Hello all,
I am currently a student entering my third year (junior) going for a Bachelors in Technology for Network Administration. So far I learned about Ethernet, OSI Reference model, cabling plant setups, EIA/TIA cabling standards, IEEE standards (frames and the such). This semester (August aka Fall semester) these are some of the topics i'm going to learn: (taken from the textbook)
I have more to learn in my spring semester and consecutive fall. But soon after I will be going for my internship (sometime in spring/summer 08').
I was wondering what else I should know going into this field. I currently have an A+ certification and currently in the process of self-teaching myself for the CCNA exam. What topics should I know/perfect.... be ready for in the field? Would greatly appreciate any and all advice/tips!!
Thank you all,
Rajin
I am currently a student entering my third year (junior) going for a Bachelors in Technology for Network Administration. So far I learned about Ethernet, OSI Reference model, cabling plant setups, EIA/TIA cabling standards, IEEE standards (frames and the such). This semester (August aka Fall semester) these are some of the topics i'm going to learn: (taken from the textbook)
Wiring and cable testing issues
Transmission encoding techniques
Dissecting the IEEE 48-bit MAC address
The impact of different types of broadcast traffic
Operational details and analysis considerations for switches
Ethernet and Token Ring operational details and analysis
The IEEE 802.2 LLC protocol (explored in full)
Datagrams and routing
IP specifics, including addressing, subnets, and the role of ICMP
IPX operation and analysis
UDP, TCP, SPX, and SPX II protocol analysis
How different protocols find resources via NetBIOS, SAP, and DNS
Logon sequencing for various protocol stacks
DHCP, SMB, NCP, NFS, FTP, HTTP, and NT Browse protocol analysis and troubleshooting
Baselining throughput and latency, including understanding the "latency wedge"
I have more to learn in my spring semester and consecutive fall. But soon after I will be going for my internship (sometime in spring/summer 08').
I was wondering what else I should know going into this field. I currently have an A+ certification and currently in the process of self-teaching myself for the CCNA exam. What topics should I know/perfect.... be ready for in the field? Would greatly appreciate any and all advice/tips!!
Thank you all,
Rajin