What course precedes Cisco’s CCNA exam?
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What course precedes Cisco's CCNA exam?
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I learned about computer hardware 8 years ago and I don't have any experience with it. Now I want to get CCNA certification. Is there any course before starting the CCNA? Please advise me. Thank you.
ASKED: Nov 12 2008  11:25 PM GMT
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If you're asking whether there is another certification before the CCNA -- there is. As was announced in this article: Cisco network design certification gets update, Cisco has an entry-level networking certification called the Cisco Certified Entry Network Technician (CCENT). I would start with this certification if you're worried that the CCNA would be too much of a big first step.
Last Answered: Nov 14 2008  3:32 PM GMT by TessaLP   125 pts.
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Mr M   20 pts.  |   Nov 13 2008  7:57PM GMT

Then again, if you mean ‘is there a course that will prep. me for a CCNA exam (pass mark approximately 85%), I studied with the UK’s Open University . The entire content was online at (which of course you have to be signed up for with a tuition provider) except for a day school every term at which there was an invigilated online exam allowing certification to be issued for each section at the end of the course.
You can, of course, get evening classes that allow more hands-on working. The remote learning technique meant we had to log into a campus array of routers and switches to practice on if you wanted ‘real world’ experienced and Cisco’s Packet Tracer network simulation software is a good practice tool, even if it is a somewhat condensed subset of regular Cisco operating systems. You also have the option of buying yourself a couple of routers, switches and cabling off ebay; a lot of CCNA alumni sell them on after they’ve passed and the prices aren’t outrageous, for what you get, either.
You don’t have to study with an institution, you can buy some excellent books that will get you through the course (I can’t wholly recommend Cisco’s own CCNA books; many of us on the course found them confusing and would you trust a company who issues a series of course books and then issues ’supplements’ to explain what they really meant? And happily bills you for both?
Otherwise, I can say I really enjoyed the course - but gaining a CCNA’s like getting out of boot camp. You know it all but you know nothing about the real world.

 

Mr M   20 pts.  |   Nov 13 2008  7:59PM GMT

With apologies for stuffing up the HTML.

 
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