Jarred- You have 2 years from the point of obtaining your CCNA to complete your CCNP, or recertify on your CCNA.
For the exam version change, I don't believe there is really any change from 500 to 600 series... they're just making them more difficult now with new question pools, and adding some "Real World" simulations to two of the four exams. Switching and Troubleshooting is just new questions, but no simulations. I must say though, there was a considerable change from the 400 to 500 series exams. At the time, I was preparing for the Routing exam, but they had not even came out with the Routing Cisco Press Book... this was in January, and the book wasn't due out until October! So, I prepared for the Routing exam with the old ACRC book (predecessor to Routing), and barely passed the Routing exam because of the lack in BGP coverage (all other sections I did above average or better in). In the ACRC book, BGP was covered in roughly 8-15 pages, and in the new Routing book, it's covered in IIRC 3 chapters! (over 50 pages) This also became a lesson learned about using CCO for topics you can't get documentation any other way on. If I had of dedicated some time to reading the Docs and White Papers on BGP from CCO, I'd probably would have done better at it too! I'm completing my CCNP over the next week or so, and I've got the 400 series CCNA, the 500 series exams for Routing, Switching, Remote Access completed, and will have the 600 series exam for Support to close the CCNP. This just goes to show how much grandfathering Cisco is doing for your test history. Just meet the timelines, and you'll be cool. And just one more point... I've taken 2 years to complete my CCNP for many reasons: Finance #1, Choice #2 (I wanted to make sure I had plenty of hands-on Field experience before allowing myself to take the exam... I didn't want to be referred to as a Paper CCXX), Career Choices #3 ... Others have different moral attitudes, and would have completed it all by now... but that's why I know I'll be able to define myself as a Professional in the field. Good luck on your endeavor and your exams! It's a fun and wild trip! Mark -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 12:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CCNP Questions [7:46098] I took my 640-503 exam today and passed. But I have some questions for everyone. I bought the Cisco Press study guide books for the 503-506 exams, and now they are coming out with 603-606. Does anyone know the difference in the exams, what more information one needs to know to pass them, and when they are officially going to take away the 503-506 exams? I just don't want to have to buy new books in order to obtain needed information on the new versions. Also, I wanted to ask how much time do I have inbetween each portion of the CCNP exams? How long till they expire? Or is there a time limit that I have to get all 4 within? Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you all so much! =) Jarred Nicholls, CCNA Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=46124&t=46098 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
