CCNP Certification Training

Expert Advice To Become A Network Professional

You are already certified with CCNA then this is great opportunity to move ahead in your career. Since you have already gone through the certification at Cisco this may not be a major problem. Yet all

the same it is better to get more. CCNP is Cisco’s middle level certification. It requires more time and effort. The resources needed are also more when compared to CCNA.

You need to pass four exams to get a CCNP

Building Scalable Cisco Inter-networks
Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks
Building Cisco Remote Access Networks
Cisco Inter-network Troubleshooting

Study Resources

Get Syllabus

Building Scalable Cisco Networks
Managing Traffic and Congestion in different networks
Advanced Cisco Router Configuration
Routing Protocols configuration and optimization
Bridges
Remote Access set up and configuration IP, X.25, Frame Relay etc.
Switching design and configuration of ports, VLANS,
Cisco Internetworking Troubleshooting TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, Appletalk, VLAN’s, Frame-Relay, ISDN.

Visit Vendor

The Vendor usually has the most relevant material and links to learn. Also it has related information about learning partners. The Cisco press prints books with specific intention for documentation for the examination. You could check out the links given below

http://www.cisco.com/

http://www.cisco.com/public/support/tac/documentation.html

http://www.ciscopress.com/index.asp

Study Material

Books are the best way of studies and a few of the books that could help you in the endeavor of Cisco certification are

Building Cisco Multilayer Switched Networks Study Guide by Terry Jack
Building Scalable Cisco Inter-networks Study Guide by Carl Timm
CCNP BCMSN Exam Cram 2 by Richard A Deal
CCNP Certification Library by Clare Gough
CCNP Study Guide Kit, by Wade Edwards
Cisco Inter-network Troubleshooting Study Guide by Arthur Pfund

For other important resources you could refer Cisco Website or any other web site that had resources for CCNP. http://www.simulationexams.com/misc/ccnp-references.htm is one such page that takes you to specific resources offered by Cisco. Brain dumps are sites that collect information that is required to study for exams you could search for CCNP brain dumps to find links to many other resources.

Test of Knowledge

The final stage of preparation is practice examination. You could search the web for CCNP test questions. Some practice examinations are free of cost, others cost money. The reason why you need to take practice exams are

Practice test present material in different ways
The candidate finds the distinction between the various topics they learn about
It brings about familiarity with the actual test.

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