[ale] CCNA

[Richard Faulkner]

I taught the ICND class for a time while at New Horizons of Washington,
DC and made EXTENSIVE use of Todd Lammle's book:

http://www.amazon.com/CCNA-Cisco-Certified-Network-Associate/dp/0782141676
Todd Lammle - CCNA Study Guide

I also followed this up with the "CCNA For Dummies" which was a much
faster study and good for those who already had a pretty good handle on
n/w technologies and protocols.  IMHO Todd's book is really good but
will KILL you with details.  The Cisco IOS is text based (at least when
I was teaching it) and I'm not the resident expert on the topic as I
don't play in that sandbox anymore.  (I'm more the traditional Systems
Engineer than a Network Engineer).  

What OS you drive should make no difference in study...we usually
Telnet'd into the routers for admin.  The exam had nothing to do with M$
technologies that I recall...just a TON of problems to be solved in
two-minutes or less.  I don't remember if the CD in Todd's book required
Window$...would have to dig up my old teacher copy to see...

Happy Hunting!

Rich in Lilburn




-----Original Message-----
From: Dylan Northrup <ale at doc-x.net>
Reply-to: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
Cc: Jim Butler <jimbutler1234567890 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [ale] CCNA
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 22:50:30 -0500

You can check out the Atlanta Cisco Study Group.  I remember going to
them years ago when I had more time and interest in getting my CCNA.
Their website is http://www.internetworkexperts.net/acsg.htm

Good luck!

On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Jim Butler
<jimbutler1234567890 at gmail.com> wrote:

        Hi everyone..
        I know.this question may be a little off-topic for this forum,
        but I can't think of a better group of people to phrase this
        question to than you all. 
        I want to study and get my CCNA. Where do I go to find out the
        latest study materials and what tests I will have to take? Is
        there a group here in Atlanta for people who just want to get
        together and study and prepare for the tests without resorting
        to paying some university thousands of dollars to teach you what
        you can just as easily teach yourself or each other for free or
        at least for far less?
        Also, apparently there are different paths of study to getting a
        CCNA.. What's the shrudest career choice when deciding what path
        to take? If it really doesn't matter, then what's the best
        choice for a network guy who's I.T. skills are Linux-centric?
        Any info would be greatly appreciated..
        
        Thanks, 
        Jim
        
        
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