Share your ICND1 Experience

Answer is A
You will have minimal broadcasts on a switch (all hub traffic is broadcasts)
You can run full duplex (set to auto by default)
You will have less collisions on a switch (ever port is a collision domain)

@xallax and montrose, thanks for the responses.

NeilG is correct. I would like to add that for you to segment the broadcast domain on a switch, you need to create VLANs. That’s part of ICND2.

Thanks Neilg

Passed 640-822 today with a score of 974… Killed it! It’s not a hard test or a tricky test.
Studied for exactly three months with not much prior knowledge of networking.

Used:
TrainSignal ICND1
CBT Nuggets INCD1
Wendell Odom ICND1 exam cert guide
Lots of hands on labs with GNS3
I also bought two 2950-C switches which are connected to GNS3 via a quad NIC ($90.00 on ebay for both of them).
Exam Cram CCENT 640-822
101 Labs for Cisco CCNA by Paul Browning. I bought the Kindle version for $10.00 and used the Kindle reader for PC.
http://www.subnettingquestions.com/ – When you can answer these queations in 20 seconds or less without writing anything down you are good to go with subnetting.

I practiced all the sims here, not memorized, made sure I knew how to do them. Really just went over them one time a few days before the exam. You have to know how to reverse engineer subnets to answer a lot of the questions.

Lots of multiple choice, drag and drop, sims, simlettes, all very easy.

after 9 months of reading and labs (off’n on) passed with 912. It was not an easy one. Suprised because UDP-TCP ports was absent. For sure know your subneting and classes, Security for switch and router (all found in the running-config file) settings, and config. register modes list (x2012, etc.). A question on how key command on how to terminate telnet and two matching-tiles type questions. Used the same books for study, as others have advertised. Good luck.

@IMACCENT: what is your background in networking? You said it was easy, but someone’s background always has to be taken into account on something like this 😉

Which one is the correct answer ? A or D ?? and please explain why ?

A wireless client can’t connect to an 802.11b/g BSS with a b/g wireless card. The Client section of the AP doesn’t list any active WLAN clients. what is the possible reason for this ?

A. The incorrect channel is configured on the client.
B. The client’s ip address is on the wrong subnet.
C. The client has an incorrect pre-shared key.
D. The SSID is configured incorrectly on the client.

@ash
Q9 from: http://www.9tut.com/ccna-wireless

i had my doubts too but then i saw “BSS” and we can assume all the channels are covered.
D is correct for sure

@montrose I have minimal experience/exposure to Networking. I am an IT professional but I do not touch Cisco routers or switches as part of my job.

I studied hard and used real switches with GNS3 to do labs.

It is easy if you learn rather than memorize asnwers to test questions.

Do i need to know about frame relay for icnd1 ?

@paul
nope

@xallax
i will appreciate if you can try to complete that security lab…im still a little bit confused. Have a look please !

@joe mendola
hey there

already said all that i had to say:
use “show running-config” on the switch, answer the questions
use “show running-config” on the router, answer the questions

you must click on 1-2-3-4-99 to change to the next question

questions were about number of vty lines open, about password… i can’t recall them, sorry.
i hope the info i’ve provided has been, is and will be helpful

DON’T CLICK ON NEXT UNTIL YOU ARE DONE WITH ALL THE QUESTIONS!!!

please give me the correct ans.
Which of the following respresents a kind of attack that can be occurred from inside the organization network?
1.Denial of service(DOS) attacks
2.Reconnaissance attacks
3.Access attacks
4.Password Attacks

@bruce
1.Denial of service(DOS) attacks
this is done by using up system resources on the server by forcing several connections from the client side, thus denying other users from accessing the server. this can be done from the outside too

2.Reconnaissance attacks
gathering info about your target using search engines or public websites. could be done from the outside of the network too

3.Access attacks
access attacks can be done from the inside or outside (as per http://www.ciscoarticles.com/CCSP-Cisco-Certified-Security-Professional/Access%20Attack.html )
this is done by exploiting network vulnerabilities (as per http://www.orbit-computer-solutions.com/Network-Access-Attacks.php )

4.Password Attacks
these are done from the inside. the hacker installs a piece of software on a target pc inside the network and runs a unhash, dictionary based password break or just brute force attack (try all possible password combinations)

i’m in-between 3 and 4, but i’d go for 4. what do you think?

