CCNA 640-801 Certification Primer

The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Certification is meant for career enhancement as well as gaining knowledge of the LAN/WAN technologies currently available for implementation. Hence, CCNA Certification can be obtained by IT professionals who have been a part of the industry for a considerable time and are interested in furthering their career in terms of role enhancement and salary. Individuals who are beginning their career and want to move towards LAN/WAN management may also pursue the certification, as it is a basic level certification and there are no prerequisites. Details About CCNA Certification The CCNA Certification is an ideal foundation in the field of networking. CCNA Certification equips professionals with skills to select, install, configure, troubleshoot, and operate LAN/WAN, and dial access services for small networks. CCNA Certification also equips professionals with the knowledge to employ access lists and use of protocols such as IP, IGRP, Serial, Frame Relay, IP RIP, VLANs, RIP, and basics of the Ethernet Technology, purpose and use of Access Lists. Pre Requisites: Nil The CCNA exam has no pre requisites. The aspirant should be comfortable with basic concepts of LAN for his/her own convenient approach to the exam. CCNA Exams CCNA Exam Options Single Exam Option 640-801 CCNA: Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies and Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices OR Multiple Exams option 641-821 INTRO Beta: Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies (INTRO) 640-811 ICND: Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices The recommended course(s)/training From Cisco are: Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices (ICND 2.1 ) Introduction to Cisco Networking Technologies ( CCNA Exam Preparation Guide. Well, with all this information you are well armed to take up the CCNA 640-801 exam and score well too!!! Best of Luck!!! Useful Reference Resources Books CCNA Official Cisco Course Ware Cisco Press books Sybex Series Discussion Forums and Groups Even though you have access to all the resources listed above, you may want to hear about the experiences of other people. There are places for these too: Whizlabs CCNA Certification Forum Exam Simulators There are many ways to prepare for certification exams, one of them being through the use of exam simulators. Check out Whizlabs site Seema Kannan is a certified professional having 9 years of experience in the IT industry , currently running her independent IT Consultancy Company in India.

She is certified in Novell and Cisco certifications and has been contributing in different areas of implementation, maintenance and training on networks of Microsoft, Novell and Cisco. She has gained a vast experience in the domains of corporate training, network administration and content authoring and development. You can reach her at authors@whizlabs.