Cisco 300-410 ENARSI | Exam Passed - My thoughts and study tools.

[@jcoley8093]

I found your channel by accident and must say that I am very impressed with your accomplishments. Congratulations!. I am and have been in the IT Industry (telecom) from a Central Office Technician to a Network Engineer experienced in voice and data and now specializing in SDWAN with a major carrier. I see nothing but future success for you. Subscribed to your channel and will continue to root you on.

[@jeremiahwolfe]

Thanks so much!

[@4Cumbersome]

I started studying for the ENARSI a few days, and wow. I wish I could read and comprehend a book that quickly and easily. I mean come on man 3 weeks and you finished it and passed. I think you must have some of that high level savant going on. I'll be lucky to even be close in 3 months. Plus i have to spend a massive amount of time doing labs to retain the information. My memory sucks.

[@jemelsantiago]

Will be taking this exam soon. Thank you for sharing! Much appreciated!

[@jeremiahwolfe]

Best of luck!

[@giovannimejiapereira8343]

3 weeks! Man, you inspired me!

[@alisado8642]

really enjoyed your videos buddy. i am currently studying for ENCOR will follow your footsteps. except will use INE. Good luck with CCIE.

[@raymondallen7209]

Congratulations on passing ENARSI, good luck with your CCIE and thank you for the information.

[@diaphanoux]

I'm halfway thru the book and the amount of typos it has is astounding. If someone hasn't gotten hands on experience with these topics or at least coming from pass studies, you can get thrown off and confused if you're not careful with these typos. The only good thing about it is that if you notice them right away, you're heading into the right direction, you know your stuff and can feel proud you've found ' em.

[@jeremiahwolfe]

You're right. I do recall the book having a lot of typos.

[@MrWinfil]

i realy like your career story ... and how you switch again to Networking . thanks for the motivation

[@carlosmontes3030]

Just subscribed to your channel, thanks a lot for sharing your experience, it has inspired me to take the CCNP exams. Best of luck on your journey!

[@jeremiahwolfe]

Thanks! Best of luck!

[@kevinhughes9801]

Congratulations great video breakdown thank you. Sorry im behind on your videos keep up great content

[@renatorobles7440]

Awesome! Thanks again ! Cheers! 👏👏

[@jeremiahwolfe]

Best of luck. Let us know which route you end up taking.

[@Halking2002]

I passed my ENCOR exam about 3 months ago. I took a bit of a break and am starting to jump into the ENARSI. It took me several months of studying for that, it is incredible how fast you are getting these. I do feel like a LOT of the material is repeats from the old CCNA. The hard part for me is keeping my attention on the chapters that I've already done. Gj on that. Please do let us know how you proceed with the CCIE, that sounds like one hell of a journey.

[@jeremiahwolfe]

Congrats on ENCOR and good luck with ENARSI! I did pass those tests quickly...BUT while I had been out of the industry for several years, I had previously been a senior network engineer so much of the material was still lodged in the depths my brain. Also, I was able to dedicate more time to studying than the average person. So, don't be too impressed. RE: CCIE - It's in progress. The birth of my son and his health complications completely destroyed all of my plans. (His 2nd birthday was a couple weeks ago.) It wasn't until ~August that I was finally able to get into a groove. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, I plan on sitting for the exam in 2023. HOPEFULLY before my ENCOR expires in May.

[@davidmorgan7370]

Slow down man, I’m still studying for the 200-301 lol. Trying to get on your study level but for some can’t remember the little things. Can configure all day but the exam isn’t about configuration anymore. Keep making these videos and keep going over how you’re learning everything so quickly please

[@jeremiahwolfe]

LOL, thanks! I'll share my ultimate secret for quick studying. It's a 3 step process... Step One: Have no friend. Step Two: Have no life. Step Three: Have no hobbies.

[@davidmorgan7370]

Jeremiah Wolfe hahaha would totally be okay with that if it weren’t for my 15 month old

[@TheBeach5563]

Congrats again Jeremiah.

[@jeremiahwolfe]

Thanks!

[@imadeddinerahmane1555]

Congratulations... Good luck for CCIE !

[@jeremiahwolfe]

Thanks!

[@asandengcobo1334]

I'm taking my ENARSI tomorrow

[@jeremiahwolfe]

How did it go?

[@asandengcobo1334]

Hi@@jeremiahwolfeit went well I passed the exam

[@brett3159]

Great Video. Thank you! SUBSCRIBED

[@POPGAMING1234]

thank you.nice man.

