Study Plan

How this plan is built

89 available days between Sep 7 and Dec 4. 83 of those are active study days; the other 6 are unlabeled buffer/rest days placed at natural break points (end of a book Part, after a milestone exam) rather than on a fixed weekday, since you said you'd rather that be flexible. With less runway than the original Aug 10 start, this version studies close to every day and trims some of the extra depth (one fewer full mock exam, a couple of standalone lab/review days folded into neighboring days) without cutting any chapter or exam domain.

Each phase below roughly follows one Part of the Cisco Press books. Colored chips on each day map to the CCNA exam domain it feeds: 1.0 Network Fundamentals, 2.0 Network Access, 3.0 IP Connectivity, 4.0 IP Services, 5.0 Security Fundamentals, 6.0 Automation & Programmability. Milestones and review days are marked separately.

Packet Tracer labs show up wherever there's something worth configuring hands-on. The Portable Command Guide is used the way it's meant to be used: a cover-and-recall drill, not a read-through. Every video task links straight to the specific YouTube video, not just the playlist.