The CCNA covers a lot of Cisco specific ground, but it also covers a lot of general routing and switching knowledge.
That said, the general knowledge base you should already have about how switches work, packets route, and why traceroute works ought to cover most of what would matter. The process of setting up a router and dynamic protocols, developing sound network topology, and being familiar with walking around a Cisco switch are what I'd consider the primary benefits of knowing the CCNA material.
I would consider it helpful, but not significantly helpful. You might use it if gain access to Cisco equipment while pentesting, but I wouldn't rank this high on this list of topics I'd focus on in teaching pentesting.
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2 years ago
I'm a post graduate student and self taught programmer. I concentrated on Computer Networks & Operating Systems more during my undergraduate studies. I can explain usually used protocols by sniffing the traffic on wires. Operating Systems was my obsession, I know internals of Linux (read code & books).
Now I'm teaching myself Penetration testing from books that are well known to the community and practicing the same. I've no interest in getting "certification" but knowledge wise, would preparing CCNA syllabus help me "significantly" during my penetration tests?
I doubt because its "Cisco" certification. I mean its just one company that produces routers & firewalls.