On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 13:33:24 GMT, Mitch@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
>>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.
the only things to watch are that this version of the book may not
help next time you want to pass an exam - although they will be fine
as references for the stuff they cover.
If you go on to do CCNP / CCDP / CCIP, then passing those (and doing
the recerts every 2 or 3 years) covers you for CCNA as well.
but my experience in the last 3 recerts is that the curriculum had
changed so much by the time recert came around that i needed updated
books for study.
>
>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.
Agreed.
And as regards the original Q - CCENT seems to have been shoe horned
in as a precursor exam for people with no real network experience at
all.
If you can cope with IP on PCs, SOHO routers / switches and wireless,
Ethernet cables and broadband you probably should ignore it and try
CCNA / CCDA.
We all got by without CCENT for 10 years or more so you have to wonder
if cisco invented it to let them get more income for entry level
stuff.......
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