Over the past several days, my progress in studying for the Cisco CCNA certification has been really slow. I'm still on Chapter 4, "Using the Command Line Interface". As with Chapters 1-3, I keep going back through the chapter, trying to make sure that I understand all of the concepts. After taking Cisco's online class for Packet Tracer several months ago, I have some experience with using Cisco's CLI. In Packet Tracer, you don't have to use the CLI. Instead, you can use the graphical user interface (GUI) to accomplish the same tasks that you would do with the CLI. While working through Cisco's Packet Tracer course, I made the discovery that if you use the GUI to modify a switch, a router, or just about any networking device, you can switch to the CLI and see what commands you would have needed to type.
Once I get through Chapter 4, I can then move on to Chapter 5 and start playing around with either the Pearson Vue network simulator or try using Packet Tracer. I also have noticed that Wendell Odom's website has a large number of free lab exercises for CCNA that can used for additional practice.
My goal for this upcoming weekend is to complete studying Chapter 4, so I can move on to Chapter 5.
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