Certified Cisco Network Administrator, CCNA Part 1 - LCC101 Reviews

I tried to follow along with the PDF E-book, but it was not possible. There was more information on the slides.

While there is a LOT of information to take in Larry does an amazing job answering any questions, explaining things in a way to make processing the flood of information easier while also providing ample resources to use to help you during the course and beyond.

Great instructor, class was very helpful. Along with every resource ACI Learning provides to ensure your success.

It really is a lot of material in short time. As long as you pay attention and are invested you will receive the information needed to pass the final exam

Learning all of this information is already a lot. There was some extra info which is nice as a 'deep dive' but I think is unnecessary for the majority of students who are already struggling with some of the more basic concepts. For example, on the last day of this course there was info on how to calculate the metric of each hop count and what a NSSA area is and how that is important. These seemed extremely advanced topics for a more advanced class such as CCNP, but I would have rather spent more time on more relevant information. The instructor did a good job of walking us through some of the more dense information, which needs to be explained in very simple terms so students can recall it on the exam. I would like to see more explanations of the outputs of the commands broken down, as in the beginning cisco commands can spit out a lot of information and students could be confused if the information they were looking for was not there because they ran the wrong command or from the wrong mode. A quick tour of the command line interface, especially in the NetSim application on day 1 would go a long way.

The pace wasn't nearly as cut-throat as Sec+.

Class is too fast. Not enough retention time. Test should be a week after the class. Class has filler material in it.

Too short to digest all of the information.

Still far too much content to learn in the given time. This was a 3 credit hour course, expecting anyone to gain that much knowledge in only 5 days is more than optimistic. A college level course can not be gained in only 5 days.

While this is an AMAZING learning institution and a phenomenal course, I can't help but wonder: Why is the CCNP divided into two separate courses? It doesn't make sense. It should be a consecutive two-week course, with a single course evaluation and assessment at the end of the two weeks. Having it split into two courses for one certification exam just feels like a big interruption in the middle of two weeks worth of content! Aside from that, the CCNA course will DEFINITELY give you a leg up in preparing for your CCNA certification! Outstanding instruction from an EXTREMELY knowledgeable and professional instructor!