CCNA - CCNA Retired?

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CCNA Retired?

gazzabhoy

2001-11-28, 11:30 am

I have just read that the CCNA WAN exam will be retired from 31/12/01? but will still be accepted for at least 2 years?

Does anyone know if this is true

here's the link

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/10...#certifications

money$man

2001-11-28, 3:36 pm

It must be true, I read the same thing in my ExamCram's.com insider newsletter. I'm thinking (85% sure )that I would like to study for my CCNA. Now I'm not sure ?

coop

2001-11-28, 3:59 pm

I don't understand. I am studying for the CCNA too and I am not sure how this effects me?

Any insight would be appreciated.

wbafrank

2001-11-28, 4:19 pm

Yes it is true! Both CCNA and CCNP are both going to be retired.

All the facts about the replacement exams can be found at www.comptia.com

Have Microsoft taken over CompTIA (for retiring exams) or is this just another ploy to get us to spend even more money on updating our qualifications?

I think I'll kick CCNP into touch for the time being and wait for the new exams!

sidodgers

2001-11-28, 5:48 pm

quote:
Originally posted by wbafrank
Yes it is true! Both CCNA and CCNP are both going to be retired.

All the facts about the replacement exams can be found at www.comptia.com

Have Microsoft taken over CompTIA (for retiring exams) or is this just another ploy to get us to spend even more money on updating our qualifications?

I think I'll kick CCNP into touch for the time being and wait for the new exams!

I didn't see anything on the Cisco link posted above which infers that anything other than the CCNA and CCNP WAN switching tracks are being retired. Since the WAN switching courses aren't hugely popular compared to the routing and switching ones, this isn't going to affect anything like the number of people it would first appear.

What did compTIA's site have to say about it? I couldn't see anything there, and i'm not 100% sure what they'd have to do with the Cisco certifications anyway, considering that they offer their own (A+, network+, et cie.)

Hopefully, the CCIE courses won't be touched; there's a memo on cisco's site about that which i'm browsing through now.

Cheers,

Sid

wbafrank

2001-11-28, 5:58 pm

Cannot believe I put Comptia! I did mean of course Cisco (honest!!). Having taken two exams today my head is a bit of a blur!!

sidodgers

2001-11-28, 6:06 pm

quote:
Originally posted by wbafrank
Cannot believe I put Comptia! I did mean of course Cisco (honest!!). Having taken two exams today my head is a bit of a blur!!

oops

Regardless, it seems that the CCIE R/S is safe according to the blurb I just read at cisco's site.

I'll try and find out more about the CCNA/CCNP. I find it incredibly hard to believe that they would phase out the 2.0 certifications when Cisco Press only published the study guides earlier this year.

Makes the head spin.

Sid

money$man

2001-11-28, 6:11 pm

Did some checking on CCNA/WAN, CCNA/WAN is a speciality area dealing mainly with wide area networks. The test # for that is 640-410, the test # for CCNA is 640-507. So that means people who want to still get CCNA certified can. Unless you were interested in WAN Switching. Hope this helps.

coop

2001-11-28, 7:06 pm

So I can continue studying for the CCNA exam right? The WAN test is separate?

sidodgers

2001-11-28, 7:08 pm

quote:
Originally posted by coop
So I can continue studying for the CCNA exam right? The WAN test is separate?

Yep, completely. CCNA/WAN is a specialisation focussed on configuring Cisco's somewhat bizarre WAN switching products. I had a look at some of the practice exams for this test and it's completely different to a regular CCNA.

Ditto for CCNP/WAN.

Considering that Cisco only released version 2.0 of CCNA/CCNP less than a year ago, I feel it would be quite silly of them to phase them out now.

gazzabhoy

2001-11-29, 4:11 am

Well looks like that has cleared it up then for all of us studying for the CCNA 640-507 exam are safe to carry on. I didn't mean to panic anyone, if they only gave the exam number in the first place it would have saved this thread.

Thanks to all who answered and took the time to look into this

Cheers

Gazza

Mat P

2001-11-29, 8:04 am

CCNA routing and switching is what I imagine your all doing, not CCNA WAN.

I'm surprised it doesn't say this on the cheatsheets so many people are asking for.....

:-)

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