Advantages: Great starting point for advancement, Certification Disadvantages: credible in industry, geek like...
The CCNA changed earlier this year. Not a great deal of problems though.
A CCNA is the CiscoCertifiedNetwork Administrator which indicates that the holder of the certificate has passed a Cisco exam indicating that they can carry out the operation of an administrator in a Network IT function.
The actual exam is taken online via either prometric or VUE which costs about £90... The pass mark is a rather high 85 % give or take 1%...
As I said the exam changed recently, it used to be 65 questions and was quite straight forward...
Nowadays the Exam also consists of a performance related section on a Cisco router/switch whereby the screen represents an actual screen display from a switch and asks you to type commands etc instead of multiple choice type answers.
The exam is now 45 questions which are slightly harder and make ...
Advantages: can get you a very well paid job!, world wide Disadvantages: alot of info to take in, can get very confusing!
First of all, What is Cisco?
Cisco is a networking course, which is split into four parts, CiscoCertifiedNetworkAssociate (CCNA) 1, CiscoCertifiedNetworkAssociate (CCNA) 2, CiscoCertifiedNetworkAssociate (CCNA) 3, and CiscoCertifiedNetworkAssociate (CCNA) 4. In each CCNA, there are around 15 online mini tests which helps you to pass the final exam. In my Cisco class, we aim to do 1 mini test a week, and on the final test for each CCNA part, we must obtain, 70% or more, for a pass.
Cisco in general teaches you how to connect two or more personal computers to each other and enable them to communicate, which can be used to share a internet connection, share printers, to send files, or even have a massive game, against all your mates! which is also known as a LAN party!
Types of networks
There are many types of networks ...
Advantages: Widely accepted course Disadvantages: Takes time
I am currently studying this course on top of my A-levels and have found it to be very beneficial in my aspirations of moving into a career within computing. The possible degree I wish to take is perhaps in this line of work or similar so I have found this course to be a good foundation to the networking aspect of this. It has also helped me very much in getting to know my computer and how basic networks are formed and how they work.
At this moment in time, I am currently about to start the second semester after successfully completing the first semester recently. The course involves logging into their website and working on the curriculum which is supplied to you in a number of easy to use pages and pictures to explain the basics in networking. Each chapter consists of about 30/40 pages of information which you must take in before ...
