CCNA®
1:1 mentorship to pass the CCNA (v1.1 and v2.0) and land your first networking role in the US.
Twelve weeks of structured 1:1 mentorship from a senior network engineer, covering BOTH CCNA v1.1 and the new v2.0 blueprint (including the new AI and generative-AI objectives in Domain 5). 24 live 1:1 classes, a personalized plan, lab reviews, mock exams, three resume-ready projects, a Cisco free certification roadmap, and a pass-or-keep-going commitment.
What's included
- Personalized week-by-week study plan
- 24 live 1:1 video classes with your mentor (two a week)
- Same-business-day async support
- Three resume-ready portfolio projects
- Cisco free certification roadmap: the free Cisco certificates to earn before the CCNA
- Curated Packet Tracer / CML labs
- Two timed mock exams + readiness check
- US-focused interview prep (resume, LinkedIn, behavioral)
- Pass-or-keep-going: no extra fee if it takes longer
3 monthly payments of $250 ($750 total). Paying in full saves $51.
Book a CCNA intake call → Full pricing details →🔒 No card on file. Pay via secure invoice only after your free first session.
At a glance
- Audience
- Career-changers, junior IT, and US students serious about networking.
- Duration
- 12 weeks · 24 live 1:1 classes
- Format
- 1:1 live video classes, two a week
Get your CCNA plan: free 20-min call.
A 20-minute 1:1 with a senior network engineer. You leave with a written CCNA study plan for your situation. No sign-up, no card, no pitch. If it's useful, we talk about the program. If not, keep the plan.
Book my free 20-min call →Three things US hiring managers actually look for.
Most programs stop at "you passed the exam." We don't. These three are what get you the interview.
3 Resume-Grade Projects
Every core program ships three portfolio-ready networking projects, exactly what US hiring managers want on a junior NetEng resume.
Free Certs Roadmap
Before you spend a dollar on the CCNA exam, we walk you through the free Cisco and cloud certificates to earn first, strengthening your resume before you go paid.
US Interview Readiness
Resume teardown, LinkedIn rewrite, behavioral prep, and mock technical interviews tuned for the US networking job market.
Students who finished this program.
First name + outcome, used with permission.
"I was a year into help-desk and stuck. PacketMentor gave me three CV-grade projects and US interview prep that actually moved the needle. Two months after I passed CCNA, I had an offer."
"Cleared CCNA on the first try. The week-by-week plan and the timed mock exams were the difference for me. The format works so I came back for CCNP."
"Weekly 1:1 sessions cleared up everything that YouTube playlists left fuzzy. Same-business-day async support meant I never wasted a study night being stuck on something small."
"Honest, structured, and tailored to where I actually was, not where a generic syllabus said I should be. Recommending it to colleagues looking to switch into networking."
Real students, used with permission. Where a student is public about their career, we link to their LinkedIn so you can verify. Others reached us privately (WhatsApp) and remain first-name-only.
Three more reasons this works.
Beyond the three big wins above, weekly 1:1 mentor time, same-day async support, and our pass-or-keep-going commitment.
Weekly 1:1 Calls
4 to 6 hours of live 1:1 mentor time every week. Lab reviews, debugging together, and a clear "do this next" by the time we hang up.
Same-Day Async Support
Stuck mid-week on a lab? Send the config or screenshot. You get a clear answer back the same business day.
Pass-or-Keep-Going
If the exam takes longer than the plan, we do not charge extra. The program is built around your outcome, not a fixed duration.
Your first 30 days, in plain English.
No vague "we'll cover networking fundamentals." Here's what week one through four actually look like in the CCNA program.
Foundations + free certs
Subnetting drills, the OSI vs TCP/IP debate (and why it matters less than people think), and the first three free Cisco / cloud certs you should bank before you spend a dollar on CCNA.
Switching that sticks
VLANs, trunks, native VLAN gotchas, and Spanning Tree as a mental model, not a memorized acronym soup. Lab: build a multi-VLAN topology in Packet Tracer.
Routing: static, dynamic, default
When to use what. Configure RIP just to feel why it lost, then move to OSPF single-area and watch neighbor formation in real time.
Security + your first resume project
Standard vs extended ACLs (the "implicit deny" rule). Port-security, DHCP snooping. Capstone: a documented small-enterprise topology with config + write-up, first project on your resume.
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Get the Free CCNA 12-Week Roadmap
The exact order I recommend studying CCNA topics in, with what to lab each week, a written personal reply, not an autoresponder. Expect it within one business day.
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