Hi there! As you might know from my earlier posts I'm currently learning for my CCNA with the goal of achieving the CCNP afterwards. Sometimes it's a bit boring to learn for the CCNA, because I work all day long with Cisco devices and in the evening when I'm learning for the CCNA certification I have to calculate subnet masks etc. Not the most exciting stuff...
A guy I know from a different company also wants to become a CCNP, but today he told me, that he is heading directly towards the CCNP without passing the CCNA. I said that this is not possible, but he was completely sure about it and had an interesting explanation... He says that the CCNA is a requirement for the CCNP if you want to attend a CCNP class room course. This prevents that you have absolutely no clue about networking and slow down the whole group/class. If you don't attend the class, but do it by self studying and just take the exam with Pearson Vue etc, you don't need a valid CCNA certification. This is because it's your money/problem if you fail but you are not annoying anybody else with your incompetence and if you have no clue you just don't pass. It somehow sounds right, because why would anybody need a lower level certification just to take the CCNP exam? Of course you need to know the topics from the CCNA to become a CCNP, but is the certification really required? So is this guy right and is it just a prerequisite for class room trainings or is it a prerequisite for the exam? Thanks, Bernd PS: Yes, I googled, but the Cisco website just says: "CCNP Prerequisites: Valid CCNA certification" and the link below says "CCNA ensures that CCNP candidates possess a solid foundation of networking knowledge, which lays the foundation for the professional curriculum. Without that prerequisite foundation, the student may not be able to keep up with others in class and learn the advanced knowledge and skills presented in the CCNP courses." so this guy might be right... http://ciscocert.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/ciscocert.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3825&p_created=1176617893&p_sid=tU6KJ7Li&p_accessibility=0&p_lva=&p_sp=cF9zcmNoPTEmcF9zb3J0X2J5PWRmbHQmcF9ncmlkc29ydD0mcF9yb3dfY250PTM1JnBfcHJvZHM9JnBfY2F0cz0mcF9wdj0mcF9jdj0mcF9zZWFyY2hfdHlwZT1zZWFyY2hfZm5sJnBfcGFnZT0xJnBfc2VhcmNoX3RleHQ9Q0NOUA**&p_li=&p_topview=1 _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
