Career in Networking.. Where to start?

OliP · 23 Jan 2013 at 09:59

I have recently been thinking of doing the CCENT then CCNA route and i have found this youtube channel

it may be interesting for you to watch to get an idea of it, it was recorded in around 2007 so im not sure how relevant it is now though

MrKnifey · 23 Jan 2013 at 13:01

Yea I got all the CBT nuggets videos. Highly recommended!

anything I don't mind · 23 Jan 2013 at 15:47

May also want to consider
Juniper certification, http://www.juniper.net/us/en/training/certification/
HP certification, http://www.hp.com/certification/view_certifications.html (scroll down to networking)

It is also worth buying some second hand switches and routers to set up home networks.

Shaz]sigh[ · 23 Jan 2013 at 15:53

For networking, learn programming logic and any standards based cert (Cisco's are as good as anyones).

If you concentrate on hardware now you'll have legacy knowledge in a few years.

Take a look at Cisco's ONE (and onePK) or Openflow (especially Google's WAN project) for info.