Dear Xallax, great opinion! thanks~~

XallaX,

Can u provide some Practical labs here for packet tracer ?
I want to exercise on PT.

Please ..

@Bruce.

Did this question come from the ICND1 exam? If so, it goes back to Cisco’s b.s. questions where more than one answer might be correct (but you have to play their freakin’ guessing game and choose what THEY consider to be the “best” answer.

@ash
give these a try:
http://www.ciscovce.com/demo/icnd1_labs.zip

A great website 9TUT.

http://www.subnetting.org/

This site presents randomly generated subnetting questions.
You can reveal the answer and request another to solve
Practice, practice and practice until you can do them in your head in less than 10 seconds.
Mastering this will help with other ICND1 subnetting scenario questions

There is no right way or rong way to subnetting.. There is more than one way to skin a cat!
You must go with the method that you feel at ease with. It could be the Cisco method, Cioara method, or a combination.

The point is to practice enough so you can visualise the subnet ranges, like playing chess blind-folded.

Anyway, I hope the link helps and good luck

thx Xallax

Data transfer is slow between the source and destination. The quality of service requested by the transport layer in the OSI model is not being maintained. To fix this issue, at which layer should the troubleshooting process begin ?

A. Network
B.Physical
C.Transport
D.Datalink
E.Session

Can some1 please answer the question and please also explain why ??

Thx..

@Ryan
“The quality of service requested by the transport layer in the OSI model is not being maintained.”
that means that the next layer down the OSI model is not fulfilling its job. the network layer.

thx Xallax 🙂

One More question-

Which layer in the OSI model is responsible for determining the availability of the receiving program and checking to see if enough resources exist for that communication ?

A. Transport
B. Application
C. Network
D. Datalisk
E. Presentation

according to a dump the answer is B(Application) .. But isn’t it A ?? 🙁

@ryan
yes, the application layer does that

Someone told me that real exam questions are much more difficult than dumps or cisco learning network practise questions or boson test … Is that true ??

@paul
should that surprise you? if it were all that easy then everybody would own a cisco degree and it would worthless to try to get one.

One more question ..

view the exhibit. what is the result of setting the no login command ??

R1# conf t
R1(config)# line vty 0 4
R1(config-line)# password cisco
R1(config-line)#no login

A. telnet access requires a password
B. There is a virtually limitless supply of ip address
C. telnet access requires a new pass at 1st login
D. telnet access is denied

according to a dump the answer is D. but later on i’ve tried at packet tracer and I can perfect login to the router from pc with ‘no login’ command. so which one is the correct answer ?? :(:(

@ryan
you are right, the answer is that you can log in without providing any passwords.
it must be a mistake in that VCE

Thx 🙂 @XallaX

just passed the ICND1, weird question on there though.

It asked what the network ID would be with the following IP address of 192.168.1.15 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.224 with the routing protocol being Rip version 1.

It listed a few different options but how can this even be possible since ripv1 doesnt pass subnet masks?

None of the above wasn’t an option.

alot of the drag and drop questions on here were also on the test, so make sure you understand each one.

@eradz
I think they are asking you what would the network ip address be if Rip v1 is being used. network 192.168.1.0

since RIP v1 is classless it would be 192.168.1.0
RIPv1 doesn’t “look” at the subnet mask
by “default” a 192 address is a class C address

Sorry its not classless its classful
So for a class c address the default subnet mask would be 255.255.255.0

RIP v1 is classful
RIP v2 is classless (uses both IP and subnet mask)

I am taking the CCENT exam tom. Can someone please help me if you have the latest dumps. Please email me at ssingh718@aol.com Please THANK YOU in advance.

Can someone tell me (about) how many subnetting question will be on icnd1 exam ?

reply to Paul:about 20~30%

Latest dumps to robertmarcucio@yahoo.com please! Thanks!

If u study
and use the resources mentioned on this site u won’t need dumps

Nothing beats good old hard work

going tomorrow for having my ICND1

Mine is tommarow too. I’m super nervous. I pass the VCE’s easily. I fail sometimes on Boson. I understand 90% of 9tut.net. I’m not sure if I am ready.

