If you're not too bothered about vendor specific, I'd recommend the following coursera course:
https://www.coursera.org/course/comnetworks On 4 November 2014 14:08, Alex Buie <alex.b...@frozenfeline.net> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 9:42 PM, Larry Sheldon <larryshel...@cox.net> > wrote: > > > For learning--work beside an Old Hand that knows it and has a good > record. > > Speaking of that, I've been wondering for a while if there are ever > network engineer "apprenticeships," so to speak, or if you guys knew > of any people or companies who do things like that. Based on my > observations, the flat "knowledge" of everything will take you only so > far; there's a lot of tips, tricks, non-conforming platform > behavior/bugs and "unwritten rules"/"best practices" that really only > come with the time of being a net admin. I was envisioning something > like the electrician or plumber-type things where you learn the > technique from a master artisan of the craft. > > > It seems like a job where the best training *is* that hands on where > you get to see all the big/fun equipment and learn from production > decisions that were made, strange hardware/configuration problems, > etc, but I'd never really seen anyone/company who does these types of > things, and I'd really like to get more experience in the field. > (everybody I look for that wants a network engineer wants a network > engineer, with experience already) > > Finally, just more of a general question, what else would you > recommend to someone who wants to get into the network > engineer/operations roles? This could be anything, from books to > classes, to whatever. I do already have my CCNA and A+ from while in > high school, (my networking I-IV prof was adjunct at the local CC, so > we could dual enroll in the local CC and get them to pay for our cert > tests :D) and most of a bachelors in Networking and Systems > Administration from RIT that I'll be finishing up over the next little > bit. I also love radio (K2FUR! :)), so something with cellular really > fascinates me, although any sort of networking/ops/disaster recovery > really is my passion. > > > Anyway, thanks for your time and potential suggestions! > > Alex >
