Couple of IT interview questions..

paradigm said:
And as someone quite rightly stated early on in the thread, having a paper based degree (even in the subject that you wish to work in) does NOT qualify you for the real world.

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I don't disagree with that at all, you can pass a degree if you know how cram study correctly. You will have some lab experience but as you said no real world experience. There was a fair mix of people in my class and a lot depends on your enthusiasm, to be honest i started off doing Chemical Physics but got kicked out of Chemistry as i never went to any labs and didn't want to leave Uni so i stuck in with Physics, wish i had done computing now though.

Nevertheless this is not a high end position i am going for it's to get my 'foot in the door' and give me some kind of income/experience.
 
HEADRAT said:
So you've read a few things on the web and now you think you understand them, I've just read a couple of interesting articles on brain surgery doesn't make me a brain surgeon does it!

Here's a very easy test question for you, you have server on a subnet behind a router, the server is able to ping the router but not able to ping anything on the internet. The server is able to ping other machines in the subnet and visa versa. Even thought the ACL's are open nothing from the internet can connect to the server even though the webserver is running.

Q. What would be the first thing you would check?

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First thing you check is that the cabling is properly connected from router to the wall(terminology check).

Second check your password and username are correct.

You should also have some software from the routers manufactures that run you through the setup. (am assuming this has all been done)

Thirdly see if the ISP is assiging you an IP address if it isnt i would likely say the problem is at the ISP end.

If it is then you want to check that your firewall is not blocking the conection.
 
This has become a fantasic thread on the basic requirements for an network engineer.

I will check back in a couple of months to update my progress.

On another note, my degree was really just a waste of time, unless of course i go in for teaching which is still a possibilty.
 
What you should have distinguished between is larger enterprise networks using a variety of Cisco hardware/software and smaller office, Windows based, networks using standard routers, hubs or switches and software firewalls.
 
Actually what i said initially IS correct, P2P software/networks such as kazaa/filesharing or torrent based filesharing are peer-to-peer, as they are serverless. In fact that is actually the best example you can have of P2P networks. Ok there may been a server-side somewhere down the line but they are pretty much pure peer-to-peer. I was going to use this as the overall idea. Yes i should have expanded it to include a P2P office LAN.

As for windows NT that is not an unreasonable question. As you know, all Windows versions are based on NT, i assume they are asking about NT 4.0 (server and workstation version) if so why, NT 4.0 is legacy and has been replaced by Windows 2000, 2003 and now 2008 and has dozens of know security holes.
 
Ok i am going to do some serious study.

I am fixed on home networks and my knowledge doesn't go beyond that, but, as i said before, this is just an entry level position where trainig will be given, maybe i will be a network guru one day.
 
Digging this up.


Just to say i am now working as a PC Engineer with some networking(which should increase). So yes i know what peer-to-perr is now :D, but i still stand by what i said that it not a particularly difficult job.
 
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Wizzkidy said:
Why are most people REALLY mean to others on this forum? Is it because you all get a kick out of it?

This might be an old thread but I cannot beleave the amount of RUDE and childish people on this forum, Fox I have never liked your tone, lets hope you can GROW UP and the rest of you.

Sort yourselfs out for god sake, jesus its amazing anyone posts ANYTHING on this forum when you bunch of ****s get in here. - to all of you that did listen and help the OP well done.

For the rest of you - your all losers
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It's ok, i've enjoyed the whole thread. Plus it actually motivated me to go out and get the certs / job etc..

So all in all benefited me.

Hardest was setting up a Linux domain with Pix firewall and a Cisco 3600 series router.
 
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update: (i am sure you are really bothered!)

Biggest job yet. Setup a business multi server senario. And i do now acknowledge that you have to know what you are talking about and there is a lot to learn, there is no middle ground, very easy to screw things up and you very often have to have a complete understanding or server/network artictecture to put it back together again, server-side, client-side, printer-side, and then the plethora of software that has to be configured both on the server and client.

I am basically in charge of a medium business' server-client needs and it has been quite a learning curve but have solved everything that has been thrown at me so far.

:p
 
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