Do i need to dhcp ‘configuration’ for icnd1?

Do i need to know dhcp ‘configuration’ for icnd1?*

@ las & john,

Let us knw about ur result ..
Wish u all the best 🙂

@paul
going for my exam.
thnx

@paul
you just have to know what dhcp does.
it “configures hosts” (that’s what its name means anyway)
also remember the DORA and BUBU acronyms – every ICND1/CCNA taker knows them for the rest of their life!

I knw Dora.
But what is BUBU ? 🙁

it’s a word that can help you to remeber the 4 way, the frame is sent between a dhcp client and a dhcp server.
1- first time it is sent in Broad, cause it doesnt know where is the server
2-the server(s) reply in Unicast cause they know who sent the discovery’s
3-the client has received parameters but it needs to reply still in Broad, cause even thoug it has chosen the offer on a specific server, it might warn other servers about its choice
4-at the end the server sends a last Unicast, in order to confirm that those parameters are assigned to you, definetily

Passed with 899. tough exam. no doubt. you have to study books. i got 50 % question from dumps. not bad. but still need alot of studies. thanks to 9tuts…and all of other member. alot of information here. now going for icnd 2..

congrats john .. was that ur first try ??

Thx @ Joe

PASSED TODAY – first try – 887. It was a bit more challenging than I initially anticipated. Many of my questions were directly from this site (maybe 25%).

Surprised at two questions – know about port security and remembering MAC addresses – and switch LED colors.

I also Passed today! I had some strange wireless questions that I know I got wrong.

Please, can anyone describe something about the Security Testlet (https://www.9tut.net/icnd1/icnd1-security-testlet) in the exam? I am not clear about it.

@ xallax,

Is that BuBu or BUUU?
I was just watchin cbtnugget video. i think according to jermey itz BUUU ..
So which one is correct ? 🙁

BUBU as i wrote upstairs

Took the 640-822 ICND test and failed with a score of 799. In the itemized report on the bottom of the form it lists “Explain and select the appropriate administrative tasks required for a WLAN” twice. Once with a score of 0%, and again with a score of 100%. Noticed that by having that item on the scoring report twice it excluded the “Implement and Verify WAN links” item that was on a previous attempts report. Wonder if excluding that item affected the overall score. Anyone have clue?

@ryan
Yes. and i passed in first try..hurry

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

it’s BUBU as reported on Boson’s soft; just in case we have still doubts about it:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/215/immagineken.jpg/

passed with 950+ score. I took advantage of this site and I would like to contribute too.
security testlet:
router and switch were connected. Two router and two switch questions. I think “enable password” was configured. I chose “A, B, E” for Q4 and I got 100% for security. May be future question. I think some of the answer choices are misplace with questions in this web site.
Implementation SIM2 question. (CDP)
New Drag and drop Questions:
cell, packet and circuit switch and leased line.
communication between a web server and a PC: ARP, DNS query, etc.

OK I passed. 950/1000.
There was new question:

……………
enable secret PASS1
enable password PASS2
line vty 0 4
password PASS3.
……. ……….
What password will admin use in order to get to privileged mode.

Can someone explain more about –

“communication between a web server and a PC: ARP, DNS query, etc”

Passed over 900 points, 2-3 drag and drop, no nat/dhcp, security 4q-100% (one router one switch-on switch MOTD-no sec. breach, on router-yes)..you have to just exclude wrong questions and missing are correct, lot of subnetting, 2layer -MAC- what is source and destination address, one strange wireles, 50 question -tooks me 90mins. No WAN (just RIP routing-one quesiton) and what is FrameRealy+one d&drop. No configuration.
I had to think on the exam 🙂 but thx to 9tut-you will see here what kind of q you can expect. May be 60% same type of question, around 5 may be exactly same.

I used packet tracer
Jeremy movie
ICND1 Quick reference sheet-wery handy and shortcutted

GL to everyone.

