exam on 10/22/11 with 894. 2 questions are out of Cisco.Acme.640-802.v2011-07-09.by.Collisio.486q dump. all sims from 9tut. sims are acl2, vtp and eigrp. thanks to 9tut.

I jus realised i hav bn using 640-811 material 2 study for my ICND1 which is 640-822,questions in 640-811 were a bit hard dan de ones i see here in 9tut,,writing my exam on friday 28,wish me luck geeks

You’ll be fine 🙂 Good Luck!

Ok really nervous now, the test is under 18 hours from now and just finished work, so going to study now all my notes that i have, and try to somewhat relax. So if i can get some collective good thoughts from all those on 9tut, it would be much appreciated thanks people, and ill let you know how i got on afterwards.

@HELLO, I CAN GUARANTEE THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE A LOT OF SUBNETTING QUESTIONS. GET A GOOD NITES REST AND WHAT I DID WAS JUST READ UP ON LAST MINUTE NOTES. DO NOT SPEND THE ENTIRE NITE STUDYING, IF BY NOW YOU DON’T KNOW IT THEN WHAT IS THE USE. TOMORROW MORNING JUST TOUCH UP AGAIN ON LAST MINUTE NOTES AND GET THERE 45 MINUTES EARLY. READ EACH QUESTION TWICE AND TOTALLY TRY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE ASKING. YOU WILL DO FINE. GOOD LUCK & LET US KNOW HOW YOU DID.

hey BIGD, you already passed?

@ Hello,

Know your key show commands: show cdp neighbor , show run, show ip interface brief , show interfaces, know how to secure a Cisco switch or router, weak passwords vs. strong passwords…., know how to setup RipV2, know how data flows through a network. Know the concept of proxy arp…routers don’f forward broadcasts by default,,, know how to setup port security…you should be good at subnetting…oh I believe that I have given you all the central keys to nail that exam! Yes, you’ll be fine, as well 🙂

@all
Thanks for you words of encouragement but, i guess i just wasn’t meant to take the test today as i arrived to check in with the instructor i was informed that there was some kind of logistical problem with the test software and myself and the other candidates could not be accommodated today, but i rescheduled for Friday morning now and hopefully things will go better then.

@Jeff, sue did. 3 weeks ago. Studying now for part 2. Can’t wait till this is all done.

Hi All,

I plan on sitting my CCENT exam i 2 weeks and I have come to a point where I don’t know what else I can do to prepare me for the exam. I have attended an official ICND 1 course, used CBT Nuggets with Jeremy, Packet Tracer to configure labs and tested my subnetting skills on subnettingquestions.com.

Is there anything else I should be focusing on?

@HOMERJ, CAN YOU GO THROUGH A SIMULATED EXAM AND SCORE AT LEAST 90%? HAVE YOU GONE THROUGH THIS SITE AND GONE OVER ALL THE Q&A, GONE OVER ALL THE DRAG/DROPS AND ALL THE SIMS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT? IF NOT, THEN YOU ARE NOT READY. YOU SHOULD BE READY WHEN YOU CAN ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS AND FEEL CONFIDENT. A GOOD WAY TO TELL IF YOU ARE READY IS IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN ANY TOPIC IN DETAIL TO SOMEONE AND TEACH IT LIKE YOU ARE THE TEACHER. GOOD LUCK. I WOULD NOT ATTEMPT THE EXAM UNTILL YOU FEEL AT LEAST 90% CERTAIN THAT YOU ARE READY. $125.00 IS ALOT OF MONEY TO SPEND FOR NO REASON. MY .02 CENTS.

@HomerJ
Go to http://www.examcollection.com/640-822.html to practice some of the sample tests there as well

ICND1 training material and practice questions:
http://www.ciscovce.com

@BOND007
Is HOW2PASS that good? I have looked at their site and didnt think much of it.

Also I have looked at http://www.examcollection.com and tested the practice exams

@HOMERJ, NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER. IT WAS GREAT AND WHEN I SCHEDULE MY ICND2 EXAM I AM GOING TO USE HOW2PASS AGAIN. WELL WORTH THE $39 BUCKS.

Passed ICND1 today with a score of 974/1000. The exam was alot easier than I expected.

I prepared for this by studying CBTNuggets videos by Jeremy Ciaora [Amaaazing mentor], he really makes it so simple and easy. I basically treated those videos as if I was in a real lecture, writing all the video slides down along with every configuration command he does with notes next to each command [or set of commands] to explain their functions and any details Jeremy says that I think I might forget, I usually wrote an average of 2 pages of notes per video.

