Its three years actually. ""Mark Odette II"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Jarred- You have 2 years from the point of obtaining your CCNA to > complete your CCNP, or recertify on your CCNA. > > For the exam version change, I don't believe there is really any change > from 500 to 600 series... they're just making them more difficult now > with new question pools, and adding some "Real World" simulations to two > of the four exams. Switching and Troubleshooting is just new questions, > but no simulations. > > I must say though, there was a considerable change from the 400 to 500 > series exams. At the time, I was preparing for the Routing exam, but > they had not even came out with the Routing Cisco Press Book... this was > in January, and the book wasn't due out until October! > > So, I prepared for the Routing exam with the old ACRC book (predecessor > to Routing), and barely passed the Routing exam because of the lack in > BGP coverage (all other sections I did above average or better in). In > the ACRC book, BGP was covered in roughly 8-15 pages, and in the new > Routing book, it's covered in IIRC 3 chapters! (over 50 pages) This > also became a lesson learned about using CCO for topics you can't get > documentation any other way on. If I had of dedicated some time to > reading the Docs and White Papers on BGP from CCO, I'd probably would > have done better at it too! > > I'm completing my CCNP over the next week or so, and I've got the 400 > series CCNA, the 500 series exams for Routing, Switching, Remote Access > completed, and will have the 600 series exam for Support to close the > CCNP. > > This just goes to show how much grandfathering Cisco is doing for your > test history. Just meet the timelines, and you'll be cool. > > And just one more point... I've taken 2 years to complete my CCNP for > many reasons: Finance #1, Choice #2 (I wanted to make sure I had plenty > of hands-on Field experience before allowing myself to take the exam... > I didn't want to be referred to as a Paper CCXX), Career Choices #3 > ... Others have different moral attitudes, and would have completed it > all by now... but that's why I know I'll be able to define myself as a > Professional in the field. > > Good luck on your endeavor and your exams! It's a fun and wild trip! > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, June 08, 2002 12:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: CCNP Questions [7:46098] > > I took my 640-503 exam today and passed. But I have some questions for > everyone. > > I bought the Cisco Press study guide books for the 503-506 exams, and > now > they are coming out with 603-606. Does anyone know the difference in > the > exams, what more information one needs to know to pass them, and when > they > are officially going to take away the 503-506 exams? I just don't want > to > have to buy new books in order to obtain needed information on the new > versions. > > Also, I wanted to ask how much time do I have inbetween each portion of > the > CCNP exams? How long till they expire? Or is there a time limit that I > have to get all 4 within? > > Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you all so much! =) > > Jarred Nicholls, CCNA
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