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| techdaemon 2001-07-21, 12:34 pm |
| Most people say that it's best to start off with 210 and 215.. I was gonna do that, but I've now been thinking of 216, since the last couple of tests I've taken have concentrated more on general networking. | |
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| I think that it depends on what area you are looking to work in to be honest. If you want to be a nuts and bolts network tech then my advice (for what it's worth?!?!?) is to gain a good grounding in several NOS's, not necessarily to MCSE or CNE standards (don't mean to discount UNIX/LINUX by the way) and then concentrate on the networking aspect. For example, if I were to 'go' Network completely I would recommend a couple of MCP's, CNA's, a bit of UNIX/LINUX and then CCNA thru CCIE and any other network courses that you can think of...
...thoughts anyone?? | |
| techdaemon 2001-07-21, 2:06 pm |
| Well, what I mean is that with the networking tests I've taken for Comptia so far, if it would be easier to start off with
210, 216 or with something like 216.. Since 216 deals more with network structure and I just finished net+ and i-net+. | |
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| The small test number do mean something.
Not only it is easier because its the basic.
However can you jump to advance without the knowledge of basic!
Recommend shall go by the level of difficultly and general knowledge on the system | |
| techdaemon 2001-07-22, 8:40 am |
| Wow, I didn't know that the higher the number
the harder the test. | |
| ccieToBe 2001-07-22, 9:21 am |
| Techdaemon, I just took a look at the exam objectives, and if you plan on going all the way for MCSE, it may not be a bad idea to go with 216 first if you already have a strong understanding of networking. There is some Windows 2000 specific information though, so I think it would still be best to take the Server and Professional exams first.
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Originally posted by AndyC
I think that it depends on what area you are looking to work in to be honest. If you want to be a nuts and bolts network tech then my advice (for what it's worth?!?!?) is to gain a good grounding in several NOS's, not necessarily to MCSE or CNE standards (don't mean to discount UNIX/LINUX by the way) and then concentrate on the networking aspect. For example, if I were to 'go' Network completely I would recommend a couple of MCP's, CNA's, a bit of UNIX/LINUX and then CCNA thru CCIE and any other network courses that you can think of...
...thoughts anyone??
I agree AndyC, and that's exactly what I'm doing, but with a heavy emphasis on Unix. | |
| techdaemon 2001-07-22, 9:29 am |
| I have the set of exam cram books for the Win2k track, so what I'm gonna do is scan through them and see which one looks like it would be the easiest test to study for, then
after the first one, that should help me ease into the rest. | |
| AndyC 2001-07-22, 11:10 am |
| Hey ccieToBe, what flavour of UNIX are you studying? I have Solaris, Red Hat 6, 6.2 and 7, Mandrake and FreeBSD, are there many differences or should I get "Up close and personal" with all of them???...getting a little fed up with MS now!!! | |
| ccieToBe 2001-07-23, 10:01 am |
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Originally posted by AndyC
Hey ccieToBe, what flavour of UNIX are you studying? I have Solaris, Red Hat 6, 6.2 and 7, Mandrake and FreeBSD, are there many differences or should I get "Up close and personal" with all of them???...getting a little fed up with MS now!!!
Right now I'm focusing on the BSDs (FreeBSD, OpenBSD and NetBSD). After I finish the Microsoft material, I'll add Solaris to that list.
They're all very simular. If you become proficient in any of these OSs (at the command line, not the GUIs) then the transition to others shouldn't be a problem. The largest difference is the difference between Linux and Unix, but even that isn't that much. I suggest starting off with Mandrake, then trying out Slackware and FreeBSD when you're comfortable with Linux. FreeBSD's my favorite OS overall and is a nice stepping stone from Linux to Unix. | |
| AndyC 2001-07-23, 10:04 am |
| Thanks for the advice!!!! |
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