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Zairs

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Just seen this on groupon, would this be worth getting for £99. I'm looking to get into an I.t.c. tech and am currently reading the comp tia a+ book to sit the exam and saw this on groupon and wondered if an employer would count this as a worth while course?
 
Just had a look on Groupon, I would say it looks quite a good deal, it's meant to prepare you for CCNA/CCNP, impossible to tell what quality of content you will get, but it comes across as looking like a good deal.
 
Im going to stick to CBT Nuggets, Official book and GNS3 labs, I prefer the CBT way of learning.

70% through studying for my CCENT atm, which I will later be upgrading to CCNA

I may get my employer to pay for some last minute training, if there is a quick rundown available, or I will just get to the end then spend the last bit with reference cards, maybe some video refreshers on the area's that I need and practise exams/more labs

Sometimes I dont trust these other studies, and its sometimes not good to mix it up with a certain learning style you have been using all the way through
 
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Remember folks you can do the 1 exam route to CCNA, or two exam route (ICND1 and ICND2)

ICND1 was changed sept last year, it has been reshaped and contains a lot more relevant stuff (some that was in ICND2 previously, IE the upgrade exam to CCNA)

So ICND1 contains more in depth relevant topics, they have taken out what is not needed, they have put in some new switching stuff, touching base on layer3 switching, more routing, routing protocols, OSPF, EIGRP etc and much more.

ICND2 is pretty much ICND1, but a dig down deeper in to the topics with some additional stuff so you know much much more about them, and be able to debug and pick your network to bits kind of thing.
 
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Had a look there and quite tempted myself. I assume it obviously doesn't give you CCNA qualification, but it looks like it would help a lot towards it.
 
Zairs said:
Just seen this on groupon, would this be worth getting for £99. I'm looking to get into an I.t.c. tech and am currently reading the comp tia a+ book to sit the exam and saw this on groupon and wondered if an employer would count this as a worth while course?
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Personally I wouldn't bother with Comp TIA, I'd go straight for the CCNA - you'll find it far more useful when getting a job.

CCNA will be far tougher - especially if you're new to networks, but you'll learn a lot of "on the job stuff" that'll be useful.
 
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Personally I wouldn't bother with Comp TIA, I'd go straight for the CCNA - you'll find it far more useful when getting a job.

CCNA will be far tougher - especially if you're new to networks, but you'll learn a lot of "on the job stuff" that'll be useful.
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Surely an employer would like to see you know all the basics first, what's the point of understanding networks if some vital software/hardware understandings are missing. I want to make sure a understand it all from the basics up to the advanced.
 
Zairs said:
Surely an employer would like to see you know all the basics first, what's the point of understanding networks if some vital software/hardware understandings are missing. I want to make sure a understand it all from the basics up to the advanced.
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CCNA covers all the basics you'll need, from subnetting, OSI to basic routing and switching, there isn't much it leaves out to be honest - it's an entry level certification.

If you're serious about getting into this industry (networks) - do the CCNA above any other certs, then re-assess where you want to go from there.
 
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You really don't need to prepare for CCNA.
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Lol.

Zairs said:
Surely an employer would like to see you know all the basics first, what's the point of understanding networks if some vital software/hardware understandings are missing. I want to make sure a understand it all from the basics up to the advanced.
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Assuming your talking about N+, skip it and just do the CCNA. It covers N+ and more. If you are talking about A+ isn't that more computer focused, in that case as a network engineer I don't really care too much about a computers file system or whatever it is.
 
I'm talking about a+ to try and get a comp tech job, I was gonna study the networking stuff after. Thought the course might be helpful, but I'm gonna finish the comp tia stuff first. I like the book I'm studying from, so will keep using the same authors books. The course I looked at doesnt offer anything different to books anyway
 
I guess if your trying to get an IT support type role then having A+ makes sense. If you wanted to try and get a networking role then I would say it doesn't make sense.

I looked at A+ briefly when I was in college a couple of years ago, I didn't see anything in there that would make me want to go on a course for such as basic exam.

I would say there isn't much point doing N+ and CCNA, whats the point? The CCNA is more well known, more advanced and just better as a whole. So no point spending money on N+ books and tests. - so don't do this :)

One thing I always try to explain to people who "like" computers is that it isn't networking, keep this in mind. More numbers and less buttons :p (as shown below.. just something from my study lab.)

Code: 
router bgp 1
 no synchronization
 bgp log-neighbor-changes
 network 10.0.0.0 mask 255.255.255.0
 network 10.3.0.0 mask 255.255.255.0
 network 10.4.0.0 mask 255.255.255.0
 redistribute connected route-map R_BGP_IN
 neighbor 2.2.2.2 remote-as 1
 neighbor 2.2.2.2 ebgp-multihop 2
 neighbor 2.2.2.2 update-source Loopback1
 neighbor 2.2.2.2 next-hop-self
 neighbor 3.3.3.3 remote-as 1
 neighbor 3.3.3.3 ebgp-multihop 2
 neighbor 3.3.3.3 update-source Loopback1
 neighbor 3.3.3.3 next-hop-self
 neighbor 4.4.4.4 remote-as 5
 neighbor 4.4.4.4 ebgp-multihop 2
 neighbor 4.4.4.4 update-source Loopback1
 neighbor 5.5.5.5 remote-as 5
 neighbor 5.5.5.5 ebgp-multihop 3
 neighbor 5.5.5.5 update-source Loopback1
 no auto-summary
!
ip forward-protocol nd
ip route 4.4.4.4 255.255.255.255 10.3.0.4
ip route 5.5.5.5 255.255.255.255 10.4.0.5
!
!
no ip http server
no ip http secure-server
!
ip access-list standard BGP_IN
 permit 100.0.0.0 0.255.255.255
 permit 101.0.0.0 0.255.255.255
 permit 102.0.0.0 0.255.255.255
 
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind when I get into the networking stuff. Hopefully I'll have a job by then in it and it can be on the job training
 
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