subnetting

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Hiya,

As in my more recent posts i am undertaking my 291 exam in the next few months, and one thing i have never been able to get my head around is subnetting, even when studying Network+!

As 291 looms in the very near future i feel that i now must understand this infavourable subject of mine, no matter how long it takes.

I would appreciate if anyone could explain this to me simply as possible​

Thanks,
Becki

 

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You're worrying about nothing. Just sit down and do practice examples until you've got it nailed.

Some sites which may help:-

http://www.troutman.org/tech/linux_guides/subnet.html

http://www.learntosubnet.com/

Else use google - search "how to subnet"

Finally, use the similar threads function on the forum or do a forum search for "subnetting" - there are many wise words out there!

If you've got any specific questions which you don't understand, then by all means we will help, but your question is a bit wishy washy at the moment.

Hope this helps.

Qs

 

There's subnetting on the 70-291...i don't remember that

Grim

 

Yep, it could come up - http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exams/70-291.mspx

 

yeah i googled that.

oh so it "could", i must of been lucky coz ive only just been able to subnet recently LoL

Grim

 

I am getting my head around it too. I can do it to a certain extent, if I have a pen and piece of paper to write it down but can't do it all the time in my head yet.

 

i've read endless guides and watched so many vids.

I now understand how it works, i'm just trying to make it a natural process i could do in my head

Grim

 

That's what makes it invaluable - when you're able to subnet without a pen and paper.

 

it is a bit of a head bender.

 

Takes a whilte to learn it, however once you have it, you have it for life.

I can do most of the calculations in my head, however it does take me quite along time.

Best advice, as what other people have mentioned is to keep going over it and over it. I found that after a days break on the subject it all just suddenly clicked

 

is it true subnetting is the hardest part of the CCNA ?

GRim

 

My problem is that I am crap at maths anyway, I had to do extra maths whilst doing my HND as it was so poor.

 

If you can pick up the CCNA fastpass e -book or CCNA exam study guide(exam 640-802) 6th edition both by Todd Lammle, Subnetting is totally broken down there than in the MSpress 70-291 self training kit material. Used the material myself to understand subnetting..​

 

Depends how quickly you get to grips with the process, but yeah, I'd say it's up there.

Qs

 

sweet, i'm already nearly at the end of CCENT ICND1 and picking it up fairly quickly. Should have the CCENT ICND2 coming soon. IOS reference guide turned up this morning

never seen ident used before​

GRim

 

Ab-so-lutely.

Learn it well, because you'll never, ever, ever escape from subnetting. It'll come up again and again in exams.

 

No; time management is the hardest part of the CCNA. That said, you can make the best use of your time by learning how to subnet in your head. The other difficult thing is getting real-world experience with Cisco gear... you can't expect to answer the questions well without being intimately familiar with the IOS.

 

If you can double 2 up to 256 (or, in rarer cases, up to 65536), you can do subnetting.

2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192, 16384, 32768, 65536

Adding combinations of these numbers covers the basics for converting binary to decimal. This ain't calculus!!!

 

Yep can do that, it's doing it where it doesn't look like I am sstruggling. It's when I get to really high numbers I get a bit flustered.

 

Is there any MCSE tutorials or vids to download....pls help me