CCNA And The Steps To Success

Cisco Networking courses have various levels Associate, professional and expert level. If you are a beginner and thinking of becoming a professional in networking Cisco’s products then you could start off with CCNA. CCNA certification program is ideal for a foundation in the field of networking. The key concepts are always necessary for any technical person and CCNA Certification is for acquiring skills to select, install, configure, troubleshoot, and operate LAN/WAN, and dial access services for small networks.

The exam pattern of Cisco is also more geared toward practical orientation and this is reflected in the CCNA exam questions like drag and drop, simulator questions and multiple answer multiple choice questions.

Single Exam Option:

• Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies and Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices

OR

Multiple Exams option :

• Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies (INTRO)
• Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices

Study Resources

Concepts of the OSI model, the Access lists and sub netting are important. You require good analytical abilities for the type of CCNA exam questions asked. You need to get the basics correct for CCNA since it is the associate level for networking.

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The key concepts being

• Basics in Network design principles
• The OSI reference model
• Planning & Designing of LAN and WAN
• TCP/IP suite of protocols(ARP,RARP,BOOTP and ICMP)
• Routers (Routing Protocols, Bridges and switches)
• IOS-Internetwork Operating System by Cisco
• Network Management
• Security of the Network

Visit Vendor Sites

Vendor sites are those that give you the most information about their products. Cisco too has a lot of material on its sites. You could access these materials through the net. Other things that could be of interest are

• Topics of study
• Books on the particular Exam
• Specific information can be obtained from support for products
• Learning resources
• Study Tools
• Practice Exams/Past exam questions
• Recommended Training Centers
• Exam guides

Study Material

Books are the best method to gain knowledge in a methodical and logical pattern. Tips and techniques along with evaluation and practice questions are provided by most authors. CD’s provided by some books provide reference to items in the books as well as some simulation software that could be linked with the topics in the book. Resources for books would be

Cisco’s CCNA Course Ware is available on the CISCO website

Cisco Press books http://www.ciscopress.com/index.asp?rl=1

Sybex Series books on Cisco’s courses.

CCNA study guide and other material can be found at a variety of sources on line. In case you do not want to purchase a book you can use the internet for searching for CCNA tutorials and CCNA study guides. Many times you get it as downloadable material. Brain dumps are places where you get many associated resource material for the certification you require. Many times there are links free CCNA .

study guides and other resources.

http://www.semsim.com/ccna/ccna-study-guide.html

http://www.mcmcse.com/studycenter.shtml

http://www.intelligentedu.com/free_it_certification_study_guides.html#Cisco

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