I have a New Riders MCSE 2000 Certification Book for Microsoft exam #70-221
Network Infrastructure Design and the first Reference it goes to at the end
of chapter 1 is:
Cisco Press: Top Down Network Design by you know who.
In addition i note that Cisco has in some way committed itself to
incorporating Active Directory into its NOS.
Karl HUTCHINSON
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carroll Kong"
To:
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: Newbie seeking advice [7:4412]
> At 11:13 AM 5/14/01 -0400, Steven Wagner wrote:
> >2000 servers. I have a decent knowledge of networking concepts like DNS,
> >TCP/IP, and the like. The problem is that I have very limited exposure
to
>
> Do you really understand TCP/IP? It is fairly complicated and many people
> easily say they understand it, but you need to really know it inside
> out. (Sorry if you do know it well, just it's a big "gotcha" for new
guys).
>
> CIDR, Subnetting against any bit boundary, (Does w.x.y.z/28 mean anything
> to you? Which ips are network address and the broadcast? How many valid
> hosts can you have?) TCP flow control mechanisms, differences between UDP,
> TCP, and RAW packets (basically using their own protocol as opposed to tcp
> or udp), multicasting. Understanding how TCP functions, aka three way
> handshake, functionality of all the different flags (SYN, ACK, FIN, PUSH,
> URG), ip fragmentation, and quite a bit more. Understanding the OSI model
> helps a lot too. If the stuff I mentioned is pretty easy for you to
> understand, you probably have a good handle on it. If not, sorry to say,
> you probably do not have a good handle on it and failure to understand
> those mentioned before is going to bite you in the butt hard for the
higher
> end certifications like the CCIE. To get up to speed on it, a good book
on
> it is
>
> TCP/IP Illustrated Vol. 1 by Stevens.
>
> Of course that is the icing on the cake. Routing protocols in themselves
> will add more issues to learn and worry about. I believe for the CCNA you
> only need to understand RIP and IGRP.
>
> >routers, switches and all the juicy stuff you need to know to have a
solid
> >foot in Cisco technology. I am sure that almost everyone starts where I
am
> >when they begin to want to work on that coveted CCNA certification. So I
> >guess my question is this...where do I realistically start to get myself
> >decent knowledge of the material? Step by step ideas would be most
> >appreciated as I
>
> The CCNA is the entry level certification in the Cisco world. It is
> generally about basic network concepts and how to configure a Cisco
router
> and switch. Do not take my word for it though, the requirements are
listed
> on the webpage.
>
>
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/10/wwtraining/certprog/testing/current_exam
s/640-507.html
>
> In the end, you really have to understand IP, since that is the primary
> glue of the entire Cisco empire. Double that with routing protocol
> behavior and Layer 2 behavior. (much easier said than done).
>
> >want to take this as seriously as I can. As follow up questions, what
books
> >are best to get to learn? What hardware should I consider buying to get
> >started on the studies? Any help I can get will be invaluable and I
thank
> >you in advance. Any opinions on my MCSE evaluation are also welcome. I
do
> >not mean to minimize the value of MCSE, I just think that once you get
your
> >CCNA, your MCSE looses alot of its power on your resume. Thanks for the
> >forthcoming responses.
> >
> >Steven Wagner
>
> I have nothing against people with certifications. I just care if they
> really understand their material, with or without the paper backing them
> up. Not sure if you can really equate the CCNA against the MCSE, it is
> somewhat like apples and oranges. One is geared towards routing and
> switching, the other is geared towards systems administration of Windows
> machines. They know a bit about each other (understanding some host
> behavior is always a good thing that network admins should know, and MCSEs
> understanding their own transport/network protocol behavior is always a
> good thing to know), but for the most part, I do not see them competing
> against the same space, hence, why would the MCSE lose more power if they
> are placed hand in hand with each other?
>
>
>
> -Carroll Kong
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