After finishing the videos and studying the notes I’ve written while remembering how all the concepts worked, I headed on to testkings, unfortunately I found that some small but important details have been missed out on the CBTnuggets videos. I’ve done the testkings submitted by Bean, some of Elmer Fud along with some of AttaullahShahid as well, I would say I did around 700 questions. 80% of the exam questions came from those testkings, I made sure to write down the explanation for questions concerning those missing details I talked about.

Here’s a list in case anybody is using those same videos for studying:

.store and forward switching [with variable frame size comes variable latency, but it allows for complete frame error checking.
.password recovery
.collaboration
.alternate command for default gateway on router instead of static route [ip default-network networkname]
.types of flow control [windowing,buffering,congestion avoidance]
.difference between ICMP and TCP/UDP
.arp -a on windows cli
.CSU/DSU and modems regarding their local loop termination [digital/analog]
.debug commands
.frame relay point to point subinterfaces [I think this shouldnt be in ICND1 but I found that question on a testking]
.How split horizon works in RIPv2
.the IBSS topology on a wireless lan [laptop to laptop, no AP]
.different spectrums for different wireless lan protocols [Original 802.11 FHSS, .11b DSSS, .11a/g OFDM]
.Network attack by packet flood requesting TCP connection, fills destination target with nonsense TCP queues, filling it up –> Denial of Service
.Know everything about show version, show flash, and the useful information you can get from an IOS filename [capabilities, platform, compression and run location].

Make sure you understand everything regarding the list above. By the way, the test had the show configuration sim, implementation sim 1 and the security testlet. The security testlet was soo easy, but in 1 question the choices were a bit tricky, I had to solve it by focusing on eliminating the choices I was sure they were wrong, instead of finding the right ones. Try to relax as much as you can before the exam, I didnt study any books for this because to be honest, I didnt have to, Jeremy’s explanation makes everything stick in your head. Try to practice testkings as much as possible after you made sure you understood all concepts and memorized all configurations by heart, so you dont get mixed up by similar looking commands. Make sure you can reverse subnet in less than 15 seconds. I hope you find this useful, I know its a long post, but I definately owe it to 9tut.com. Good luck 🙂

Received my 2801 & 2811 Routers, my others on the way
Anybody know if you get connectors to connect 2 Cisco serial cables to eachother ? (2 connect the 2 DCE ends)

@neilg
try here http://www.diablohardware.com/cisco-cable/smart-serial-cables-wic-2t.html

writing icnd1 on 2 nov,wat do u recommend geeks s am a day way frm de exam

Started playing with the 2801 Router today, haven’t worked on the real thing for years !
First thing, had to do a password recovery, that was fun
Then tried to telnet to the router, had loads of access-lists on it, had to remove those before I could connect
Then tried to copy the IOS to a tftp server, had some more fun

Beats the socks off working with simulators !

If you can afford a real cisco router, I strongly recommend you invest in 1 or 6 of them !

nailed ma icnd 1 today i was a bit nervous only 2 find out that sims were frm here n some of de questions,got 1 of dumps frm a link here wit de same questions wit de ones on de exam word by word,,887/1000

@Cyberhustla

Which link had the dumps?

@NedFlanders
My nigga i dont hav the link with me bt jus go to examcollection.com n search for the latest dump n trust 9tut it wil do wonders 4 u

@Cyberhustla

Cheers dude!!

passed the ICND1 exam today with 825, passing score is 804, 50 questions. Seen the Implementation SIM, Show Configuration SIM and Security Testlet. A few subnetting questions, know your subnetting and Wireless questions, encryptions, BSS,ESS, IBSS etc.. Used the CISCO Press book, Trainsignal Chris Bryant videos, Packet Tracer, my own lab setup and 9tut website. Know your basic router/switch commands and how to read the running config. Thanks 9tut your site helped me understand the material the most!

guyz am gearing up 4 ICND2,now motivated that i passed ICND1,am looking for MCITP material n i want 2 know whether i shud start taking active directory or Windows Server 2008 Server,which 1 is highly rated on the market

I have my MCSE/MCITP, just passed my ICND1 this week. Both Active directory and Windows 2008 Server certs work with each other, learning either or is good. The difference is specializing in Active Directory certification.

there’s a question on icnd1 about carrier sense multiple access/collision detection or CSMA/CD and Sending the jamming signal to prevent collision. I understand the csma/cd and jamming signal process but Cisco asks. After the jamming signal who has to priority to send next I really need help with this question. question is who can send next or anyone thank you guys.

