7/13/2004 -- Cisco Systems recently clarified on its Web site that IPv6 will not be added to its Cisco Certified Internet Expert, Routing & Switching lab exam in August.

As previously announced, the R&S lab will still be updated to IOS 12.2T on August 1, but the IPv6 feature set will not be added until Jan. 1, 2005. The company gave no reason for delaying the introduction of the feature set.

In other CCIE news, Cisco announced this week that scheduling for its Hong Kong lab facility will be limited in Sept. and Oct. due to "personnel changes." The company suggests that local candidates who need to schedule their exam during that time period consider using the Beijing, Dubai or Sydney locations.

More information on both of these announcements can be found here. -Becky Nagel