Good training material for OSPF and the OSI model?

The company I work for has a huge BI space and there are opportunities for BI engineer positions reporting on networking issues. I have a very strong data background, dash boarding and SQL, but one of the bullets was an strong understanding of OSPF and OSI model.

Not really in my space, I'm more in the sales, supply chain and service delivery verticals.

No certs!

Any good CBT's to get ramped up on? Thanks

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CertifiedMonkey

Videos:
XtremeIE OSPF series (Highly recommend this course) (~$25)
Cisco Learning Network's OSPF course (by Keith Bogart also good) (~$10/month)
INE's CCNP Route OSPF section (In depth, haven't watched all the videos yet ~199)
CBT Nuggets (CCNA/CCNP course *OSPF Sections* ~99/month)

Books
Scaling Networks Companion Guide (Goes pretty in depth for beginners)

That's all I can think of right now. Good luck.

[Deleted User]

Youtube. Depends on how much of an understanding you want. Do you want certification level knowledge or just enough to get by?

volfkhat

Buh?
How would a Database-guy be expected to understand OSPF?

kurosaki00

Professor messer has an OSI vid included in his net+ course:
Understanding the OSI Model - CompTIA Network+ N10-006 - 5.1 | Professor Messer IT Certification Training Courses

Params7

volfkhat wrote: »

Buh?
How would a Database-guy be expected to understand OSPF?

Yep my question too. OSPF is a bit of an advanced routing topic. Usually basics of IP routing need to be understood as a foundation for OSPF. OSI really needs to be understood by every person in IT though.

DatabaseHead

It's an analytics position and therefore requires stats, SQL and other advance tools/languages that a network engineer wouldn't possess.

Maybe the engineering team spoon feeds the actual data and I can apply my analysis to it. Thought it seemed like a position worth looking into.

I work with plenty of IT and BI professional who go day to day without thinking about the OSI model......