I Passed the 640-802 exam last week on my first attempt, scored 1000.

I used the Wendell Odom books, along with a lab I put together at home and of course H2P.

The home lab I used consists of

2 X 2610
1 X 2520
1 X 2521
3 X 2900
2 X 2950

I also have 2 X Pix 501's but these are not needed for the exam.

One thing i found exceptionally useful was to use my home lab and design differing networks using EIGRP, OSPF or RIP with redundant links and VLANS, connected to the internet through my home broadband connection.

H2P was also an invaluable tool, helping asses my weaknesses in order to improve on them.

The exam was quite difficult and I started to stress a little when I had 2 simulations in succession, but I found it useful to stop for 30 seconds, take a couple of breaths, then carry on.

Good luck to everyone working on their CCNA.

Al.

Passed the ICND1 this morning with a 970!  I was a little nervous about taking the test but it ended up not being as bad as I thought.  I had two router configuration sims.  One was a basic setup.  Configuring the VTY, Console and enable passwords, host name, ip addresses and RIP routing.  The toughest question I had was labeling the interface addresses on a diagram as being Inside, Local, Global or outside.  A good chunk of the questions were very close to the practice questions on H2P.  Some of the questions that I was unsure of I was able to use the process of elimination to get the right answers.  There was only one question that I feel like I stumbled on.  On the first router sim I had to type out the full commands at the CLI.  And the interfaces were name differently than what I normally see. Other than that it was a piece of cake.  I was able to finish the test with about 25 minutes left.  So keep an eye on the clock but take a moment to go over your answer before moving on to the next question.

To prepare for the test I read the ICND1 book by Wendell Odom and got work to send me through the Cisco training course.  I probably could have skipped it though since it pretty much covered what was in the book.  I then went through all the questions on H2P until I pretty much had them all memorized.  Pay attention to the router sims and make sure you know them inside and out.  It will making configuration during the test easier and a bit faster.  Also make sure you have subnetting down.  It will make things a lot easier and faster.

All in all I think H2P really made a difference on this test.  Now to take on ICND2!

Hello folks,

I have been stuck on this question for some time now.  At first I thought I was doing something wrong, however even after many many repeated attempts I still cannot get the answer correct.  And yes, I have looked at the answer and copied the suggested ACL Configuration word-for-word.  I am at my wits end and starting to believe the router sim is somehow not working OK at the moment!?

So, what the fu.. can be possibly wrong with this SIM ? - Has anybody else noticed the same problem with the S09 SIM ???

Any confirmation would be greatly appreciated!

One more supplemental question:

Do you think that the following (slightly more simple) ACL-config would be OK in the S09 Case:

access-list 100 deny tcp any any eq telnet
access-list 100 permit ip any any

+

ip access-group 100 IN

on both s1 and e0 ???

This is only 3 quite simple config lines in total, matching the IP ranges on the two Interfaces on the Austin Router, and thus blocking incomming Telnet traffic to the Router - you know...

If not - Why don't you think it would work on the Austin Router?

Cheers from

/Nick

Hello,

I have a cisco 2950 switch and a router at home to practice on, but i'm after confirmation that i can configure the switch without any devices plugged in, right?

any advice would be helpful, as i'm trying to refresh my ccna practical for my bsci confidence.

Cheers,
Matt

Hi Guys,

Not exam related but figured someone might help me out here..I got a really cheap catalyst 4000 with supervisor engine II < $60 delivered and as usual it's as pulled out of the rack with a password.

Obviously I go to cisco and check the relevant document on resetting.

Problem is it appears that confreg is not present in the ROMMON prompt as displayed below

rommon 1 > ?
alias              set and display aliases command
dev                list the device table
dir                list files in file system
copy                copy file between file systems
del                delete a file
undelete            undelete a file
squeeze            remove deleted files
history            monitor command history
repeat              repeat a monitor command
sync                write monitor environment to Nvram
unalias            unset an alias
unset              unset a monitor variable
boot                boot an image from flash/network
clear              clear configurations, use 'clear help' for more info
help                print list of available commands
ping                ping an ip addr
promrestore        restore a corrupted boot ROM
reset              restart the system
set                show/set environment vars, use 'set help' for more info
show                show config parameters, use 'show help' for more info
sprom              display sprom contents
version            display version info


I need to get this into default config so I can mess with it in my lab but there seems to be no way to set the config-register to get it to skip the startup-config.

I've done this with all my 2500's and 4000 routers but this one has got me puzzled.

Thanks in advance.

Hi am am trying to do the ccna skills 4 test, which includes:

frame relay
ppp
eigrp
dhcp
nat
pat
configure static routes.

Everything works fine until I get to NAT and PAT.

Here is the outline:
3 routers = ISP, Sydney, Auckland
ISP>Sydney  = Frame relay
Sydney> Auckland  = ppp with chap

regarding NAT the tasks are:
NAT to translate the 10.0  addresses to a 192.168.100.0/24. Use PAT to ensure that only the addresses 192.168.100.11 to .20 are translated to.
Use a static mapping of 10.10.0.1 to 192.168.0.1


my nat configs on ISP are

Interface e 0 = 10.10.0.1/16
ip nat inside
int s 0/0 = 192.168.2.1 /30
ip nat outside


access-list 1 permit 10.10.0.0 0.0.255.255
ip nat pool NAT 192.168.100.11 192.168.100.20 netmask 255.255.255.0
ip nat inside source static 10.10.0.1 192.168.100.1
ip nat inside source list 1 pool NAT overload

Sydney has a default route pointing back to ISP, which has also been redistributed to Auckkland.

Any ideas why the NAT dont work.
I cant see why

Thanks

Someone please explain this one to me

We're talking Arp, layer 2 here so surely we'd get a layer 2 broadcast storm whether PC2 was there or not.

Why does the explanation detail Unknown MAC unicast floods, PC1 is doing an arp, how's that unicast ?

Help... ???

Cheers, Rich

Hi there,

I have a i Cisco 7200 router who image was deleted mistakenly,
Please, how can load a new image. At the console, see rommon 1 > at start.

thank you very much for your help and advice in advance

Kamalucien

Hi all,

Do any of you find find subnetting hard? Have you spent money on simple solutions which simply don't deliver? Are you confuesd by too many books showing different ways to subnet or colleagues expressing their opinions? Do you need to write out charts just to find your subnet?

I honestly believe I have come up with the easiest technique to learn to subnet and I guarantee that it does not involve charts, videos or any other resources that are not allowed in the exam. This simply uses your head and some VERY BASIC arithmetic.

Please view the post at http://subnettingmadeeasy.blogspot.com

Cheers and happy subnetting!

In my second attempt I passed today with a 898. I used this site over 4 years ago to pass the 640-607 but ths 640-801 is much harder. The simulations on this site helped the most...especially the ACL and STP ones. I wished I had used this site prior to my first attempt but I did not think much had changed from the 640-607 but boy was I wrong. This site provides great on line realistick tests that will help you pass but better than that help you be a better Engineer. Make sure you can get 81% or better on all this sites on line practice tests and you should pass. I know the new test will be harder and the CCNP track is getting harder.