Ken,
The trouble with networking is that the there are so many standards,
both open ones & prioprietary, or ones that almost nobody uses- but you
still need to know about them. 10 years ago to sit for the CCNA I had
to understand the basics of Novell NCP & non-routable protocols like
Appletalk (which have thankfully died a (IMNSHO) well-deserved natural
death). Even if you stick to just TCP/IP, there are so many areas to
cover for even a basic understanding of how local area & wide area
network stuff works & ties together.
It looks like I may need to sit for the CCNA again so I can take a
particular specialisation certification, so I'd love to hear how you're
getting on with your study.
While we're bagging network manufacturers, I hate how they keep trying
to cram more & more functionality into the platforms & randomly break
basic stuff like the WAN serial ports, then expect the resellers to help
them by finding the faults in the poorly-tested code- suffering the
pain of the customer wrath while they resolve the issue... I guess
that's why we get paid the big bucks... <*choke*> :)
davidt
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 04:01:29PM -0500, Ken Norton wrote:
> I'm in the midst of studying for the CCNA and I'm completely convinced
> that if Cicso had designed their junk correctly in the first place
> that there wouldn't be a need for 3/4 of the information on the CCNA.
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