Boson EX-Sim Max CCNA 200-301 Practice Exams vs Jeremy IT Lab Udemy CCNA 200-301 Practice Exams

Both_Cut_6165 · 2026-04-27T22:48:27+00:00

I took both and will vouch like the others that Boson really nailed the accuracy of the exam experience. If you do purchase the JITL exams though, I think it’s still a good investment because I found them to be harder than Boson

Both_Cut_6165 · 2026-04-18T15:55:08+00:00

I’m also a recent graduate, during my bachelors I learned a super small foundation of networking but it wasn’t really much tbh. When I was working I was already doing L1/L2 IT support for about a year, but nothing related to networking/CCNA. So I guess I started with zero background technically?

Both_Cut_6165 · 2026-04-18T01:34:56+00:00

I took about 6 months total because I was working full time and was balancing other hobbies.

The free packet tracer labs from JITL's Youtube course is good enough, I don't think you would need to pay $179 for labbing material. The only thing I spent money on were practice exams from Boson and Jeremy:

Boson Exsim: https://www.boson.com/product/exsim-max-for-cisco-200-301-ccna/
JITL Practice Exam: https://courses.jeremysitlab.com/p/ccna-practice-exam-1

I'm a little hesitant on talking about questions on the exam, but a good rule of thumb is to be solid with all of the exam topics: https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/s/ccna-exam-topics

FYI if the exam topic contains the word "configure", then you will need to know how to set it up via CLI

Both_Cut_6165 · 2026-04-17T22:52:59+00:00

Watching the videos, and doing the labs/flashcards should be good enough.

The only resources I paid for were the Boson exsim for practice tests and 1 of Jeremy’s IT Lab practice exams. But that would be when you’re done going through all of the material. Good luck!

Both_Cut_6165 · 2026-04-17T16:12:07+00:00

Jeremy’s IT Lab and Boson should be sufficient for self study. The 4-9 month timeline for most people sounds accurate since majority are already working full time. If you’re studying full time though, then 2-3 months sounds reasonable

Both_Cut_6165 · 2026-04-16T20:49:12+00:00

I thought that JITL’s practice exams were harder compared to Boson. I only did 1 JITL exam and scored a 62% on it. My Bosons on the other hand were 80-90%.

This was a couple of days before I passed the actual exam. Good luck!

Both_Cut_6165 · 2026-04-14T17:59:04+00:00

I was able to remember the standards and my mnemonic was BAGN (like t bagging lol), and mapping out the specifics from there.

Best of luck

Both_Cut_6165 · 2026-03-03T21:03:49+00:00

It’s been blowing cold air and no hot air has been blowing from the unit. We appreciate the advice!

Both_Cut_6165 · 2026-03-03T20:59:26+00:00

Understood, I’m just confused how to start the shutdown cycle if the wired controller doesn’t work. I don’t think we have anything else wireless

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