Anyone here went from CCENT to CCNA? If so did you have to retake

>>55835293
Go to cisco, read exam topics, study those. There isn't a lot of overlap.

I teach CCNA at a city college.

You will need to be familiar with the CCENT (ICND1) material to take the ICND2 exam with any confidence. Its not just that there is overlap, but much of stuff you learned for the ICND1 is fundamental / foundational knowledge.

CISCO?
what kind of cheap chineese knock off garbage is that lmao

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>>55837029

>>55837007
Would you advise a straight to CCNA path or do you feel CCENT to CCNA is a waste of time?

>>55837252
I always advise students to take the straight CCNA exam.
This is the way I did it myself back in the day so no hypocrisy.
Doing the two ICND exams just seems like spreading the pain of exam prep over a longer period. As I said before, there is enough overlap in the knowledge required for ICND1 and 2 that you end up revising a lot of the earlier material for the later exam anyway..

>>55837358
Thanx

>b-but Eli says the CCNA is toilet paper now

Is he wrong?

>>55837730
Not far off desu..
There has been massive qualification inflation at the lower end of Cisco certs over the past 10 years. A CCNA cert on its own is no longer a ticket to a good - even a decent - job in IT, nevermind network management. You will still need some real world experience as well as the cert unless you interview extraordinarily well, or you are going to benefit from some good, old fashioned nepotism.

You need to qualify at CCNP level to really diferentiate yourself these days.

>>55837953
I disagree. I was able to obtain a job paying 70k base salary + bonuses with a CCNA and no experience. Granted I live in a great area for netoworking/ IT but regardless, the content is as relevant than ever.

>>55837730
Fuck you and Eli.

>>55837953
>>55837730

I think it's a bit lazy to think you will just get a networking cert and jump into networking anyway. Ofcourse experience is needed as well i.e. a start in the IT field. With that said experience + CCNA is still gold unless you're a neet looking for an easy come up.

>>55838226
What might said Area be?

>>55838276
DC Area, lots of gubernment jobs

>>55838226
Fair enough, I stand corrected. Clearly ymmv.
buthurt me needs to get my arse over to Murica and steal your job :)

>>55838335
noice, jacksonville North Carolina is absolutely GOD tier for anyone two-bit faggot with a braindumped cert under their belt, my friend had an A+ and Net+ and within two months had a job on camp lejeune, a top secret clearance, and within 3 months he was transferred to japan. I'm stuck in piece of shit richmond,va and cant even find an unpaid IT internship

>>55838435
that's really good to hear, my gf wants me to move out to Richmond with her in a couple years and it's nice to know ahead that there are no jobs in that shithole
>>55838424
good luck! doubt you'll be stealing my job though i'm x2 as smart as anyone on this board ;)