CCNA Plan

Subnet in seconds, then study the 200-301 in the order the exam weights it.

For people preparing for the Cisco CCNA who want free, exact subnetting and routing tools with the math shown, plus a diagnostic that tells them which of the six domains to study next.

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CCNA Plan is an independent CCNA preparation resource built from Cisco Systems's published blueprint (200-301 v1.1). Every fact page cites its primary source and shows the date it was last verified. The free diagnostic weights questions like the real exam, then turns your results into a study plan you can regenerate as you improve.

Exam blueprint: 6 content areas

Weights from Cisco Systems; verified 2026-09-21.

Network Fundamentals20%

Domain 1.0 is 20% of the CCNA 200-301 and is where subnetting lives. It covers the roles of routers, switches, firewalls, access points and controllers; two-tier, three-tier, spine-leaf and WAN topologies; copper and fiber cabling and how to spot duplex, speed and collision problems; TCP versus UDP; IPv4 addressing and subnetting; IPv6 address types; wireless principles; virtualization; and switching concepts such as MAC learning and aging.

Network Access20%

Domain 2.0 is 20% of the CCNA and covers Layer 2 access — VLANs spanning multiple switches, access ports, the default and native VLAN, 802.1Q trunks, Layer 2 discovery (CDP/LLDP), Layer 2/3 EtherChannel with LACP, Rapid PVST+ root bridge election and port roles, PortFast, Cisco wireless architectures and AP modes, WLC management access, and configuring a WLAN with WPA2 PSK from the GUI.

IP Connectivity25%

Domain 3.0 is the largest CCNA domain at 25%. It covers reading a routing table (code, prefix, mask, next hop, AD, metric, gateway of last resort), how a router chooses a route (longest prefix match first, then administrative distance, then metric), configuring IPv4 and IPv6 static routes (default, network, host, floating), single-area OSPFv2 (neighbor adjacencies, point-to-point vs broadcast, router ID, DR/BDR), and the purpose of first-hop redundancy protocols.

IP Services10%

Domain 4.0 is 10% of the CCNA. It covers inside source NAT with static entries and pools, NTP client/server mode, the roles of DHCP and DNS, SNMP, syslog features and severity levels, configuring a DHCP client and relay agent, QoS forwarding per-hop behavior (classification, marking, queuing, policing, shaping), remote access with SSH, and the roles of TFTP and FTP.

Security Fundamentals15%

Domain 5.0 is 15% of the CCNA. It covers security concepts (threats, vulnerabilities, exploits, mitigation), the security program elements, device access control with local passwords, password policy elements, IPsec remote-access and site-to-site VPN concepts, configuring and verifying standard and extended IPv4 access lists, Layer 2 security (DHCP snooping, dynamic ARP inspection, port security), AAA concepts, wireless security protocols and WPA2/WPA3 PSK configuration.

Automation and Programmability10%

Domain 6.0 is 10% of the CCNA 200-301 v1.1. It covers how automation affects network management, controller-based versus traditional networking, software-defined architectures (overlay, underlay, fabric; separation of control and data planes; northbound and southbound APIs), Cisco DNA Center versus traditional campus management, REST API characteristics (CRUD, HTTP verbs, encoding), Ansible and Terraform, JSON, and — new in v1.1 — generative and predictive AI concepts.

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