[@felixruiztorrez5192]

Great video!

[@mohamedrabahi1233]

Well Done I am following you since encor exam Thanks you motivate me to take the exam what is your tips and advice?

[@jeremiahwolfe]

I don't have any more advice than what I share in the video. Read the book. Supplement with videos, if you need it. Use the Boson practice exams. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask, I'll try to help.

[@walternakatana7603]

Hi, thanks your this upload. What do you think of the Pearson practice test that comes with the book? Did you use it?

[@jeremiahwolfe]

I didn't use it. Many years ago I got seriously burned by relying on the practice exams that came with the book. (I can't remember exactly when or for what exam...may have even been a Microsoft exam.) Ever since then I just assume the "free" tools included with the book are garbage. I could be very wrong though.

[@walternakatana7603]

Alright , thank you for taking the time to reply.

[@drmanhattan225]

Thanks so much for the insight. Could you give some info on how you prepare in terms of taking notes? Will you read a section first and then take notes or as you go along?

[@jeremiahwolfe]

Rather than type it all out, I'll make a quick video later today (15 JUL). Check back for it.

[@drmanhattan225]

Jeremiah Wolfe thank you so much! I watched your other video btw where you talk about retention. Will definitely be putting that to use as I study for ENCOR.

[@DavidGarcia-fz1nd]

Nice work

[@jeremiahwolfe]

Thanks

[@rackaraaron9986]

Hey Buddy, Good Luck with your CCIE Studies. I saw it in your recent vid. Regarding ENARSI, At what point did you start using the boson? I passed my ENCOR today and used boson. But I started using it last week and I felt it was a short time. What is your take on that?

[@jeremiahwolfe]

Congrats on passing ENCOR. It's a difficult exam. I'm not sure I understand your question regarding ENARSI. Are you talking about the practice exams or the router simulations? I usually read the book first. Then do labs. Then do practice exams. I do each practice exam 2 times. So, if my test is scheduled for Saturday, I'll do practice exam: A on Monday. (I take the practice exam. Review all the answers and explanations. ALL, not just the one's I got wrong. If I have any confusion I read up and maybe mock something up on EVE-NG to figure it out.) B on Tuesday. C on Wednesday. A & B on Thursday. C and any other review I feel I need on Friday. Then take the exam on Saturday. My week before the exam is usually my easiest study week (in terms of time spent studying).

[@rackaraaron9986]

@@jeremiahwolfe sorry for not being specific, but your answer is clear enough as I meant the exams as you explained in the video. I have bought the OCG for ENARSI and most likely I will follow the study guide of Nick Russo as I don't have so much experience and need to Lab and dive in deeper on almost every topic.

[@leoingle]

Just found your channel tonight. I like your exam videos. When it comes to studying, I'm the opposite as you. I do better with training videos than reading a book. I did find your ritual of reading at night and video over the topics the next morning interesting. But I was wondering, since the video doesn't have as much detail as the book, I am thinking for someone like me who who does better with video that it may be better for me to watch video on said topics in the morning then read the more depth book topics on it late that night. Thoughts on that concept?

[@jeremiahwolfe]

Whether it's book or videos, I recommend separating a topic by sleep. So... Video Topic 1 -> Sleep -> Book Topic 1 -> Video Topic 2 -> Sleep... etc. During sleep your brain is sorting and storing the new information. The next day when you revisit the same topic it is less taxing on your brain. (Perhaps it's just reinforcing new pathways instead of building from scratch.)

[@leoingle]

@@jeremiahwolfe I see your logic behind that. Just gotta guage and see how long videos and reading takes. I obviously have more time in the evening rather than mornings.

[@mehdifar995]

Congratulations, and good luck for the ccie . I just wanna ask you , what do you think if i take the enarsi exam first because i feel it is easier than the encor . And i have no experience in it i am a student and want to get a cert to enter the field btw i got my ccna almost a year ago . And after working and gaining some experience i would go for the encor exam to take the ccnp certification

[@jeremiahwolfe]

Now that it's been a couple of months, the ENCOR and ENARSI are kinda running together in my brain. That said you should be able to do ENARSI first. It builds on some of the things you learn in ENCOR however, so you will likely need to do some additional research outside of the Official Cert Guide. Good luck!

