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What is the quickest and most basic networking certification?
I have a friend that is a technical writer that has a lot of technical knowledge from documenting hardware and software and he is trying to break into the network field.
What certification should I suggest to him.
He wants something in a 3 month time frame.
I don't think he can pass the ICND (Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices) in that amount of time but I could be wrong.
He is a smart guy but is working full time so this study would also be at night and weekends.
What certification should I suggest to him.
He wants something in a 3 month time frame.
I don't think he can pass the ICND (Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices) in that amount of time but I could be wrong.
He is a smart guy but is working full time so this study would also be at night and weekends.
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There are some that are more advanced, especially down the cisco road. There's also certs from other network providers like juniper, etc. If he was network security minded theres stuff just on pix and such, and more heavy stuff like the CCNP, etc. but these are more advanced.
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Paranormastic you do realize in your post it ends with For books......
Did you have some recommended books?
Did you have some recommended books?
>>Paranormastic you do realize in your post it ends with For books......
Low on coffee, nearing conference call :) No I didn't realize that one!
The books published by Sybase are, in my opinion, the best. For Cisco stuff, the books written by Todd Lamle are quite good, some of the other authors on Cisco stuff are ok to questionable, but Lamle explains thing very well.
This is one of the few areas where I tend to advice away from the vendor training material. Cisco press tends to have a lot of typos in critical areas (e.g. omitted the word "not") and the ability of many of the authors to explain things logically is not the best. They are acceptable, and I wouldn't necessarily regret it if already purchased, but most people I've come across haven't really cared for them, although many of us still keep a copy (particularily of the CCNA book) around for command reference sake when you get into the real world. Even with the internet having things documented, the Cisco Press CCNA book is good for that much at least - same goes for the old CIT (Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting) - a nasty book for a pointless test that has gone away, but great for reference and syntax examples beyond most online documentation.
Low on coffee, nearing conference call :) No I didn't realize that one!
The books published by Sybase are, in my opinion, the best. For Cisco stuff, the books written by Todd Lamle are quite good, some of the other authors on Cisco stuff are ok to questionable, but Lamle explains thing very well.
This is one of the few areas where I tend to advice away from the vendor training material. Cisco press tends to have a lot of typos in critical areas (e.g. omitted the word "not") and the ability of many of the authors to explain things logically is not the best. They are acceptable, and I wouldn't necessarily regret it if already purchased, but most people I've come across haven't really cared for them, although many of us still keep a copy (particularily of the CCNA book) around for command reference sake when you get into the real world. Even with the internet having things documented, the Cisco Press CCNA book is good for that much at least - same goes for the old CIT (Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting) - a nasty book for a pointless test that has gone away, but great for reference and syntax examples beyond most online documentation.
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I don't know his level of knowledge but I can try to find out.
It took me longer than 3 months to Pass the CCNA and I was pretty familiar with networking as an MCSE, CNA and CCNT but it took me about 6 months of 40+ hours per week to pass the test. The second attempt.
I guess nobody on the board recommends the CCNT? (Certified in Convergent Network Technologies) sponsored by the TIA Telecommunication Industry Association.
I would have to agree that it is a more basic knowledge set than the CCNA or Network+.
Are there any other network certifications out there? I guess if I have not heard of them by now they probably are not worth the paper they are printed on?