@paul
wrote a small essay on this. it was a little too big for it to get posted here (got rejected, possibly because the comment had too many characters)

here’s the link to it:
http://demo.ciscovce.com/activities/story.txt

got exam tomorrow morning. read cisco official book (I do doubt it’s too old), had run through 4 dumps, worked out all questions of 9tut.net (thank you, 9tut!) and, of course, Jeremy is the god of explaining. almost forgot about subnetting practice: took it serious and practiced hard on it. still shaking as I have no previous IT experience. wish me luck

oh yes and a packet tracer of course. simulate some situatutions of 9tut, also simply created several to see how rip works and static routes work and how security works on switches… well, it was kind of fun)))

Sasmos
……………
enable secret PASS1
enable password PASS2
line vty 0 4
password PASS3.
……. ……….
What password will admin use in order to get to privileged mode.

He would use the enable secret password

Thx xallax 🙂

passed today with 962 score) I had that security testlet. there was no privilege level indicated for username in the config and one of the options to answer was smth like ”user gets level 15 automatically by default”

Can someone confirm if scratch paper and pencil are allowed or given at the test center? Also, is it true that test takers are given 15 minutes to take some warm up questions prior to taking the actual exam? Can someone confirm?

I dun knw about extra 15 mins.. But u will get extra 30 mins if u are in a non english speaking country 🙂

i think those 15 mins are deducted from youur 90 mins, i dont know if im wrong about this.
paul is right about extra for not native english peeps

I recall the 15 min was mentioned on some of the videos by Jeremy from CBT Nuggets. Maybe that has been changed. Anyone knows about scratch paper and pencil, if they are allowed?

i think you can get paper+pencil, but at the end of the exam, you must give them back.

@Joe Mendola, thank you. No problem of giving them back. Just that it will be nice to have something to work with subnetting questions.

The testing center I went to gave me two dry erase boards and a marker. No paper and pencil option was allowed. The only thing I used them for was simple math like subtracting a mask from 256 to get the subnet increments, 256-32 and things like that. Easy enough to do in your head, but why not use the board if you have it.

You get (maybe) 15 minutes to watch a tutorial before the actual exam starts. The 15 minutes is not deducted from your exam time. The tutroial is interactive and requires your attention and input.

If you feel the need to make tables and charts to get through the exam you probably aren’t ready to take the exam.

Can someone explain more about –

“communication between a web server and a PC: ARP, DNS query, etc”, looking for process order.

Ans:
1) PC sends DNS request to find the IP of the web server
2) PC matches its IP with web server IP and will find web server is not on the same subnet
3) PC has the gateway IP, So ARP for the MAC of the gateway
4) PC sends the packets to gateway using Gateway MAC

Hi I wrote my exam for ICND1 on Dec21,2011. Got failed 799 the passing score was 804.
I had a question in which I was asked the Bandwidth of the router.
Q.1
The router was showing 100000 Kbits/Sec
and the options were:
a) 128 Kbits
b) 256 kbit
c) 512 kbits
d) 1.544 kbit it was like that, what is the right answer and why, or how we can calculate it

Q2
Then there was a question about Class A subnetting.
What is true about class A subent
a) Its start in 3rd octet with 192
b) Start in 3rd octet with 128
c) Start in 3rd octet with 00
d) Start in 3rd octet with 0

can somebody explain.
I didnt try any new dumps, had one old which was ok.
9TUT
CBT NUGGETS
OFFICIAL BOOK FOR ICND1
Some questions were really knocking.
like I mentioned above.

@matt

“communication between a web server and a PC: ARP, DNS query, etc”, looking for process order.

Ans:
1) PC sends DNS request to find the IP of the web server
2) PC matches its IP with web server IP and will find web server is not on the same subnet
3) PC has the gateway IP, So ARP for the MAC of the gateway
4) PC sends the packets to gateway using Gateway MAC

I think the answer is 1 & 3

@paul
that is the order, 1-2-3-4.
i would like to add something to step 4: the PC sends the FRAMES to the default gateway as the communication takes place at the LAN level.

Happy Christmas!

Hello. I have a question. Does ICND1 exam have questions about STP?

@goodwin
no, it does not

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

PASSED CCENT (scored 900+)
Thx a lot to 9tut, xallax and all other users. My special thx to xallax. u helped a lot buddy.

