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CCNA Certification

A route to Cisco's CCNA: the current exam topics, Packet Tracer labs, subnetting until it is automatic, switching, routing, IP services, security and automation, timed practice exams, booking and exam day.

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Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for CCNA Certification, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

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🏅 Tech & Engineering Certifications

CCNA Certification

Studying for Cisco's CCNA: network fundamentals, IP connectivity and services, switching and routing, security basics and automation, with Packet Tracer labs.

  1. CCNA exam topics and policies folder
  2. Networking skills audit against the CCNA objectives
  3. Baseline CCNA practice quiz before any study
  4. Packet Tracer installed with a first two-switch topology
  5. Choosing CCNA lab software and kit
  6. CCNA course and question bank choice
  7. Dated CCNA study calendar
  8. Subnetting from first principles
  9. Lab notebook and configuration archive
  10. Cisco IOS command line fluency
  11. Weekly CCNA study blocks
  12. Daily ten-minute subnetting drill
  13. CCNA flashcard deck with spaced repetition
  14. Weekly Packet Tracer lab
  15. CCNA mistake log and Friday review
  16. Monthly timed CCNA practice exam
  17. CCNA exam topics change watch
  18. Monthly troubleshooting challenge lab
  19. OSI and TCP-IP models through Wireshark captures
  20. VLANs, trunking and inter-VLAN routing
  21. Spanning tree, Rapid PVST+ and EtherChannel
  22. IPv4 static routing and reading the routing table
  23. Single-area OSPFv2 configuration and verification
  24. IPv6 addressing, SLAAC and static routes
  25. NAT, DHCP, DNS, NTP and other IP services
  26. Wireless LAN fundamentals and controller set-up
  27. Access control lists and Layer 2 security
  28. Device hardening with SSH, AAA and local users
  29. Network automation, REST APIs and JSON
  30. CCNA exam readiness decision
  31. Performance-based question and simulation practice
  32. Exam pacing and no-review question strategy
  33. Test centre or online proctored exam choice
  34. Employer sponsorship and exam discount check
  35. Weak domain remediation plan
  36. Booking the CCNA exam with Pearson VUE
  37. Final fourteen days before the CCNA
  38. CCNA exam day run sheet
  39. CCNA retake plan after a failed attempt
  40. Certificate, digital badge and CV update after passing
  41. CCNA recertification before the expiry date
  42. CCNA plan for a full-time student
  43. CCNA plan for a help desk technician moving to networks
  44. CCNA for a systems or cloud engineer
  45. CCNA study around a full-time job and family
  46. CCNA from the Caribbean with power and internet backups
  47. Running a CCNA study group
  48. Small branch office network design capstone
  49. CCNA lab portfolio for a first network role
  50. Python config backup script with Netmiko

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

CCNA exam topics and policies folder

Cisco publishes the CCNA 200-301 exam topics as a numbered list of domains and objectives, and revises it from time to time, most recently with a v1.1 update. Courses and question banks lag behind those changes, so saving the official list and the current exam policies with the date you checked them gives every later decision a single source.

First tasks

  • Download the current CCNA 200-301 exam topics from the Cisco certification site
  • Copy every domain and numbered objective onto a one-page checklist
  • Note the fee, length, languages and retake policy with today's date
  • Save the recertification page and note how long the CCNA stays valid

Networking skills audit against the CCNA objectives

A help desk technician who already crimps cables and a computing student who has never seen a switch need very different plans, and both tend to overestimate what they know. Rating yourself honestly against every numbered objective, from duplex mismatches to JSON syntax, shows where the hours should go and which chapters you can skim. Repeat the rating halfway through so progress is measured, not guessed.

First tasks

  • Rate yourself zero to three on each CCNA objective in a skills matrix
  • Mark separately whether you could configure it and troubleshoot it
  • List the five weakest objectives at the top of the matrix
  • Put a midpoint re-rating date in your calendar

Baseline CCNA practice quiz before any study

Sitting a short mixed quiz on day one feels pointless, but it gives you a starting score and shows which question styles slow you down, from subnet maths to reading a routing table. Without a baseline you cannot tell later whether a month of study moved anything. Keep the result private and unflattering on purpose.

First tasks

  • Pick a reputable practice quiz of 40 to 60 mixed CCNA questions
  • Sit it in one go with a timer and no notes
  • Record the overall and per-domain score in the practice log
  • Write down the three question styles that cost the most time

Make it yours.

Install CCNA Certification, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

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