[@kencheng2929]

@9:56, yep, that's a cisco exam

[@buenosdiasgracias6219]

Good morning! What do you think about jncia !? Thanks 🙏

[@jeremiahwolfe]

I haven't looked into it in depth, so I can't speak intelligently about it. That said, it is my intent to get at least my JNCIA after I complete (assuming I do) my CCIE. I used to work on low-end Juniper switches (4200s I think) and I hated the CLI. However, I heard that once you properly learn their CLI that it's actually really nice and even more intuitive than Cisco.

[@buenosdiasgracias6219]

Jeremiah Wolfe cool!!! Thanks for responding!! I think you’ll just need 1 week to study for it because you already know the CCNA basic Switching and Routing and they say that it is around 81 percent the same topics plus you are somehow extremely fast to learn!, I have heard that the difference is their CLI and their OS, I also wonder if the jobs are as well payed as CCNA because there are fewer JNCIA engineers out there than CCNA since it’s a less popular cert, it could be a cool tech to learn right!? If you ever take it please let us know it will be super cool to see what you say about it, Have a good day!!!!!!!!!👍 👍

[@michaelbommert241]

Congratulation Jeremiah! Could you estimate how many days / hours per day it took you to be prepared?

[@jeremiahwolfe]

Here's a rough breakdown: Reading: ~20 Hours Videos/Labs: ~20 Hours Practice Tests: ~8 Hours Final Review: ~3 Hours Total Calendar Days: 19 51 Hours / 19 Days = ~3 Hours per day.

[@mehrdadmomeni3678]

I faced 3 simulations yesterday and I failed to pass; where can I practice to overcome that? Thanks

[@jeremiahwolfe]

Level 1 - Install EVE-NG and practice yourself. Level 2 - Get the simulator from Boson and practice. Level 3 - Get the book, CCIE Enterprise Infrastructure Foundation by Narbik Kocharians. Buy eBook or physical, whichever is cheaper. You will NOT be reading the actual book. -Make sure to download the available digital content (instructions are in the pre-chapter 1 portion of the book. Included in the digital files is Narbik's ~2500 page lab guide. It is AMAZING! It includes EVE-NG topologies for all the labs. His lab book explains concepts in detail and teaches you hands on. Narbik is unparalleled in Cisco education. -Use the 300-410 blueprint to help you figure out which labs to do and which to skip. -If you work through the labs a couple times, I promise that the ENARSI test will be a joke to you. Of note, you will need to acquire the switch/router images for EVE-NG on your own. It's not hard. Google is your friend.

[@jurajvantuch9636]

Can you say how simulation works and what was in simulation(Topics)? :) Thanks a lot.

[@geovoni8046]

I just have a question I'm currently studying for the ENARSI 300-410. Why didn't you use the Boson labs for ENARSI? Just curious?

[@uttherkunst3806]

He explained why in the video.

[@venusdionisio4484]

i have subscribed :) :) please share the boson exam simulator please. thank youuuuuu

[@jeremiahwolfe]

I'm sorry. Boson makes amazing products. I've been using them for nearly 2 decades. I encourage you to purchase a legal copy. I recognize that depending on your situation that might be difficult, or even impossible. I'm sorry, but as much as I empathize with you, I don't have a solution for that. I will also say that over the past 8 years, I have sold digital goods online. Dealing with piracy was an unfortunate part of my business. Finding my hard work being given away for free (or worse, being charged for by someone else) was so disheartening. They were literally stealing from me and my family. So I'm probably not going to be the best person to ask for help pirating something.

[@philip1760]

I have one question , do you take handwritten notes whilst studying either from cbtnuggets videos or reading book ??

[@jeremiahwolfe]

I address my note taking in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6O7kItsnNdqqNU

[@philip1760]

@@jeremiahwolfe hey jeremiah , your videos are really helping me .. just what I needed at the right time. Keeping doing what your are doing 😊💕💕

[@martysdomain]

The official cert guides are dreadful. I don't even buy them anymore.

[@hassanshakilbhatti8877]

my story is similar to u

[@chill9173]

Can we take ENARSI exam without ENCOR ??

[@jeremiahwolfe]

Yes. There is no prerequisite for either exam.

[@matthewwitherford]

Well done on your accomplishments, a very great resource i like to use that you may not know of is networklessons.com That site is ran by CCIE Rene Molnearr who is very good at teaching and explaining the individual topics and the site is like $20 per month. Id recommend give it a look over

[@jeremiahwolfe]

Thanks Matthew. I did sign up for NetworkLessons when I started ENCOR. When I signed up I thought they had a full video course, but it turned out to be mostly just text based lessons. Since I already had the book I didn't see a lot of value in it. That was just my opinion and only about their ENCOR material. I may revisit them in the future.