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Anyone looking at OpenStack certifications? I know Mirantis offers one which I just took & passed as part of a work training, but it looks like Redhat has two offerings (Red Hat Certified Engineer in Red Hat OpenStack and Certified System Administrator in Red Hat OpenStack) and the OpenStack Foundation seems to be rolling out their own Certified OpenStack Administrator. Trying to figure out which are actually useful vs fluff...
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Judge Schnoopy posted:The wireless market has always been geared towards user-level simplicity. I have never seen a demand for "Wireless Engineer" because, honestly, it's just not that complex. Yes there are channels and coverage issues and interference and security, but compared to other networking technologies they are switches with less wires. CCNA Routing and Switching is way more valuable because it goes over the same switching aspects APs use as well as routing, which there definitely is a demand for. You can get some really complex Wireless setups when you start to move into Aruba gear and all that. It's usually less to do with WiFi itself and more with the underlying infrastructure to support it, as well as the security aspects of setting it up. WiFi stuff tends to be pretty niche, but it's out there. My experience is that it's really vendor specific though. People who know Aruba tend to stick to Aruba, people who know Cisco tend to stick to Cisco. And as always, my experience is anecdotal.
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Apr 6, 2016 22:05
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Yeah our largest client has a guy they hired specifically for wireless solutions. They are a retail chain and need similar but different solutions for a lot of locations because they will have 2 buildings and no decent way to run cables between so they need all sorts of fun poo poo to happen with mesh APs and poo poo. Funny thing, his CCNA R&S (or maybe CCNA Wireless) was about to expire, he went to take the CCNA Security test (I think, it was security), failed and now he has no certs.
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Apr 6, 2016 22:27
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Judge Schnoopy posted:The wireless market has always been geared towards user-level simplicity. I have never seen a demand for "Wireless Engineer" because, honestly, it's just not that complex. Yes there are channels and coverage issues and interference and security, but compared to other networking technologies they are switches with less wires. CCNA Routing and Switching is way more valuable because it goes over the same switching aspects APs use as well as routing, which there definitely is a demand for. Wireless can get pretty complex and makes up a pretty good portion of our services revenue from commercial customers. It's much more complicated to scale beyond a SOHO deployment than just "Herp, buy a bunch of Archer C7s!" psydude fucked around with this message at 23:28 on Apr 6, 2016 |
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Apr 6, 2016 23:25
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psydude posted:Wireless can get pretty complex and makes up a pretty good portion of our services revenue from commercial customers. It's much more complicated to scale beyond a SOHO deployment than just "Herp, buy a bunch of Archer C7s!" That said, were you familiar with the cert in question (CWNA)? Just curious.
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Apr 6, 2016 23:41
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:That said, were you familiar with the cert in question (CWNA)? Just curious. Yeah. It's worth getting if you're doing a lot of wireless work, but I'd also recommend getting the vendor certs like the CCNA, too.
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Apr 7, 2016 00:01
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psydude posted:Yeah. It's worth getting if you're doing a lot of wireless work, but I'd also recommend getting the vendor certs like the CCNA, too. Good to know, thanks. I'll add it to the long list of certifications I want to get but can't because there's a gaping hole in my wallet.
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Apr 7, 2016 05:14
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Ozu posted:Has Packet Tracer always been available for free? I seem to remember needing to pay for NetAcad courses before it was provided. Now it looks you can get it by signing up for the free Packet Tracer 101 walkthrough. This is really awesome info. Thanks! I swear some day I'll crack open that CCNA book that's been sitting on my desk for the last 2 years...
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Apr 7, 2016 14:20
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Kazinsal posted:Good to know, thanks. I'll add it to the long list of certifications I want to get but can't because there's a gaping hole in my wallet. Just to add to this I believe there is a goon somewhere here who has one and does a lot of work for cell companies. I looked into it getting it when I was in the running for a job at a telco who did a lot of WISP installs in rural areas. If you want to get an good primer on some of the wireless theory take a look into getting your amateur ham radio license. There is a lot of overlap in the wireless/radio theory covered and that exam is like $10-20.
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Apr 7, 2016 14:29
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For our CCIE's out there, what material did you use to pass (for R&S)? I've got a meeting in two weeks to kick off my CCIE, I need to go in there with what I want in terms of costs and time. Theres alot of companies that do material but I've personally only ever used CBT Nuggets' CCNA/CCNP videos which were awesome. Can anyone vouch for any training in particular or tell me what you used to pass? Also with VIRL and GNS and whatnot nowadays, can you train well in a virtual environment or do you still need real lab access? If I do need the labs, I saw INE do a pretty cool deal where you get the materials and some lab hours bundled in together for a fair price Ahdinko fucked around with this message at 14:50 on Apr 7, 2016 |
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Apr 7, 2016 14:36
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CWNA is something I plan on taking once I wrap up CCNA R/S, but my job also involves a lot of weird wireless edge cases that most people will never see. I already have the intro-level Ruckus cert (WiSE), and have found that the vendor-neutral parts of that test have been useful enough to me that I'd like to learn more about wireless theory as a whole. In other news, taking ICND1 in about 2 hours. I feel ready for it, and my boss has been begging me to get it because he can't push through a promotion for me until I have it.
