r/ccnastudygroup

Hello everyone!

Due to some unique circumstances with my parents I have the opportunity to be between jobs and living with them which alleviates the stress of any responsibilities for the time being aside from caring for some things for them since they’re getting up in age. Because of this I decided to essentially speed run my studying for CCNA while I have this opportunity. Money is tight so for the time being I’m sticking with resources that are free for the most part. I have been studying a max of 8 hours a day which seems to be my limit mentally.

The materials I’m using for study are Wendell Odums official cert guide, as well as all study materials on the companion websites and the packet tracer labs he provides. I’m also watching Jeremy’s IT lab at night or when I need a break from reading. I’m using the JIL Anki flash cards on my phone and doing his labs as well. In addition to this I’m also watching Network Chuck for certain concepts, like Subnetting.

All of that said, I’d like to know if anyone here has successfully passed their exam using ONLY JIL or the official cert guide and resources, and if they think what I’m doing together provides enough information and lab practice to pass the exam successfully.

Thanks in advance and good luck to everyone else that’s studying out there!

Took the exam and absolutely bombed it.

Job requires it and they paid for a TrainingCamp course (idk how they get away with charging that much for a class that doesnt really teach anything).

Already have Sec and Net +.

The NetSim Boson is basically the labs, took the exam and 3 of the 4 were literally on Boson. The thing that sucks about the actual test is if youre use to actual cisco routers (im in them everyday) or the Boson labs youll discover that simple commands that work on actual routers doesnt work in the test. I ended up wasting so much time on the labs just doing the commands that there was no chance id pass with the remaining time on the multiple choice questions. Gonna retest in 60 days and see what happens.

This is more like an FYI for anyone gonna take the test.

Hello everyone. i'm 33M Filipino and i just passed my CCNA today. my journey was rough. a lot of distractions and pauses all the way. but i kept on studying even a bit of time everyday just to retain what i studied.

i don't have IT experience, i did not go to bootcamp, just pure self study. my only resources are Jeremy's IT Lab and Indian gurus on youtube. No Boson Exsim, no paid practice exam. I made it and it feels so good. so, to everyone studying and preparing for the exam. keep on going!

It was hard while learning but easier after practicing. Much familiar with context when appeared.

Hey everyone, I got frustrated with Packet Tracer, and not having any labs or exercises to do. so I built my own CCNA lab platform on the side.

What it does: - Type real Cisco IOS commands in your browser - AI grades your work with exact fixes - 62 labs across all 6 CCNA 200-301 domains - Multi-device labs (router + switch + PC) - Free tier available — no credit card needed Would love honest feedback from people actually studying for CCNA. https://labnerdz.com

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i’m one of those guys that it’s hard to sit down and begin studying, especially for something like this I was told by my boss that this could help me future my career and that I should look into getting the ccna. my problem is, I’m not sure how to begin. I don’t know how to sit down and start studying. I don’t know where to start. I don’t know if I should buy stuff and look over things before I start to really study so I wanna know what was it like when you first sat down and tried to study for the ccna and what did you have? What did you look at prior? what did you know prior?

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no idea what to do here, i used "CHATGPT" to assist, and one time got passed but was stuck on next steps, can anyone help me get past this? is the platform broken?

I am looking for a study group or partner. Who is ready to pass the CCNA and have it behind us??? My CCNA instructor said that is the best thing to do. No one in my class wanted to opt in.

https://switchlab.dev/ we are a small team of 2 devs and 2 network engineers, would love some feedback. Super early stage. If anyone would like a coupon code for when we launch past beginner, just dm and ask,

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