Re: What do I study BEFORE Cisco Press CCNA cert guide?

>Your assignment is to download and install Ethereal/Wireshark.  It is a 
>trusted "sniffer" software and is free.  

Thanks for the reply!
I've already purchased the Cisco Press CCNA books.  I got them for $37
new, seems like a good investment.  I also purchased the Sybax Lammle
CCENT for $22.  However, the cavalier discussion of collision domains
makes me realize I have to go back even further.

There's a CCNA cirriculum at a community college that's an hour away.
I don't mind the drive since it's only 2 days/week, but I don't have 2
years.  The course that I can start taking in August are:

# CIS 140 Networking Fundamentals (4)
# CIS 145 Cisco Networking I (4)

I think these will at the very least give me some foundation to
continue on with self-study.