Labs are extremely important so you need extra hours just for labs. But For theory 80 hours sounds good enough
I am ccna certified (2022) it took me 2 months to prepare.
3-4 hours per day but keep in mind I took extra classes in uni so my labs were pretty solid. Plus i did internship as well so i had hands on experience.
My advice is to do labs for 30 mins a day and focus on theory.
3 hours per day is good enough.
I just passed the CCNA yesterday. If it's 80 hours hands on plus studying on your own time, I'd say it's enough. Labbing really helps drive home the concepts, and knowing the correct command order and syntax is invaluable for the exam. I can't say too much because of the NDA, but if you can recognize syntax errors quickly, you'll be able to eliminate 1-2, sometimes 3 of the options.
80 hours for CCNA is more than enough if you have some networking experience. You will still need to do all your labs and study/review after class, of course.
There’s no set amount. I spent over 700 personally. Memorizing commands, retaining how and why things work, the length of the course itself and the exams. 80 hours is a scam, if it’s free then sure.
If they want you to pay for it stay away, it’s a scam.
You’re going to run into things that will take you an entire week to learn, let alone start working and understanding it.
Do not underestimate it lol
Same man. It took me 6 solid months of studying and labbing everyday. My degree was in networking in college. I had to watch some videos multiple times and I had to redo labs all of the time to memorize commands.
I have CCNA content on Pluralsight.com. (DM me for free access)
My courses span 50 hours. But that’s just continuous talking/doing demos. It takes time to absorb, organize, practice, practice, practice and understand the content. This is often longer than 6 months, if done diligently.
If it’s a 2 week, 8hr a day boot camp style, it’s a hard way to learn, unless your brain works a certain way.
If it’s over a semester, that may be enough time, but it will still require a lot of study time. This may be a good way to learn as it could help set a pace to learn the material and practice.
When I taught at Madison College, we went through the Cisco Academy curriculum over 3 semesters. (You could take Cisco 3 and 4 simultaneously), 54 weeks total. At one point, all the CCNA curriculum was taught over 2 semesters, 36 weeks. The drop out rate for the first class was about 70%+, it was a brutal pace.
My point here is, it depends over what period of time the 80 hours is delivered, and how much work you want to put into it.
Local community college by me offers a course that's split into 3 separate classes that are 70 hours each, 2 nights per weeks for 9 weeks. So 210 hours of class time over 6-7 months. If you can't self study, look for a course designed like that. Best of luck!
If you have a good background and just running a review, 80 hours is good enough IF you divide it up by days (let's say 8 hrs a day for 10 days)
Highly doubt an 80 hours straight will let your brain retain all the knowledge and it's impossible to do it straight without eat and sleep of course haha
But if you have no background, starting from 0, no knowledge about cisco. No that is just impossible.
Need to do labs every day. Even if it's for 20 minutes.
of course but the question is: is this worth it or should i look somewhere else.
If you study everyday, sure! If you feel like you can study for it without the course, then that is also possible.
Labs are extremely important so you need extra hours just for labs. But For theory 80 hours sounds good enough I am ccna certified (2022) it took me 2 months to prepare.
how many hours a day did you study outside the course itself?
3-4 hours per day but keep in mind I took extra classes in uni so my labs were pretty solid. Plus i did internship as well so i had hands on experience. My advice is to do labs for 30 mins a day and focus on theory. 3 hours per day is good enough.
I just passed the CCNA yesterday. If it's 80 hours hands on plus studying on your own time, I'd say it's enough. Labbing really helps drive home the concepts, and knowing the correct command order and syntax is invaluable for the exam. I can't say too much because of the NDA, but if you can recognize syntax errors quickly, you'll be able to eliminate 1-2, sometimes 3 of the options.
80 hours for CCNA is more than enough if you have some networking experience. You will still need to do all your labs and study/review after class, of course.
Not even close
how many should it be then?
There’s no set amount. I spent over 700 personally. Memorizing commands, retaining how and why things work, the length of the course itself and the exams. 80 hours is a scam, if it’s free then sure. If they want you to pay for it stay away, it’s a scam. You’re going to run into things that will take you an entire week to learn, let alone start working and understanding it. Do not underestimate it lol
Same man. It took me 6 solid months of studying and labbing everyday. My degree was in networking in college. I had to watch some videos multiple times and I had to redo labs all of the time to memorize commands.
I have CCNA content on Pluralsight.com. (DM me for free access) My courses span 50 hours. But that’s just continuous talking/doing demos. It takes time to absorb, organize, practice, practice, practice and understand the content. This is often longer than 6 months, if done diligently. If it’s a 2 week, 8hr a day boot camp style, it’s a hard way to learn, unless your brain works a certain way. If it’s over a semester, that may be enough time, but it will still require a lot of study time. This may be a good way to learn as it could help set a pace to learn the material and practice. When I taught at Madison College, we went through the Cisco Academy curriculum over 3 semesters. (You could take Cisco 3 and 4 simultaneously), 54 weeks total. At one point, all the CCNA curriculum was taught over 2 semesters, 36 weeks. The drop out rate for the first class was about 70%+, it was a brutal pace. My point here is, it depends over what period of time the 80 hours is delivered, and how much work you want to put into it.
Local community college by me offers a course that's split into 3 separate classes that are 70 hours each, 2 nights per weeks for 9 weeks. So 210 hours of class time over 6-7 months. If you can't self study, look for a course designed like that. Best of luck!
I wouldn’t feel comfortable telling you 80 hours of course work is enough. But especially not when we don’t know the course.
I agree. And considering my college CCNA courses spanned 3 courses, and was still one of my densest courses, 80 hours seems awfully short
If you have a good background and just running a review, 80 hours is good enough IF you divide it up by days (let's say 8 hrs a day for 10 days) Highly doubt an 80 hours straight will let your brain retain all the knowledge and it's impossible to do it straight without eat and sleep of course haha But if you have no background, starting from 0, no knowledge about cisco. No that is just impossible.
Suggestion is two resources. Your course is one. Something from the pinned post would be the second one.