CCNA Specialties - $250.00/exam? Is This a Typo?!?
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I just went to register to take the CCNA Security exam...it looks like all the CCNA specialty exams are $250.00! I just took the CCNA Voice a couple months ago and it was $150.00... I'm hoping this is a mistake...
UPDATE: Called and spoke with both VUE and Cisco Certification support folks...it's not a typo - the CCNA Specialty Exams are all $250.00/attempt. Ouch. Apparently, the CCNA Voice exam I took earlier was a "pre-release" version & price.
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They must be trippin
They must be trippin
Here in the UK, the Pearson
Here in the UK, the Pearson Vue site prices them at GBP123.00 - including the CCNA 640-802.
640-721 Implementing Cisco Unified Wireless Network Essentials GBP 123.00
640-553 Implementing Cisco IOS Network Security GBP 123.00
640-802 Cisco Certified Network Associate GBP 123.00
640-460 Implementing Cisco IOS Unified Communications GBP 123.00
Jeremy, Unfortunately they
Jeremy,
Unfortunately they have upped to price to 250.00 for every CCNA exam except the ICND1/ICND2 route. This also means the full 640-802 is now 250.00 as well. :(
WHAT?!? That sounds insane! I
WHAT?!? That sounds insane! I could see it for the 640-802 exam since it's really the combination of the ICND1 and ICND2...two $125 exams in one...but not the CCNA Specializations! I can't find any documentation about this price increase from Cisco (or Vue)...maybe I should give them a call.
...well, after giving them a call and talking with a clueless person, I still have no more information than I did before.
It's not mistake, Cisco wants
It's not mistake, Cisco wants to maximize it's gains from exams. Thus, a CCNA plus specialization is $375 and a P level cert is $600. I'm pretty sure that Cisco is seeing much more CCNAs than CCNPs and CCIEs and they're trying to maximize their earnings. Prices have nothing to do with the difficulty of the exam (or the difficulty of developing the exam).
Yeah...but come on...doubling
Yeah...but come on...doubling the pricing with no announcement? Earlier this year, they released a PDF in advance to announce price increases for the 640-802 and CCNP exams...these just came out of the blue...I'm still thinking (hoping) it's a bug on the VUE site...
We can only hope. It sure is
We can only hope. It sure is a steep amount to fork over if your not being reimbursed that for sure.
There was an announcement, I
There was an announcement, I saw it either at Networkers or right after.
I finally found a kind of
I finally found a kind of announcement on the cisco Certifications Online Support pages at
http://ciscocert.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/ciscocert.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=4323
That link only talks about
That link only talks about the 640-802, there is no mention of the voice,security, and wireless CCNA exam prices.
Why are you taking an entry
Why are you taking an entry level exam in the first place?
In Japan exam price is JPY
In Japan exam price is JPY 30,000!!!!
Sorry Javon, you are quite
Sorry Javon, you are quite correct - the link I quoted does only refer to the 640-802.
Did anyone navigate from that page to read the reasons quoted for the price increase? Cisco say:
"Our market analysis indicates the price of these exams are out of line with the market value it provides and with other IT certification exams at the Associate, Professional and Expert level. Cisco Career Certifications is one of the industry's most recognizable and highly valued programs for IT professionals. Achieving either a CCNA, Professional or Expert certification validates knowledge and hands-on skill with the world's leading networking solutions."
(sigh)
I believe that Cisco upped
I believe that Cisco upped their price on the 640-802 to encourage everyone to write their CCENT. It is interesting to see that they have also done this with the other CCNA exams.
Not that you'll need it, but
Not that you'll need it, but VUE/Cisco are offering a "Come Back" exam promotion - if you fail any Cisco exam, you can retake it for free until October 15th.
FYI
thats right...but it is not
thats right...but it is not much helpful for people taking concentration exams...coz official study material is not available except for CCNA-Security.........
are there any chances of cisco extending comebak promotion date???
FYI again - "Rough Cut"
FYI again - "Rough Cut" editions of both the CCNA Voice and CCNA Wireless Cisco Press books are available on Safari.
I was about to start taking
I was about to start taking CCNP and i was wondering that once i have taken the 4 exams and achieved the CCNP do i need certain exams like the BSCI if i decide to do the CCIP or CCDP?
I was all ready and excited
I was all ready and excited to take this test until I saw the price and that took the wind out of my sails.
Why so expensive?
Hello Jeremy I am currently
Hello Jeremy
I am currently studying for the CCNA security. Thr following is a little bit out side the ccnas curiculem but I hope you can help me. I set up a MS IAS server for Radius authentication with groups for all the priv levels, and it works fine, I also configed SDM access to use radius authentication without a problem. However when I only use aaa new model without any other config I can do enable view, but if aaa new model and all the above is configed, when I go to enable view and enter the password it say that it is wrong. (typed enable password and line and vty and logged in user's radius password). This is part off my rc regarding AAA. Can you please assist me in the correct config for authenticating/config/enable views with radius.
R0#sh run | i aaa
aaa new-model
aaa authentication login default group radius local
aaa authentication enable default enable
aaa authorization exec default group radius local
aaa session-id common
ip http authentication aaa login-authentication default
ip http authentication aaa exec-authorization default
security passwords min-length 8
enable secret 5 $1$81/r$Dbc1H..8kgXTZwnqPXAMd0
enable password P@ssw0rd
username sdmadmin privilege 15 secret 5 $1$rznA$D/opnjHHOOypeTrG7slV60
username user14 privilege 14 secret 5 $1$2ZhL$U4rocXXxmVSpj2fx4b6SL.
username user15 privilege 15 secret 5 $1$SoD9$V8tz0TRGHG16.b5PcvR3/.
Thanks
Hi, I have recently purchased
Hi, I have recently purchased a 2811 router to begin my CCNA Voice CBT Training but there is no FXS/FXO interfaces. I have been checking and have found a few but I am not sure if they are compatible with this router.
Are they all compatible with each other or is there something specific I should be looking for?
Any help on this is much appreciated - thx.