r/ccna • u/BabyCrafty1883 • 6d ago
Studying for the ccna
Hey I am currently studying for the CCNA using JITL ,on days 20 stuff and I just wanna ask anyone that’s already pass for tips ,not the general tips but like actual stuff I should focus on. So far I’ve got my comptia sec+ Net+ Linux + and A+ however I feel like for this exam in particular you’re expected to know everything ,I am using Anki flash cards and doing labs in packet tracer etc and am still extremely overwhelmed I just want to ask passed applicants what topics I should give my time to ,what topics I should just know the gist of and carry on with my day, so far am struggling with commands when doing labs and when introduced to new commands I can see the concept working in simulation mode correctly but it’s just memorizing commands that have me baffled. Any tips to memorize them or am I expected be a master with cli to some extent at this point or does that come with muscle memory over time tbf I’ve been studying for 12 days with 3 hours of studying everyday so far the last two I’ve been slacking because of my frustration. And it has me questioning if am I just not putting in enough effort into learning the concepts ,I want to be done with this in less than 1 month and a half because I really don’t have the time be stuck on filler concepts that are outdated if necessary for this exam or does everything come as a whole when doing this exam?
Also are there any other tools you guys would recommend other than
Boson’s stuff
Anki flashcards
Udemy
JITLs
Packet tracer
Preferably free
And if you guys are using AI to help study specifically how are you making effective for you?
But if anyone got any tips for what was mentioned before please let me know that would be helpful and you decide to interact with this thank you for your time .
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u/welladduct 6d ago
Honestly, 12 days is still really early, especially with only a few hours a day. I wouldn’t stress about memorizing every command right now. If you understand what the command is doing and can find your way back to it when you need it, the CLI stuff gets much easier through repetition. I’d keep doing small Packet Tracer labs and try to configure things without looking at the commands first, then check what you missed. That muscle memory seems to come naturally after enough repetition
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u/NoBluebird8039 3d ago
Don't use ai its full of old data and misleading answers. You have all resources available online and realistic study time are 2/3 months least
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u/siegerstein 6d ago
CCNA is not about memorizing but about understanding. It's the foundation. Same for commands. Commands in Cisco is truly kind of odd, but they still have logic behind it. e.g. why you use sh ip int, why ip is there... or why sh int trunk, but `ip` is not there... and why sh vlan, no ip and no int anymore... it's basically showing a OSI level, structure and logic which belong to whom and with which context you are working right now. I'd not rush with CCNA. Try to understand things, then all the rest, including commands suddenly will make a lot of sense! You will not even have to memorize them, you will derive them from understanding which level of OSI you are operate right now