CISCO NEW CCNA EXAM compared .

[huntedhuntsman]

The following shows the comparison of the New and the old CCNA Exam (abt to expire 11/07/07)

The NEW CCNA Exam will contain the following topics:
BASIC NETWORKING
IP ADD/VLSM/SUMMARIZATION
ROUTER & SWITCH OPERATION
ROUTING PROTOCOLS
LAN/STP/ETHERNET
NAT/ACLS
WAN CONNECTIONS
VOIP
WIRELESS LAN
IOS MANAGEMENT VIA SDM
SWITCH ENHANCED TECH
DHCP/DNS/IPV.6
VPN
MULTICASTING
MULTILAYER- SWITCH (MLS)
GATEWAY REDUNDANCY

All the above are part of a CCNP Exam with the exception of the BASIC NETWORKING.

The OLD Exam covered the following topics:
BASIC NETWORKING
IP ADD/VLSM/SUMMARIZATION
ROUTER & SWITCH OPERATION
ROUTING PROTOCOLS
LAN/STP/ETHERNET
NAT/ACLS
WAN CONNECTIONS

 

[FloDiggs]

I think that the new CCNA and CCENT set up makes a lot of sense. The old CCNA exam was a little light on the content unless you did the two exam method. It covered a lot of subnetting and general concepts. While subnetting is extermely important skill, it is entry level and speaks nothing of your ability to use Cisco technology. I think this will eliminate a lot of paper CCNAs and increase the value of the certification.

 

[senk1s]

yep i too agree, the new ccna reduces the 'jump' from ccna to ccnp

 

[darkhut]

Will they be modifying the CCNP then, to make it closer to CCIE?

fresh CCNA

 

[burtsbees]

The old CCIE test was basically what the CCNA exam was 2 years ago.

Burt