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Sniffer Certification
With certified professionals in 47 countries, the Sniffer® Certified Professional Program (SCPP) provides a reliable measurement of an individual's skill level and knowledge of networking technologies and Network General™ products. SCPP increases individual and workgroup productivity levels, helps managers identify the most qualified technical professionals, and aids in defining employee skills development and training paths.

Three SCPP Certification Levels

There are three levels of certification in the program. The first level is designed to test your knowledge in the use of the Sniffer Network Analyzer. The second and third levels evaluate an individual's knowledge of various networking technologies.

Sniffer Certified Professional (SCP)
Sniffer Certified Expert (SCE)
Sniffer Certified Master (SCM)

For additional information or questions, please email: sniffercertification@networkgeneral.com 

Benefits:
The Sniffer Certified Professional Program and You
The Sniffer Certified Professional Program has been designed to enable you to:

  • Gain industry and organizational recognition
  • Identify your networking knowledge and skills
  • Validate your capabilities to use Network General products
  • Enhance your marketability as a networking professional
  • Increase your productivity
  • Reduce operating costs; the savings gained from increased employee effectiveness pays for the certification in just a few months
Additional benefits of the SCPP
As a Sniffer Certified Professional, you will receive the following additional benefits:

Features:
Sniffer Certification Exam Preparation
To assist the certification candidate to prepare for Sniffer Certification, we have provided exam guides, sample exams (SE 1T6-xxx) that will help the candidate become familiar with the testing process, and practice exams (PE 1T6-xxx) that are designed to help the candidate study for the exam. The practice exams simulate the actual Sniffer Certified Professional Program certification exam. The price of each practice exam is $25.  These are listed in the table below. 

The 50-item practice exams are available for the following exams:
  
1T6-220 Switched Ethernet Network Analysis and Troubleshooting
1T6-222 Wireless LAN Analysis and Troubleshooting
1T6-323 Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Analysis and Troubleshooting
1T6-510 Troubleshooting with Sniffer Portable/Distributed
1T6-520 Application Performance Analysis and Troubleshooting
1T6-530 TCP/IP Network Analysis and Troubleshooting
1T6-540 Advanced Troubleshooting with Sniffer InfiniStream

Sniffer Certification Exam Registration

To ensure the security of the exams and the results, Sniffer Certification exams are administered by Prometric, a Thomson Learning Company.  Click here for additional information on the registration process: View Registration Information

Certification Requirements:
  • Sniffer Certified Professional – Complete this exam
    • 1T6-510 – Troubleshooting with Sniffer Portable™ / Sniffer Distributed™
  • Sniffer Certified Expert – Complete the above plus any two topics
    • 1T6-520 – Application Performance Analysis and Troubleshooting
    • 1T6-530 – TCP/IP Network Analysis and Troubleshooting
    • 1T6-540 – Advanced Troubleshooting with InfiniStream Network Management
    • 1T6-323 – Microsoft Windows Network Analysis and Troubleshooting
  • Sniffer Certified Master – Complete the above plus any three topics
    • 1T6-207 – WAN Analysis and Troubleshooting
    • 1T6-215 – Sniffer Portable Switch Expert Analysis and Troubleshooting
    • 1T6-218 – ATM Network Analysis and Troubleshooting
    • 1T6-220 – Switched Ethernet Network Analysis and Troubleshooting
    • 1T6-222 – Wireless LAN Analysis and Troubleshooting
    • Comptia Security

Comptia Security
You may apply the successful completion of the Comptia Security exam towards the Sniffer Certified Master (SCM) certification.  The Security exam will count as one of the three required electives.  For details on preparation for this exam please review the information found on the Comptia web site.

To receive credit for this exam you will be required to submit a copy of your Security exam score report showing a passing grade.  For more information please email: sniffercertification@networkgeneral.com