CSMA/CD & JAM

each device waits a random period and will then start transmitting again

So whoever sends first

please can anyone tell me what are the labs that come in the exam???

are there nat configuration in the exam ???

@ shan first of all when the collision is detected a jam signal is sent over the line and every device stops transmitting and then back off algorithm runs through which every device gets a random transmission time and in this way data is transmitted one by one.

@sara
everthing on 9tut has a chance of coming up on the exam, config of passwords for router and switch and on the con vty, config ip address, and config rip and how to access/config interfaces that will cover some 50-60% of what you need

From everything ive read the only nat configs that can up on the icnd1 is based in the sdm

Please help me.

I found exam dumps with vce extension. I down loaded the vce file and Visual CertExam Suite software. I cannot see more than 5 questions. Is there any other software or any other format files available? Please help me. Thanks in advance. Matt

@matt
hey
please read a bit on this forum:
http://www.certprepare.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1664

hope this helps, cheers

Well people… the time has come for me to sit for my CCENT exam which is tomorrow. I have gone through all the 9tut content plus the material which xallax has proivded which I found very useful. On top of this I have gone through CBT Nuggets with Jeremy, the official INCD1 course plus exam questions found on examcollection. Lets hope this has been enough for me to pass. Will keep you all posted

Thanks

WooHoo!!! Passed with a score of 962

Test was much easier then I thought it was going to be and had 40 mins to spare. Thanks heaps to 9tut and examcollection.

ICND2 here i come!

@nathi M

If you want to practice your subnetting try this site http://www.subnettingquestions.com/

It helped me out a lot

I had passed my CCNA 640-802 exam today with
score: 947/1000 ( thanks to Allah)

10x so much 9tut 😀

I had the same simulation questions ( VPN, EIGRP and Access list) 🙂

Thanks so much for your support 😀

Im curious…how much NAT/SDM questions actually turned up on everyone’s tests? Im having problems setting up SDM and have just been studying NAT concepts so far.

Oh yea, im taking the ICND1

There were no SDM questions that I seen on the ICND1 exam, NAT related questions yes.

How about NAT labs, anybody have those? I not, this will cut down on some of the things i’ll have to review. Thanks again

Passed ICND2 with 874. Wow, it was a bear. Frame relay, Acccess lists, and NAT heavy… Thx 9tut.

Can someone help me with this question please?

“Which of the following addresses can be assigned to a host when using the subnet mask 255.255.254.0?

a) 113.10.4.0
b) 186.54.3.0
c) 175.33.3.255
d) 26.35.2.255
e)152.135.7.0
f)17.35.36.0

Answers are,

b, d, e

I need help with the understanding, I think the increments are going up in 2 on the 3rd octet. So I chose, b, c, e

I took the ICND1 test a month ago 850 score. I had gone to school and took the ICND1 & ICND2 one week coures. The instructor gave us the Cisco books, trainsignal videos, Cisco 640-802, 640-822, and 640-816 practice test PDF. I did not hear about this site until I started to study for the ICND2 test. The Cisco pratice tests do not go into the Sims and Hotspots like this site. I know the Sims here are going to help me on the ICND2 test that I plan to take after Thanksgiving.
The ICND1 test I took had the Implementation Sim on it.

@phenom
oh boy… you really have to learn subnetting to pass this exam.

i’ll help you on this one

a subnet mask of 255.255.254.0 (or /23) gives us networks like:
10.0.0.0 ~ 10.0.1.255
10.0.2.0 ~ 10.0.3.255
or
x.x.x.0 ~ x.x.1.255
x.x.2.0 ~ x.x.3.255

we only care about the 3rd and 4th octets.

ok, the options given now:
a) 113.10.4.0
this is a subnet address, we can’t assign this to a device, false

b) 186.54.3.0
this one is on the x.x.2.0 ~ x.x.3.255 network, it is perfectly valid, true

c) 175.33.3.255
broadcast address, false

d) 26.35.2.255
valid address, same as option B

e)152.135.7.0
valid address, same as options B and D

f)17.35.36.0
invalid address, this is a subnet address, same as A, false

now… you read here and learn how to answer this kind of questions fast and without hesitation.
http://www.9tut.com/subnetting-tutorial

welcome to the subnetting world

@Xallax, thank you for explaining this. It is much clearer now, I feel like an idiot! I think I had binary blindness as I chose c instead of d. I’ve been doing many many questions today but only scoring around 500 🙁 I need to drill my speed faster. How is your studying going?

