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chevy454

Whats the best study material to target a network administrator?

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Obdurate

chevy454 wrote: »

Whats the best study material to target a network administrator?

I am not a network administrator, so take what I say with a grain of salt -- the best study material I can think of is this: create your own network to match whatever book you are working from, and then duplicate the problems in your personal network.

To me the best is hands on work, nothing else comes close.

You might have to get creative - take for example me (currently chasing the 70-290), I have a Windows XP Home edition laptop that I installed Sun's Virtual Box. Inside the Virtual Box I installed W2K3 Server, which is what I practice on.

Hope this helps some

~Obdurate~

chevy454

im using cbt to study for my A+ but idk what comes next...is it the network + or the security+?

rszpanderfer

Usually, it is Network+ followed by Security+. Of course, there is no set approach to this. You can pursue Security+ and go for A+ last.

RobertKaucher

chevy454 wrote: »

Whats the best study material to target a network administrator?

Define network administrator. It means different things to different people. My job title is Network Administrator but really I am a Net Admin and a Sys Admin and a DBA.

kriscamaro68

If you can afford it you can get this: CBT Nuggets: Network Admin Essentials Combo Pack

mikedisd2

And CCNA of course, if you're utilising Cisco gear.

chevy454

i know that the A+ is essential but after that should i try to go this route with the certs? A+, network+,security +, then the CCENT