Bernd Ueberbacher wrote: > A guy I know from a different company also wants to become a CCNP, but > today he told me, that he is heading directly towards the CCNP without > passing the CCNA. I said that this is not possible, but he was > completely sure about it and had an interesting explanation... He says > that the CCNA is a requirement for the CCNP if you want to attend a CCNP > class room course. This prevents that you have absolutely no clue about > networking and slow down the whole group/class. If you don't attend the > class, but do it by self studying and just take the exam with Pearson > Vue etc, you don't need a valid CCNA certification. This is because it's > your money/problem if you fail but you are not annoying anybody else > with your incompetence and if you have no clue you just don't pass.
He is wrong. CCNA is a prerequisite for CCNP regardless if you take classroom training or just schedule the exams at Pearson VUE. You will not receive a CCNP certificate without first having a valid CCNA. I suppose you could take them all at once if you want to do so. See http://www.cisco.com/go/ccnp See the line "CCNP Prerequisites". -- -- Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Engineering - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Impulse Internet Service - http://www.impulse.net/ Your local telephone and internet company - 805 884-6323 - WB6RDV _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/