Thank you 9tut! I passed using only CBT Nuggets (Jeremey Ciara is the best teacher I’ve ever had) and 9tut (amazing practice questions!).

Tips:
Know which pairs are switched in a crossover cable: 1 and 3, 2 and 7
Know that a flood of requests for a TCP connection is a Denial of Service attack (Thanks “True” for posting that!)
Know your subnetting
Know your “show” commands!
show ip interface brief
show interface s0/0, show interface f0/1, etc
show running-config
Know that connection issues occur if a device and a switch are not set the same for half duplex or full duplex.

Good luck!

@phenom
i’ve trained for half an year, went to the exam center, passed my exam. i am CCENT already.

I passed the ICND1 this past Tuesday! I took it a week before and got a 799 and only needing 804 to pass. Came back a week later and passed it. Good luck to those about to take it!

Passed iCND1 wrote
Tips:
Know which pairs are switched in a crossover cable: 1 and 3, 2 and 7

Wrong, its 1 and 3 , 2 and 6

Is it safe to assume that all subnet questions assume you’re using subnet zero (and therefore, to calculate the # of subnets, you’d use the formula 2^n rather than 2^n-2?

Andy SDM questions?

What do I need to know about 802.11w? I haven’t come across this in the material I’ve been using.

Thanks!

@hikerdud
first/last subnets are usable unless specified (use 2^n)

nope, no SDM questions

just learn 802.11a/b/g/n

Thanks xallax. I know Cisco’s website said SDM is no longer supported, so why they still have it on the list of topics for ICND1 is beyond me.

I scored 950 today .. Some of the question from 9tut came out . Thanks 9tut

Anyone know for certain whether SSH and HTTPS use both TCP and UDP, or just TCP? I’m finding conflicting information on the Internet, and right now, I can’t access http://www.iana.org to verify for sure.

Thanks!

Finally got access to their website:

http://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.xml

As it turns out, all the main applications (ftp, ssh, telnet, smtp, dns, http/https) all can use either TCP or UDP. So, this begs the question, why do some of the exam sims ask which one uses both TCP and UDP when literally nearly ALL services uses both?

Guess technically I should call them (ftp, telnet, etc.) services and not applications.

@hikerdude
so…
SSH uses TCP on port 22
HTTPS uses TCP on port 443

they use TCP because the data flow has to be reliable

Passed today 812/804 thank you 9tut!

Can someone explain what is meant by the term “lan segment”? From what I’ve read, it seems to mean the same thing as a collision domain. Is that correct?

It seems you could call the following configurations “lan segments” (from what I’ve read):

the connection between a host and a switch port

All devices connected to a bridge port (so if a bridge had two ports, you’d have two lan segments).

xallax, if that’s the case, why does the iana website indicate it they (ftp, telnet, etc), can use either transport protocol? That’s what has me puzzled.

practice questions:
http://www.ciscovce.com

Are there any questions about what the different LEDs mean on switches (e.g. on a 2950, if you press the Mode button until the Duplex LED lights, up, the switch ports will show green if operating a full duplex, or they will be off if operating half duplex). Any questions like this on the ICND1 exam?

DNS uses both TCP and UDP

https 443 & ssh 22 are tcp

Just took the ccent and failed…. FYI on a few questions show interface and show running config commands were disabled…. which caught me offguard… the alternative was using
shop ip interface brief.

Glad to hear they ended SDM !

pls i need help, have been trying to practice some simulations on packet tracer. so i was trying to assign an ip address to an interface port on a switch but it kept telling giving me errors and have been trying to see y dt is. can anyone tell me what i am doing wrong?

ayo, you have to keep in mind that with packet tracer, you’re working with layer 2 switches. The term “layer 2” tells you it doesn’t know a thing about Layer 3 (which is where IP addresses exist). This is why you can’t configure an IP address on a port for a layer 2 switch.

Now, you CAN create a vlan and and assign an IP to it, because vlans represent a subnet, which implies layer 3 addressing.

If you were working on a Layer 3 switch (such as a Cisco 6506), you could configure an IP addres on a port on that type of switch (you’d just need to execute the command “no switchport” first to tell the switch you want that interface to be a layer 3 interface):

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk389/tk815/technologies_configuration_example09186a008019e74e.shtml#steps

@ayo
you can assign IP addresses to VLAN interfaces (which are logical interface)

In Packet tracer u get a 3560 Layer 3 switch aswell

thanks evryone, now i understand y.

