very true. You can take CCNP exam (any paper) without CCNA, & you will get individual results. But in order to get CCNP certification, you must have a valid (means before expire) CCNA certificate.
Regards -FJ On 9/8/07, Fred Reimer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jay, > > You are right. You don't need a CCNA in order to take the CCNP > tests, but you will require one before you get your actual > certification. Just like you are required to have a signed exam > certification agreement on-file (usually a click-through one you > do for every test). > > However, there is no prereq for a CCIE. If you're board with > figuring out subnet masks and the basic stuff why don't you just > get a CCIE? > > Fred Reimer, CISSP > Senior Network Engineer > Coleman Technologies, Inc. > 954-298-1697 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jay > Hennigan > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 5:35 PM > To: Bernd Ueberbacher > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Question about the CCNA and CCNP > certification > > Bernd Ueberbacher wrote: > > > 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. > > He is wrong. > > CCNA is a prerequisite for CCNP regardless if you take classroom > training or just schedule the exams at Pearson VUE. You will not > > receive a CCNP certificate without first having a valid CCNA. I > suppose > you could take them all at once if you want to do so. > > See http://www.cisco.com/go/ccnp > > See the line "CCNP Prerequisites". > > -- > -- > Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Engineering - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Impulse Internet Service - http://www.impulse.net/ > Your local telephone and internet company - 805 884-6323 - WB6RDV > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