The exam was very easier than i thaught.

NB: Do i have to pay extra $15 to get my certificate (hard copy) ?? 🙁

Where can i see that my certificate is already mailed or not ?? (i got a mail from cisco with csco id, i’ve already verified my address there, but where can i see my certificate mailing status ?? )

@paul
glad i could help. congratz!
you will receive your first certificate by mail in a few days or weeks. it took one full month for the envelop to arrive all the way to romania so… be patient.

hi 9tut,

Thanks for your help.I just read the questions from this website and studied on my own.Cleared the ICND1 exam.2 sims from the website were there with the same ip and masks.I have to say that even though i am a network engineer with a 2+ year experience i had a tough time.I got 899.Considering i didnt touch any other reference material other than what this site offered i would consider my performance decent.But i know for ICND 2 i will require very good preparation.Guys ,one thing that you have to keep in mind is the questions will have an obvious answer to throw you off the track.you will need to know subnetting and trust me you need to do it fast.i didnt get more than 5-7 questions from this site but this site definately will give you an idea what questions to expect.And you have to know a lot of stuff about when can it go wrong.I practiced with packet tracer(though i have access to enterprise router and switches but obviously i cant do configurations on live production devices) for 15 days testing what can go wrong and how to come with the solution and still there were some questions which i had absolutely no clue about.So its not easy.Off to ICND2 now.

Recently found a certificate in the mailbox – a month after I passed the exam. First of all I’d like to thank 9tut for this awesome site. I don’t know if I would pass the exam without it! Sure there weren’t many questions exactly the same as the ones on the site, but I had a general idea of what to expect. I learned using the CCNA Exploration materials. After I read those, I did testing and can say one thing: DON’T TRUST TESTKING! A few of the questions in their materials are answered incorectly. Not many, but still. Always make sure you fully understand a question and never take their answer for granted. If you have any doubts, ask people! And when you’re at the actual exam: read the questions and possible answers VERY carefully!

PS on my exam at the beginning there was an information that the TAB key won’t work in the simulations. Well I tried it just to make sure, and it DID work. O well can’t complain 🙂

I have recently passed my ICND1 exam…
Had a lot of questions the same as here on site (security testlet , 2 labs- #sh cdp neig,sh interf,sh ip interf)…and can add that i did not come across here

max subnets for B-class network

and regarding the comment above that Testking it`s not good… i think it depends on your way to study… if you study it by heart without understanding it will be a big mistake for u but on the other hand if you study properly Testking can help you very much …… it just my private opinion !!!

I have my ICND1 exam tomorow. Where I did the course I used alot of the equipment, I did alot of questions, used the bryantadvantage and alot of packet tracer. Im kinda nervous, dont know what to expect on the exam. Any advise?

You’ll be fine. CISCO loves /28 –> 255.255.255.240

One more. Just write it down to the top of your board:

/25 /26 /27 /28 /29 /30 /31 /32
128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
128 192 224 240 248 252 254 255

It’ll help you a lot 😉

@ c0d3w1r3d Thanks 🙂 , that is a must indeed, u r very correct they love /28 subnetting

Does subnetting cover mainly class c subnets or does it cover a,b,and c subnets evenly?

C and a wee bit of B

Cleared it! Got 912, man did they give me sims! I felt like I got dem all!! I wana thank 9tut for assisting me in this area, it was not directly word for word but it is gr8 guidance once you but u must know your stuff also! They work hand in hand

Passed 925. Thanks 9tut. Who are the people that pass with no preps? After reviewing my performance in each exam section; I got 0% (ZERO) in “Explain and select appropriate adminstrative tasks required for a WLAN”!!! Then I had another section with the same exact title and received 75%??? Very confusing.

They asked what is DSLAM? guessed. They asked DHCP DORA drag and drop. Drag and drop that I drew a blank ATM = Cell Switched, Leased Line = Point to Point, PSTN = Circuit Switched, Frame Relay = Packet Switched

I also had the security testlet and even with 9tut help that was Very confusing for me. One of the VTY had a “no login”. Found out later that means no login needed for VTY. I got 100% in the identify security threats to a network….