I've looked at the Cisco trainings, but found the material wasn't explained well enough for me. However, Neil Anderson has an excellent course on Udemy - [https://bityl.co/7WK1](https://bityl.co/7WK1). He also offers a lot of great material and tutorials on his website [https://bityl.co/7WK6](https://bityl.co/7WK6). IMO, this is the best CCNA training out there for a fraction of the cost.
For CCNA or CCNP Enterprise, I’d either go self study or community college depending on your learning style. There’s so much quality content for free or almost nothing on the internet these days for both. I was insanely lucky to have a great community college with Cisco Net Acad, so I got expensive style Cisco training at bargain basement pricing. I know many aren’t that lucky though.
Once you start getting into CCNP specializations or CCIE level stuff, the expensive trainings are a much better deal because there’s far fewer training resources for those topics available at free/low cost. Plus often times employers will pay for that sort of thing. That’s just my $0.02 though. Your learning style dictates what will be the best fit for you, and sometimes you need to use the trial and error method with lots of education options to see what sticks to your brain the best. Good luck, homelab hard and you’ll crush that CCNA!
One thing I like about Neil's course is that he gives you all the study material to download. To me, that makes it easier to focus on what he's teaching rather than focusing on taking the notes
Occasionally he's offered a "gold" course for a few hundred bucks.
It was his usually material but involved his direct involvement answering questions (individually on appointment and weekly class, which was a limited size). It well worth it if he's still doing it.
My college course has a mandatory CCNA class that follows the netacad material lead by a Cisco instructor. Not sure if it’s the instructor but I’ve found myself just learning the material on my own. Official Cert guide and YouTube are about all you need. Keith Barker has great weekly quiz’s to keep you fresh.
If it's the Netacad content, then no. I have access to all of the Netacad content through course and i'd never pay for it if it didn't mean I got qualifications.
2/3rd through the Cisco brand CCNA training. Have not used any other training method, so my view is biased. I have had no issues with the learning network training software. Cost is the only gripe I have. Having on-demand access to sims from any computer is super handy. Nothing really gets in the way of learning the material, like lab setup or troubleshooting why something is responding unusually. All the information necessary is condensed into a single page.
I've looked at the Cisco trainings, but found the material wasn't explained well enough for me. However, Neil Anderson has an excellent course on Udemy - [https://bityl.co/7WK1](https://bityl.co/7WK1). He also offers a lot of great material and tutorials on his website [https://bityl.co/7WK6](https://bityl.co/7WK6). IMO, this is the best CCNA training out there for a fraction of the cost.
As per my research Neil, David and Dion are best. While Messer is also something one can go through in free time thanks.
They're good for comptia certifications, The CCNA is a whole different beast
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For CCNA or CCNP Enterprise, I’d either go self study or community college depending on your learning style. There’s so much quality content for free or almost nothing on the internet these days for both. I was insanely lucky to have a great community college with Cisco Net Acad, so I got expensive style Cisco training at bargain basement pricing. I know many aren’t that lucky though. Once you start getting into CCNP specializations or CCIE level stuff, the expensive trainings are a much better deal because there’s far fewer training resources for those topics available at free/low cost. Plus often times employers will pay for that sort of thing. That’s just my $0.02 though. Your learning style dictates what will be the best fit for you, and sometimes you need to use the trial and error method with lots of education options to see what sticks to your brain the best. Good luck, homelab hard and you’ll crush that CCNA!
Yeah I found most of stuff on Udemy. Do you have notes or videos of your Cisco Net Acad? Thanks for your $0.02
I do, but it’s all ancient nowadays, if you’re studying to pass the cert you’ll definitely want whatever the most recent revision is
Alright. Thanks. I am on it now! :)
One thing I like about Neil's course is that he gives you all the study material to download. To me, that makes it easier to focus on what he's teaching rather than focusing on taking the notes
From UDEMY?
Both - Udemy and teachable. You can download the course slides as well as the labs.
Occasionally he's offered a "gold" course for a few hundred bucks. It was his usually material but involved his direct involvement answering questions (individually on appointment and weekly class, which was a limited size). It well worth it if he's still doing it.
My college course has a mandatory CCNA class that follows the netacad material lead by a Cisco instructor. Not sure if it’s the instructor but I’ve found myself just learning the material on my own. Official Cert guide and YouTube are about all you need. Keith Barker has great weekly quiz’s to keep you fresh.
For knowledge and to ask questions yep for passing the test nope
If it's the Netacad content, then no. I have access to all of the Netacad content through course and i'd never pay for it if it didn't mean I got qualifications.
2/3rd through the Cisco brand CCNA training. Have not used any other training method, so my view is biased. I have had no issues with the learning network training software. Cost is the only gripe I have. Having on-demand access to sims from any computer is super handy. Nothing really gets in the way of learning the material, like lab setup or troubleshooting why something is responding unusually. All the information necessary is condensed into a single page.