That’s good to know NeilG. Guess I overlooked that icon.

ayo, if you use the 3560, just make sure you use the “no switchport” command before you try to configure an IP address on the interface. When you use the command “switchport”, the port becomes a layer 2 port. If you issue the command “no switchport”, the port is converted into a layer 3 interface (a routed port), which needs an IP address.

Which one will be the correct answer. according to a dump correct answer is A but I think its D. so which one is correct – A or D ? and why ? Please explain ….

a user has opened two internet Explorer windows on her local PC10. He uses them to simultaneously access the local WEB SERVER. at the time to browse WWW documents on the internet, what mechanism makes the data to end up in the correct IE windows ?

A. The OSI application layer tracks the conversations and directs them to the correct browser.
B. The ip source addresses of the packets will be used to direct the data to ther correct browser.
C. The browser track the data by URL.
D. The TCP port numbers are used to direct the data to the correct application window.
E. None of the other alternatives app

E. None of the other alternatives apply*

https://www.9tut.net/icnd1/arp-testlet

Take a look at question number 4.

ASH its definately D 😉

Jip, the answer is D

Hi guys can someone answer this pls…
An administrator is in the process of changing the configuration of a router. What command will allow the administrator to check the changes that have been made prior to saving the new
configuration?
A. Router# show startup-config
B. Router# show current-config
C. Router# show running-config
D. Router# show memory
E. Router# show flash
F. Router# show processes

@stg
the changes were NOT saved yet.

where are all the changes stored on a RUNNING device? in the running-config.

AM I READY ???

Dear Users,

Im planning to take the ICND1 end of december (most probably december 29th). I’ve used CCNA/CCENT ICND1 by Odom (read 2X), CBT nugget video by Jermey (watched 2X), some online forum and 2 latest dumps. When Im doin “test” on all dumps, most of time im scoring more than 85%. I can do any subnet/VLSM in 30 seconds. ahh one more thing, I’ve also ordered “31 days before CCENT”. so probably next 4 weeks i’ll keep myself busy (2/3 hrs per day) with dumps, online forum, 9tut, and packet tracer lab (1 exercise/day).

So what u guys Think ? am i ready ?

fail tonight! (775/804) Please give me any suggestion about whether I shoule retake 640-822 exam again?

@xallax
Yes you’re correct just test on my router. Thanks

Are there any questions about NAT on the ICND1 exam? I know ICND2 calls for config of NAT. Not sure about ICND1

@Bruce, I’m sorry to hear that…but keep at it. What areas were you weak on?

I’m doing some practice questions, but only scoring 680/1000 🙁

@montrose
nope, no NAT questions on icnd1

@bruce
you should be glad you scored over 750/1000, that’s still high and is like a B you got in school.
still, cisco doesn’t like Bs, everybody must be an A-grade student.
just get yourself together and go over all the material again and again until you have no doubt you are prepared.

Can someone help with this please,

1) CDP is being used throughout the network. What are the two reasons why the network administrator would use CDP? (choose two)

A) To determine the status of network services on a remote device.
B) To obtain the IP address of a connected device in order to telnet to the device.
C) To verity the type of cable interconnecting two devices
D) To verify Layer 2 connectivity between two deivices when Layer 3 fails.
E) To obtain VLAN information from directly connected switches
F) To determine the status of the routing protocols between directly connected routers.
G) To support automatic network failover during outages.

I chose A, B but the answer is A, D

@phenom
A) we use SNMP for that or just telnet to it. you see if it is a switch, router or host, but that’s says next to nothing about network services.
B) this could be true as you get the IP address of that device with “show cdp nei det”
C) “show controller” does that
D) yes, CDP can verify if there is a L2 connection between directly connected devices as it operates at the data-link layer
E) that’s done through VTP
F) “show ip route” or “show ip protocol”… not “show cdp” for sure
G) a secondary power supply is used for that or just an UPS

i chose B and D.

The answer to the CDP question is B and D. Remember, CDP operates at layer 2, and it also provides the IP address of a directly connected CISCO device (show cdp nei detail).

Hi guys Can someone help me with this pls,

An elementary school has a computer in every classroom. One entire wing of the school connects to a centrally located hub. The teachers have reported a slowdown in the past few weeks to the network administrator. The network administrator has analysed the network and documented a steep increase in utilization as the teachers use a new network-based classroom management application. Which solution will improve the performance the most?

A. Replace the hub with a switch.
B. Install a repeater in the affected wing.
C. Reboot the router that connects to the hub.
D. Install a router and install another hub in the affected wing.
E. Ensure all devices in the affected wing have a default gateway