Sorry if this is kinda off-topic but I thought I'd ask it anyway in a "wisdom of crowds" sort of way.
I'm looking for a certification exam that will teach me the fundamentals of computer networking in a vendor-neutral way (just like LPI is vendor-neutral for Linux). When I say networking I mean going beyond the network-related chapters in LPI1 and 2 (which I have got already) but not for a complete beginner to computers. Essentially, I'm looking for something aimed at a starting network administrator. In my work, I'm faced with a situation where we are designing a new office network and I want to keep up with my colleagues, some of the topics are VLANs, routing, choosing address ranges with subnetting, switches (eg. HP ProCurve-class stuff), firewall/routers and VPNs. The exam I have so far identified as meeting my needs is CompTIA Network+. I intend to pursue that this year unless I find a better alternative. Are LPI thinking/planning of branching into such a field? The CompTIA exam is geared for someone placed to be a network technician but on the career path to a network administrator. It probably overlaps some fraction of the network knowledge in LPI1 and 2 but thats not such a bad thing as a refresher of the fundamentals is sometimes good. I've seen many recommended books from searching Google and the serverfault.com site (eg. "Network Warrior" O'Reilly press and "TCP/IP Illustrated Vol. 1"). I'm looking for a certification exam though as I believe that, plus practical experience, represents more higher quality learning than simply reading a book. Thanks! -- GPG Key fingerprint = B323 477E F6AB 4181 9C65 F637 BC5F 7FCC 9CC9 CC7F _______________________________________________ lpi-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss
