I would definitely say Perl. It runs on both Unix and Winblows so its portable. I used to write scripts for monitoring network services, connecting to ports ie. There is even a library to easily write your own network sniffer and a very good scokets library as well.
""John Tafasi"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > What programming languages a network engineer MIGHT need to perform his job? > > What do network engineers or adminiastrators do with a programming language? > please elaborate > > I am looking to learn a couple of programming language that I may need on > the job and I need you advice. > > Thanks Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=58035&t=58032 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]