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Apr 7, 2016 15:35
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Kakesu posted:In other news, taking ICND1 in about 2 hours. I feel ready for it, and my boss has been begging me to get it because he can't push through a promotion for me until I have it. I wrote out CIDR notations on a grid with the appropriate subnet mask values and block sizes, and it helped. Good luck!
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Apr 7, 2016 15:46
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:I probably don't have to tell you, but you get 10-15 minutes or so during the test instructions part to write out whatever you want on your scratch pad. Yeah, I did that when I took the Net+ a few weeks ago, and it came in helpful. Thankfully, I do tons of subnetting (including VLSM) as part of my job, so I'm pretty comfortable with the subject overall.
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Apr 7, 2016 15:49
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Kakesu posted:Yeah, I did that when I took the Net+ a few weeks ago, and it came in helpful. Thankfully, I do tons of subnetting (including VLSM) as part of my job, so I'm pretty comfortable with the subject overall. Sounds like you'll be more than fine then!
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Japanese Dating Sim posted:Sounds like you'll be more than fine then! Passed with a 903. On to ICND2!
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Apr 7, 2016 18:05
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Ahdinko posted:For our CCIE's out there, what material did you use to pass (for R&S)? A lot of INE stuff, reading the actual documentation (it's dry but trust me its worth doing) and books on any topics I wasn't strong on. I budgeted out enough rack rental tokens with INE to cover my study ramp up and two attempts at the lab. From a timeline perspective I'd expect to take from 12-18 months. As you get closer to the lab date you'll probably be labbing 8-12 hours a day on weekends and on weeknights 2-4. I probably started with 8 hours a week and every couple months I'd add a few more hours a week. I'd say VIRL will probably get you most of the way there/you could start there. You'll still want to burn some rack time. INE often does pre-configured/pre-staged for CCIE lab rack rentals and they'll offer simulated labs with grading. I also used an IPExpert lab guide which seemed to be pretty challenging as well. Also I can't stress reading the actual documentation enough.
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Apr 7, 2016 18:37
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if you pass one of the CCNP level exams does it renew all your CCNA level stuff or do you have to actually complete all of the tests and get the CCNP for that to work
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Apr 7, 2016 18:52
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1000101 posted:A lot of INE stuff, reading the actual documentation (it's dry but trust me its worth doing) and books on any topics I wasn't strong on. I budgeted out enough rack rental tokens with INE to cover my study ramp up and two attempts at the lab. One of the ccies I work with said once I'm at a level of experience that the ccnp is easy I'm not far from the ccie. Do you feel that way? My focus is collaboration so it may be different from routing.
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Apr 7, 2016 19:01
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crunk dork posted:if you pass one of the CCNP level exams does it renew all your CCNA level stuff or do you have to actually complete all of the tests and get the CCNP for that to work The former, so if you're incredibly lazy you have up to 12 years to complete CCNP Security without your certifications expiring
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Apr 7, 2016 19:29
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Vadun posted:The former, so if you're incredibly lazy you have up to 12 years to complete CCNP Security without your certifications expiring I'm not that bad yet but it's nice not studying for poo poo every day I've realized
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Apr 7, 2016 20:27
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Bigass Moth posted:One of the ccies I work with said once I'm at a level of experience that the ccnp is easy I'm not far from the ccie. Do you feel that way? My focus is collaboration so it may be different from routing. I guess its relative. I mean if you're close to being ready for CCIE R+S then good odds that the CCNP R+S is going to feel easy. There's a lot of stuff that won't be covered by the CCNP. For example I don't think it covers things like PfR, VRF, ODR, tunnels, it barely touches ipv6 and the BGP content on the CCNP is pretty elementary. I don't think it covered MPLS or DMVPN either. The other thing is going to be the pressure of time. You're going to get a 2 hour block of troubleshooting, a new diagnostic section (which I've never done) and 5 and a half hours of config time and you half to take lunch when the group does.
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Vadun posted:The former, so if you're incredibly lazy you have up to 12 years to complete CCNP Security without your certifications expiring You have to complete it in two or three years. You only get so long between sitting the first exam and the last before they stop counting towards the cert, no matter how many you do in the middle. Learned this the hard way with my BCMSN and ROUTE, had to sit SWITCH and ROUTE all over again 
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Question for anyone with a CCIE or similarly-levelled cert... How quickly could I self-study myself to that level? Things are changing in my workplace and a networking role with a high-level cert is in demand. I have the first CCNA data centre exam scheduled for 7 weeks from today. I figure I could finish the second exam 3~ months after to finish off the Associate cert. Any recommended resources to help ease the process? I'm willing to invest $$$ to the cause and will likely get some of it reimbursed by work (as long I pass first). My study method is fruitful, but I'm terrified of failing on the first try so there is a lot of repetition involved. No brain dumps, of course.
