Renew CCENT

If I take and pass CCENT (ICND 100-101), I know you can renew it and get your CCNA by taking ICND 200-101. But what if you wait 2 to 2 1/2 years and the ICND 2 exam has been refreshed and is call 200-102 or something. Will that still renew the CCENT and upgrade me to full CCNA?

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Deathmage

If you wait too long you forget the ICDN1 knowledge.

volfkhat

Only Cisco can answer that scenario; No one here can answer definitively.

With that being said:
Based on their last Refresh (from 2013), the upgrade path was backwards-compatible:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJPmIuII98Q#t=96s

So... i think you're good :]

ssnyderu2

That tells me what I need to know. Based on what Cisco has done in the past I would be fine, but they can change it up and go a whole other path.

My plan is to get the CCENT, then the MCSA 2012. I need that information for my current job to move up. After that I will get the CCNA. I dont plan on taking more than a year to circle back to the CCNA.

volfkhat

Hmmm,

I'm a little confused:
Is your job making you get the Microsoft? or is it the Cisco?
Are they providing you with the course material? (or perhaps sending you to a class?)

I'm going to give you some (possibly bad) advice:
What do YOU want to DO?

That's what matters most.

If you want to be a M$ sysadmin, then go for the MCSA.
If you want to be a network engineer, then go for the Cisco.

You can always find a new job doing stuff that interests you