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SoundEng

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hi guys,

i am really starting to get into networking and servers etc. I was thinking about trying to have a play around with some cisco gear, i would do a course but i am in the middle of my gcse's (yes i am only 16) so I donit really have time for it.

could anyone recommend me some bits of equipment to start with? and also online guides tutorials etc. I have a fairly low budget, so nothing too expensive.

atm I currently have

a managed gigabit switch which connects my 3 servers and computers together, currently running server 2008 r2, setup with dhcp, domain controllers, wins etc etc

cheers

ali
 
yeh i have been looking at the ccna stuff, however i would have no idea how to set it all up :( any good websites for tutorials?

ta
 
ok, so if i decided to do the course, i would have to do it after my exams, how long does it take roughly? and the best companies to do the course with?

oh and do you also need any background experience with programming/coding etc?

thanks
 
good, hmm do you need to know command line stuff in advance? or do you learn it all with the course?

ok, sounds like a summer holiday project then! ]

would you recommend anywhere to get the books and labs cheaply and easily?

thanks again
 
ok thanks, i will look into it, are there any websites that would help with this?

would you recommend anywhere to get the books and labs cheaply and easily?

cheers
 
Cr416 said:
Have you considered Packet Tracer? Similar to gns3, a program that is designed by Cisco I used when doing the CCNA course. Its a free tool and gives you a virtual environment to set up routers/switches etc and you can use CLI to configure them. Really helpful before performing the practical exams.

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that looks good so does gns3

how do i get hold of ios images thought? because everytime i try to add a router, i get 'please add at least one ios image' etc

ideas?

ta

EDIT: it appears you have to have a log in to download packe tracer? and the only way i can see to obtain one is to joing an academy, are there any other ways?
 
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JBod said:
Get your school involved for Packet Tracer. We can't advise you to go look on torrent or Usenet here.

Its a very good piece of software for learning or labing up networks and you don't need any images for it to work. It just has a limited number of devices - all the essentials though such as switch, srouter (layer3 switch), routers... even emulates a PC to ping from or run a FTP server.

I would suggest you look at running at least one Linux server on your test home network. It will help you in the long run. As you are 16 getting heavily involved in a good Linux distro now will pay dividends at Uni/Work life. I suggest a proper distro rather than a cheezy student one - my recommendation is Debian or ArchLinux.
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ok thanks, i will talk to the school, however i dont think they will be very helpful....my IT A level teacher is shocking and we are all getting D's atm :/ but i will have a look around too.

are there are any good tutorials for packet tracer around?

I have no experience with linus whatsoever.... again any good tutorials/guides for the distros you listed?

would you recommend setting them up as a VM?

again I am only just getting in to this stuff (well the cisco command line stuff anyway) so i don't really know much at all, but really want to learn :)

cheers
 
ok thanks will have a look at that. Yeh ive been having a look around, but i'm still stuck between networking and sound engineering/live events engineer :(
 
Skidilliplop said:
A month? That's a bit optimistic for a novice. 4-6 months if you buckle down and work at it.

A month would be fine if you had done networking before and were just converting to use Cisco as a brand. But the underlying concepts will take a while to bed in and practice. I've seen people take longer than that just to get the hang of deriving subnets.
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i usually pick up stuff to do with this fairly quickly and dont tend to forget it easily :) (wish i could say the same for all my gcse subjects :( )
 
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