According to Eric Vanderburg of , the CCNA is “Cisco's introductory certification and the one in greatest demand. Cisco products often are the first thought when choosing network infrastructure equipment, and they are immensely prevalent, creating a vast need for professionals who are capable of managing them.” On June 25, 2007, Cisco announced major updates to their CCNA curricula, including the new version of the CCNA Composite Exam (640- 802 CCNA). According to Cisco, this new curriculum includes “basic mitigation of security threats, introduction to wireless networking concepts and terminology, and performance-based skills. This new curriculum also includes (but is not limited to) the use. | Global Knowledge Course Review Series CCNA Review Critical Concepts of the 640-802 CCNA Exam 1-800-COURSES CCNA Review Critical Concepts of the 640-802 CCNA Exam Rick Chapin Global Knowledge Instructor Introduction According to Eric Vanderburg of the CCNA is Cisco s introductory certification and the one in greatest demand. Cisco products often are the first thought when choosing network infrastructure equipment and they are immensely prevalent creating a vast need for professionals who are capable of managing them. On June 25 2007 Cisco announced major updates to their CCNA curricula including the new version of the CCNA Composite Exam 640802 CCNA . According to Cisco this new curriculum includes basic mitigation of security threats introduction to wireless networking concepts and terminology and performance-based skills. This new curriculum also includes but is not limited to the use of these protocols IP Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol EIGRP Serial Line Interface Protocol Frame Relay Routing Information Protocol Version 2 RIPv2 VLANs Ethernet access control lists ACLs . 1 To reflect these changes we have updated our popluar overview CCNA Review to bring you CCNA Review. This paper can help students understand what types of information would be required to pass the new version of the composite exam by providing a convenient review of the exam s critical concepts. Copyright 2007 Global Knowledge Training LLC. All rights reserved. 1 Source http web learning le3 le2 le0 le9 2 OSI Reference Points OSI Layer Upper or Data Flow Layer Network Reference Network Device Application Upper Presentation Upper Session Upper PDU or Message Transport Data Flow Segment Network Data Flow Packet or Datagram MultiLayer Switch or Router Data Link Data Flow Frame Switch or Bridge Physical Data Flow Bits and Signaling Hub OSI Layers OSI Layer Purpose Examples Application .