please Help about CCNA Course changes

Spider007

some times i hear from people about that the CCNA course will change in this year 2007 , or the cisco academy will change it's course , i need any one know the exact answer to confirm if there is a changes will be done or not ,couse i will move to CCNA exams in these monthes

thanks my friends

WanBoy67

Just start on the CCNA, don't worry about changes that may happen down the line. Any changes which occur shouldn't put you back too far if they happen before you sit your exam.

Spider007

Thannks wanboy67 i will go forward

please any one know news about this ,please post it

theseman

The academy is going to be offering two different CCNA-level programs, one geared towards secondary and one post-secondary.

As far as material goes, ISDN will no longer be a main topic covered. I would assume that WAN technologies such as DSL will move to take its place. I also heard that there will be some WLAN introduction in the academy program.

Hope this helps

Spider007

thanks alot theseman for this usefull information but do you know when Cisco intend to do this ?

Paul Boz

If anything, the changes will be extremely good for new CCNA's. I'm pretty sure that ISDN is going to disappear from the CCNA on the next revision. There will probably be some very simple IPv6 stuff on the test however, being that it's now a large portion of the new CCNP. I also wouldn't be surprised if wireless access is on the test too, being that it's a big part of Cisco's ISR (Integrated Services Routers).

mikej412

Here's a previous thread about this.

Looks like the rumored June/July change from that thread still hasn't been announced by Cisco... Anyone want to start an October/November rumor?

Remember that Academy students get more time to take the old exams after changes are announced -- so if you are thinking about taking the Academy Courses, you should be fine.

Ciscopimpenator

They are getting rid of ISDN??? about time!!!

They might as well bring back appletalk and token ring

Spider007

mikej412 wrote:

Here's a previous thread about this.

Looks like the rumored June/July change from that thread still hasn't been announced by Cisco... Anyone want to start an October/November rumor?

Remember that Academy students get more time to take the old exams after changes are announced -- so if you are thinking about taking the Academy Courses, you should be fine.

no mike believe me i didn't like to make any rumored in this site , i am just a beginner and didn't like to waste my time studying CCNA and after ahard times of studying i discover that new changes will happen and i must study all of the new changes

Darthn3ss

as long as i can still take the one i'm in the academy for now, i'll be happy. although i would like to learn more about DSL with these things, as well as wireless networking. but then again, i suppose thats just more crap i have to put into my lab :P

Paul Boz

Spider007 wrote:

no mike believe me i didn't like to make any rumored in this site , i am just a beginner and didn't like to waste my time studying CCNA and after ahard times of studying i discover that new changes will happen and i must study all of the new changes

The vast majority of the stuff that you would study for on the CCNA would still be on the test. You would just have to study a few new things too. I definitely wouldn't wait until the new test comes out to start studying, because the tests won't be that different.

markzab

Ciscopimpenator wrote:

They are getting rid of ISDN??? about time!!!

They might as well bring back appletalk and token ring

That'd put the use back into my TR port on my 2612.

Darthn3ss

markzab wrote:

Ciscopimpenator wrote:

They are getting rid of ISDN??? about time!!!

They might as well bring back appletalk and token ring

That'd put the use back into my TR port on my 2612.

yeah, and the it'd make my 2 2504's useful as well.

Spider007

Paul Boz wrote:

Spider007 wrote:

The vast majority of the stuff that you would study for on the CCNA would still be on the test. You would just have to study a few new things too. I definitely wouldn't wait until the new test comes out to start studying, because the tests won't be that different.

Yes Paul you are right lets go

ishgotbike

Ive been reading through the forums and Lammle said this in a post.

I hear through the grape vine that the test is changing, not on their web site, and yes, the cisco academy is a great way of understanding the new information that cisco is working on.
And, for the equipment, if you are looking to buy the latest for the new exams coming out in June"ish":
1841's or 2811's for routers
2960 and/or 3960's for switches.
Understand the current exam is based on 2600 routers and 2950 switches, both both of those devices are no longer sold from cisco.
however, if you can route using all the routing protocols like RIP, RIPv2, EIGRP and OSPF, really, a router is a router...right?
I have the new stuff and it's very cool.
Cheers!
Todd Lammle

Webmaster

Thanks for sharing that.

Considering he said "June-ish" was that a recent post from Todd?

Darthn3ss

ishgotbike wrote:

Ive been reading through the forums and Lammle said this in a post.

I hear through the grape vine that the test is changing, not on their web site, and yes, the cisco academy is a great way of understanding the new information that cisco is working on.
And, for the equipment, if you are looking to buy the latest for the new exams coming out in June"ish":
1841's or 2811's for routers
2960 and/or 3960's for switches.
Understand the current exam is based on 2600 routers and 2950 switches, both both of those devices are no longer sold from cisco.
however, if you can route using all the routing protocols like RIP, RIPv2, EIGRP and OSPF, really, a router is a router...right?
I have the new stuff and it's very cool.
Cheers!
Todd Lammle

I'd like to meet someone studying for CCNA who can afford a 2811 and a 3960

APA

Darthn3ss wrote:

I'd like to meet someone studying for CCNA who can afford a 2811 and a 3960

You took the words right out of my mouth Darthn3ss

It's a good thing my work just invested in some 2960's....... but still short offthe 2811 and 3960...... Time to hit the boss up I think....

ishgotbike

Its and april post so i would think this may be true come July at the earliest.

Webmaster

Thanks for checking.

Darthn3ss

A.P.A wrote:

Darthn3ss wrote:

I'd like to meet someone studying for CCNA who can afford a 2811 and a 3960

You took the words right out of my mouth Darthn3ss

It's a good thing my work just invested in some 2960's....... but still short offthe 2811 and 3960...... Time to hit the boss up I think....

now now.. a 2811 and a 3560 is only about $3500 on ebay!