The CCNP is a Business networking professional. They manage the internal access and intra site routing of a business. Typical day to day responsibilities would include network monitoring, the design and build of a new site and resolving connectivity problems for users and sites. They focuses on Switching, Intra company routing and administering other network services like fireballs, wireless and service appliances.


The CCIP is a Provider based networking concentration. They mainly deal with larger metropolitan areas working on connectivity issues with both business and residential customers. They specialize in monitoring and managing data flow efficiency with QoS, and Service SLA guarantees. Focuses on Routing and routers both large and small. QoS and traffic flow management and monitoring