If I were you I’d definitely start reading, classes can’t heart and the diagraming stuff is an issue. I’ve found with the lab part actually building the examples or just building stuff I come up with and physically wire and build it gives you a very good idea and allows you to build your own internal examples to build on. Just configuring two routers at first to ping each other or playing with very basics is perfectly fine and definitely worth while. If this genuinely interests you then I whole heartedly encourage you to go for it. Of course, also ask questions here and in other forums to also learn. Cisco themselves will tell you that the classes are less critical. The tests are designed to measure your experience and so especially as the certifications get more advanced they call more on experience than book learning. The CCIE for example there’s no way to study other than getting your fundamentals. That test also looks for your experience and things you would have run in to in the real world. I would definitely look in to virtual labs as well. It’s possible to download code and run it on your laptop or what ever machine you wish and simulate having the equipment with out having to buy it. And finally, don’t forget other vendors. Cisco is good to know, it’s the 800 pound elephant in the room and a huge market but learning other appliances and technologies is also advantageous. I’ve found specializing in Juniper for example that there’s a great deal of work because less are familiar with it rather than the folks who went down the Cisco route. Security is also a very big topic, so start with the basics, learn how things connect and work and build on that. Definitely ask here. There are several network engineers on this list and a lot of very skilled systems folks.
On Sep 7, 2016, at 11:57 AM, Hadi Rezaei <hadirezaei@gmx.com> wrote:
Hi guys
Thank you a lot for the helpful info, I really do appreciate this.
So from my understanding, First I need to attend an online or / local school and start learning, then have a network lab to do tests on, and then go for an exam if I wanted to aquire a certificate.
Do you think that It's a good idea that I start doing self studies? or Diagrams and the visual design aspect of the networking will get in my way and I get confused.
I'm very new to this; I have no basic knowledge at all, Do you think that I should even start studying Cisco courses right away?
On 9/6/2016 7:38 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
I don’t know about the Cisco side where things are but on the Juniper side you can run VSRX or a virtual instances under something like fusion or workstation so you can have a virtualized environment for your lab. I put the VSRX in to packet mode and they start behaving just like routers so you can have firewalls / routers and even switches in your topology running all virtualized code.
Might be a cheaper way of building your test lab. Cisco used to have emulator software available but I believe there were copyright concerns that may have shelved that effort, not sure the current state there as I am focused on Juniper products more so than Cisco.
The other thing I’ll say is both Cisco and Juniper are very supportive of disabled engineers at least that’s been my experience not the least of which they will hire them. You might contact Cisco directly and they can also offer you pointers to get started. They are very good at making accommodation for testing and that sort of thing and Cisco used to offer me their documentation in braille but I haven’t followed up on that recently, not sure if that’s changed.
Good luck and I personally think you’ve picked an interesting topic to learn. It’s treated me well.;)
On Sep 5, 2016, at 7:44 PM, Sean Murphy <mhysnm1964@gmail.com> wrote:
None of the Cisco Academy courses will give you the CCNA. They will prep you for them only. Then you have to take the certification as a different exam. The biggest challenge you will find is developing an environment to test your network concepts in a network lab. You can rent rack services on the net for CCNA. The books will provide you with the theory. The challenge with the books is they are visually designed thus understanding packet flow, net mask maths, etc can be tricky.
Sean
On 7 Sep 2016, at 2:43 AM, Hadi Rezaei <hadirezaei@gmx.com> wrote:
Hi there
Thanks for the links; I just did take a look at them. CAVI appears to be an online school if i'm not mistaking.
Will completing the courses in CAVI give me an oportunity to take the CCNA exam? The concept of an online academy sounds new to me; It's however looks very interesting, I'll do more research on this.
Thanks
On 8/31/2016 9:21 PM, Guerra Access Technology Training LLC wrote:
Have you looked in to www.ciscovision.org or www.cavitraining.org
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of Hadi Rezaei Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2016 9:05 AM To: Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Want to study Computer networking, need recommendation and suggestions
Hi there guys.
I'm Hadi from Iran. I've just graduated this summer from Tehran Azad university and hold a BA degree in English literature. I'm thinking about having a major change and I'm looking in to Computer networks. I've always been intrested in this subject, and have played with my devices in home to create a small network, (e. streaming with raspberry pi, sharing data between devices, and some basic things like that). I'm looking for a way to study networking, and already doing research about courses and certifications. I wanted to ask for advice and recommendations from you guys, and get help from experienced users. I'm currently looking for courses, colleges and universities that can help me to start in this subject, and I would greatly appreciate any help if someone can help me with this. There are some points I would like to make, the first one being is that I'm on a complete beginner level, and I do not have any passed experience with networking, and working with network-related gear. one very important point is that I'm extremely enthusiastic towards this path, and am ready to move abroad and accept all the challenges that comes with it, If It means for me to study in an environment that is suitable for learning this subject with accessible methods and gear. now - I say this because my current options in my current location are extremely limited, As there are absolutely no support for blind and visually impaired to study networking courses in education centers around me; So I would be completely on my own. fortunately, I have the support and funds to move out of the country if required for me to follow this path and career, so I'm strongly considering this option.
this is a very general letter, but I'm willing to provide more information if needed. I'm looking for any tips or advice I could get to start on this journey, and I would appreciate and be very delighted for any of them. Thanks a lot Cheers Hadi Rezaei
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