2010-05-14, 10:22 AM
Takebacker Wrote:What's a CCNA good for?
CCNA stands for Cisco Certified Network Associate. Basically, you're an administrator working on WANs, controlling configurations for routers, switches, etc. Most of it is routing programming, in my opinion. I've done less programming on switches. Uhm.. you have to know your protocols too, like RIP, RIPv2, EIGRP, OSPF, etc. Then there's subnetting involved, VLSM, etc. It's hard sh`it.
If I had to pick whether I enjoy doing language-programming or doing network maintenance, I'd pick the latter. Everybody has their weaknesses and strong points, and I'm just better at networking.
There's different Cisco Certifications for Associate-levels, you can view them here. I can design a network too, but I'm not that great. The last virtual network I designed, I had to co-op with 2 other people, and someone had to come up with the IP schematic. Another had to plan out how the network will 'look', though that person ditched and didn't do much.. <_< So I had to do that.. and also figuring out parts/supplies (Fiber switches please!).