Cisco CCNA - 200-301 Complete Course

Video was nice but needs more simple way of teaching the fundamentals. One cannot directly understand heavy terms without working hands-On or without Visual Network Live diagram in GNS3

I find this course rather favorable to me because it includes both real world and simulated labs, by that I mean that I have absolutely struggled to operate most of whatever simulated environments and the set ups for those simulated environments (appliances and such on GNS3 and obtaining them in the first place) however those struggles heavily benefit me because they expose me to the reality that being an IT Tech/Networker seldom has 1 way of doing things or that often times we have to get creative and find solutions ourselves that others aren't there to teach us with. That we don't operate in a vacuum with perfect things. The downside to that (setting up GNS3 and such) is that its very time consuming and very frustrating (although going by the connotations I noticed as GNS3 was introduced and operated, I understand that not everything about the app can be documented on here). Regardless, I have thoroughly enjoyed the interactive labs seeing as realistic situations is what I need the most right now and no other course that I've taken a look at offer this. There is however a lot to dislike about this educator and it's that they don't slow down when operating the labs, such complicated and foreign commands that are used are mind-throttling to see and trying to follow along is very difficult. Also, when the teacher is talking about protocols or the operations of devices, it may just be because the audience is assumed to have taken Net+ or a course along those lines, but to me I have to use deductive reasoning to figure out why they'd discuss something a specific way, adapting my learning style to their particularly niche teaching style. It's an inconvenience and I wish they would've taken into the consideration of a learner more in their videos. It feels as though information is gatekept. Bear in mind, at the time of typing this I am certified in Sec+ 701. What i can say though is that I sincerely hope the teacher comes back for CCNA 1.1 because I believe after hearing this criticism of ours and taking a look at other educators on this platform, they can seriously up their GNS3-based curriculum which I'd very much love to keep up with. The reason why I use this Course and not others is because they hardly ever offer GNS3 which I believe is an extensively useful teaching tool not just for CCNA but for windows familiarity, troubleshooting, and applications of newfound knowledge.

I like the way Ben explains each topic and the slides where very helpful

I would like it if I were able to download the labs he shows throughout the course. The only thing you can download for this course is the screenshots. Also, the course dose not have much theory in it.