Cisco

[herpsuk]

anyone done a cisco course? got any info on it? as im doing my second year of col now and after that i wanan go cisco networking course but need bits of info and tips, ive seen past exams and i must say, got dam

anywyas all help appreciated

thanks

J

 

[Trancendental]

I did half a Cisco course at College, then college abandond it as for some reason, we were not allowed to be taught it for free

You read through information on a computer, a few chapters, usually straight forward, then take an exam on computer.

Don't really need to revise as such just make sure you read the relevant chapters thuroughly before the exam.

 

[Hellcat]

CCNA is the starting point. Can be a hard exam to pass. Not took it myself but trying to learn everything covered by CCNA for work. Guess when I can afford it I'll take the exam.

Any area of networking you want to go into?

 

[herpsuk]

netowkring, the manual installing work and the admin, i love it al, computers come naturally so what ever in the end doesnt bother me

my dad said i shud try insolvency and go to his business and do insolvency and networking at the same time for the business

hm dunno wat to do

J

 

[Hellcat]

I loved everything until I actually got into the job. Now I want to get into SAN/NAS. Typical network admin is pretty boring. They tend to look after themselves until they need replacing or re-configuring.

 

[Trancendental]

What is SAN/NAS?

 

[thepottleflump]

I used to do all the Cisco, Citrix, Windows 2000 stuff until I got bored of it all. Just run Cisco projects and the like now and don't get my hands too dirty which has it upside and downside. One of the chaps at our place was doing his CCIE, he had a shed load of kit off ebay and loan kit and a Sun box to practice with, probably the best way of learning with the actual hardware.

 

[hmallett]

What is SAN/NAS?

Storage Area Networking, and Network Attached Storage.
SANs generally cost a fair amount of money, and are used to consolidate storage, particularly for clustering.
NAS is a way of attaching large amounts of storage fairly cheaply.
H

 

[Trancendental]

Thanks

 

[arc]

i done up to CCNA4 at uni so far, runs along side my course - my networking module is basically the CCNA course, which is kinda handy - means i come out with a degree and CCNA qualifications, which is nice.

 

[gaz.d]

i did it was way boring, not my kind of learning at all, i like to get stuck in

was fortunate to have the course free in college and uni, i wouldnt really bothered with it otherwise

 

[wimmy]

Just signed up for sem2 on mine to do of an evening. I thought sem1 was pretty interesting. And it also takes a fair bit to keep me amused

Nice course so far