What skills you need to pass CCNA exam

What skills you need to pass CCNA exam

Skills you need to pass 200-120 CCNA Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices: Accelerated (CCNAX) Routing and Switching and 100-101 ICND1 Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (ICND1) 200-101 ICND2 Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 2 (ICND2)CCNA [Cisco Certified Network Associate] is an offshoot of later Cisco certifications taking switching and routing certification to a higher level.

The skills required for passing CCNA exam include a good grasp over the process of networking and the fundamentals of a networking scheme. The advanced scheme requires one to go deeper into some specific topics such as Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP), Gateway Load Balancing Protocol (GLBP), First Hop Redundancy Protocols (FHRP) and Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP).

The candidate must have firm basic foundations of networking. Taking up CompTIA A+ exam before appearing for the actual CCNA exam would surely be beneficial for the candidate as it would give one a good networking certification experience. The candidate must possess sound knowledge of the installation, operation and troubleshooting a network branch, thorough insight about how to connect to a WAN, how to secure a network, incorporating fundamentals of routing and switching etc.

The emerging technology also requires the candidates to have good understanding and comprehension of IPv6 protocol and how to utilize it in present IPv4 network systems. It also requires them to have good insight into the functionality, need and utilization of the new IPv6 networking technology. Furthermore, a candidate must be well aware about the OSPF [Open Shortest Path First] and its various fundamental characteristics to be able to implement it on larger scale networks.

Getting oneself familiar with the actual connection build-up by joining serial interfaces on Cisco routers will prepare one with the real task ahead. The hands-on experience holds an immense importance if one has opted for taking up CCNA examination. It’s the personal experience, experimentation and field-work that can prepare the candidate to take up the exam with growing confidence and accuracy. Hence getting oneself familiarized with the routing protocols such as RIP, RIPv2, RIPng would help in laying out the higher level of skills required to be an optimum candidate for CCNA exam. EIGRP [Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol] is another fundamental protocol requiring a detailed overview.

Configuration of IOS devices is going to play an important subject matter for preparing for CCNA examination. LAN switching, VLANS, Ethernet, Security & Access list are some top notch areas of knowledge and expertise that can be promising enough to let you get passed as a successful candidate.

The licensing of CISCO and its understanding of the verification is another required skill. Smooth management of data traffic by using different services of telecommunication such as Frame Relay technology is going to act as a milestone for a quicker and smoother transmission of data, not only in terms of clearing out the CCNA examination but in fact it would build up your professional ability multiform.

At the end of the day it solely depends upon the candidate whether he or she wants to take up the CCNA exam as a consolidated one or would like to have it divided into two parts for the candidates ease.

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