Become a Cisco Certified Network Administrator (CCNA)
Recently, there have been a few changes in the training path you need to take to earn your CCNA certification. The new prerequisites and CCNA curriculum will better prepare you for your certification exam and give you the skills you need to carry the CCNA certification into your career.
Where should you start?
To earn your CCNA you first need to get your Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician (CCENT) certification. This certification will prepare you for the CCNA certification by giving you the entry-level skills you need to facilitate successful network support for a small enterprise branch network. These skills include installation, operation, troubleshooting and basic security.
View the certification course outline.
What is the difference between CCENT and Network+?
CCENT provides training directed at Cisco users. Network + is vendor neutral.
What's next?
The next step in earning your CCNA is to take the certification course to teach you skills that go far beyond the skills learned for the CCENT certification. These skills include:
- Installing, configuring, operating, and troubleshooting medium-size routed and switched networks
- Basic relief of security threats
- Introduction to wireless networking
- Introduction to performance-based skills
This new curriculum also includes the use of these protocols:
- IP
- Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP)
- Serial Line Interface Protocol Frame Relay
- Routing Information Protocol Version 2 (RIPv2)
- VLANs
- Ethernet
- Access Control Lists (ACLs)
View the certification course outline.
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