i am currently seriously studying for the ccent/ccna tests. i don’t have much physical access to real cisco equipment and i most likely won’t take classes. so that leaves me with lots of self-study and simulator usage.

exams seem to be 40-60 questions. i plan on taking the 2 test option ccent 640-822 then ccna 640-816. each test $100 each and passing score of 849 of 1000.

definitely need to understand: routing basics, subnetting

some resources:
http://www.ciscopress.com
http://www.cisco.com/go/prepcenter
http://www.cisco.com/go/ccna