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Go to a bootcamp in India and then bribe the ccie exam proctor? Doesn't data center require tens of thousands of dollars in gear?
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Yeah, I'm working on CCIE DC at the moment and having a hard time just figuring out how to get past the written, since I tried it once and got killed by all the minute details it asked about. I'm fine with doing lots of reading but the recommended book list is like 30 titles long and just depressing to look at. If you actually get all of the gear together to lab it up at home you're going to spend a small fortune, but I figured once I got past the written I'd just suck it up and give INE a pile of money to get access to simulators. I can do a lot of the VM stuff on spare gear at work but I don't really have my own SAN to play with. As far as recommended materials all I've looked at so far are some secondhand Cisco Press DC and DC virtualization books and the IBM Redbook on SANs, but if anyone has passed the written I'd love to know what they studied too because I only feel like I've scratched the surface. Eletriarnation fucked around with this message at 19:58 on Apr 8, 2016 |
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Apr 8, 2016 19:56
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Yeah CCIE level cert isn't something you just cram for. There's the 2 hour written, which is apparently tough, but then you have an 8 hour lab you need to complete. Essentially these level exams assume YEARS of experience working in whatever setting you're sitting for.
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Apr 8, 2016 20:04
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If you're going from CCNA to CCIE you're looking at a timeline of years of both independent studying and real world experience.
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Weird, I thought you had to have CCNP before you can do CCIE.quote:There are no formal prerequisites for CCIE certification. Other professional certifications or training courses are not required. Instead, candidates must first pass a written qualification exam and then the corresponding hands-on lab exam. You are expected to have an in-depth understanding of the topics in the exam blueprints and strongly encouraged to have three to five years of job experience before attempting certification. I had always just assumed you started with CCNA R&S, then CCNP, then CCIE.....
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Apr 8, 2016 20:22
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CCIE was the original certification chronologically and they weren't inclined to add prerequisites after the fact, so it still has none technically. However, the material on any given specialization of CCIE tends to be a superset of what is on the equivalent CCNP/NA branch if it exists so if you're starting in the present day you should probably do CCNA, CCNP, and then CCIE.
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Thanks for the CCIE advice, I really appreciate it! It will be a long road.
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Apr 11, 2016 22:52
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In race realists hosed up fantasy world he has A+ Network+ Security+ Linux+ (also passed LPI LPIC-2 exam) CCNA/P R&S, Security CEH CISSP ISACA whatever he swims around all day in scrooge mcduck vault cuz of all the monies hes SURE to make! 
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I'm not gonna lie if that's your cert dream list you aren't trying very hard. MCSE, VCDX, CCIE, PMP Prints money. Hell I think at this point if I see A+ or Network+ on your resume and you're at some level or above, even though that cert probably required no effort for you, I think less of you. Like if you have a CCNP and a Network+, I'm just, huh vv Yeah add that as the 5th MC Fruit Stripe fucked around with this message at 03:34 on Apr 13, 2016 |
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MC Fruit Stripe posted:I'm not gonna lie if that's your cert dream list you aren't trying very hard. No ITIL ? No moneyprinting.
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First 5 plus Project+ is the WGU IT - Security degree, which is actually an inexpensive way to get great study material and vouchers if you finish them in a year. Don't know about the other courses but they just switched to uCertify for A+ and it's one of the better ways of studying for the exam.
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I've been talking strategy with our DC CCIE because the RS is just way too loving broad. They're about to refresh DC to 2.0, but it still looks like it covers a very narrow focus while still hitting on core R&S concepts. Despite being a security guy, I think pursuing the DC track would actually be a good chance for me to learn something.
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Apr 13, 2016 03:36
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Race Realists posted:In race realists hosed up fantasy world he has A+ and N+ mean jack poo poo when you have a CCNA unless you're doing PC repair. CEH is ok but CISSP prints money. CASP is what most admins/techs SHOULD take instead of CISSP however that's another topic.
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I've been seeing a lot more non-governmental poo poo requiring the CISSP. I guess ISC2 is doing a good job at marketing to CEOs and board members.
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Apr 13, 2016 03:39
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Is it me, or do I see more and more job postings asking for ITIL?
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Apr 13, 2016 03:53
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It is not just you. It is more sought after because it increases productivity. How, no one's quite sure, but you'll have plenty of time to figure that out in all the meetings you'll be in.
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What kinda money printing we talking with a CISSP?
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