Confused about CCENT/CCNA

DEMENT3D1

A quick background. I was a Biomedical Engineering major, which I liked but did not see myself doing it for rest of my life. I went to Introduction to Networking class, liked it then took another Networking class and now I am getting my A.S in Networking at end of semester. I plan to go for my B.S.


Anyway about Cisco that got me confused.

For CCENT I would have to pass the ICND1 exam
For CCNA it says ICND1 and ICND2 exams.

If I take the ICND1 and pass it, get CCENT and few months down the road I am ready for CCNA, will I have to retake ICND1 and 2 or just the second part of the exam?

tomaifauchai

Second part, within 3 years

DEMENT3D1

Thank you.

I plan to take the ICND1 by end of June and ICND2 by end of the year.

I am mainly worried about the lab part, so far I been using packet tracer and the real equipment in school lab.

I also suck at subnetting.

ccnaomkar

get ccent first then ccna

i passed ccent(valid for 3 years) on 14th march
ccent is just about subnetting,theory of networking,basic router and switch operations
for ccna(icnd2) you could join classes for lab practise
it consists of various protocols

if given in 2 step u will get atlease ccent if passed icnd1 then proceed on icnd2

get packet tracer
icnd1 wendell odom book
train signal or cbt nuggets video
and last subnetting practise