i'd love to say hi to everyone however no section for it

thedrama

As a new member, i say hi basically. However, i couldn't see any introduction
part in the forum for newbies.

mikedisd2

Nope, I think where you are is the right place.

Hi and welcome by the way.

UnixGuy

Hi & Welcome to the forums

What's your future plans (certs,degrees,carees) ?

thedrama

UnixGuy wrote: »

Hi & Welcome to the forums

What's your future plans (certs,degrees,carees) ?

Thank you for all. Actually, im so confused about other certs. In spite of having CCNA, still i can't get a job. This makes me upset and depressed. As a man graduated from university in 2006, then got the master's degree in 2008. With it, my profession is called Master of Science but in academical career. Passed CCNA on the 27th day of 2010, i mean recently. Apart from these
i only just worked 2 months. i consider that now i know a lot about network devices such as routers,modems,switches since i passed CCNA nevertheless i never practised on servers. Could you give me some advice whether i need to learn system side?

earweed

Hi and welcome to TE!
Kind of depends upon what you like doing. Did you catch the Cisco bug while studying for your CCNA? If so then you may want to stay on the network side of things and pursue other Cisco certs and try to work on the network side of things. If not then you may want to pursue the server side.
What is your degree in and what work experience do you have?

veritas_libertas

Greetings

UnixGuy

thedrama wrote: »

Thank you for all. Actually, im so confused about other certs. In spite of having CCNA, still i can't get a job. This makes me upset and depressed. As a man graduated from university in 2006, then got the master's degree in 2008. With it, my profession is called Master of Science but in academical career. Passed CCNA on the 27th day of 2010, i mean recently. Apart from these
i only just worked 2 months. i consider that now i know a lot about network devices such as routers,modems,switches since i passed CCNA nevertheless i never practised on servers. Could you give me some advice whether i need to learn system side?

I think what you really need is to find a job, any job in IT, until you find the right job you want. You need experience more than anything, try volunteering or internship - anything, to get that experience under your belt. You worked hard on your degrees, you just need a job now then you will be moving up soon . Hang in there!

thedrama

earweed wrote: »

Hi and welcome to TE!
Kind of depends upon what you like doing. Did you catch the Cisco bug while studying for your CCNA? If so then you may want to stay on the network side of things and pursue other Cisco certs and try to work on the network side of things. If not then you may want to pursue the server side.
What is your degree in and what work experience do you have?

My degree at what? As work experience , i dealt with Wireless Internet
troubleshooting served to locations by ISP, with my squad. What was included? Cisco 877 DSL modems, WAPs attached to it, rarely some switches. WAPs were controlled by devices called WLAN Controllers and on top a system named WCS. I mean those WAPs were managed, instead of working on their own. Furthermore, we could set up hotspots via these modems and WAPs. In our side, we were trying to get rid of issues by sending pings and telnetting to modems installed at locations such as coffee shops, airfields. During this, we were using terminal emulation programs such as secureCRT and troubleshooting from OSI layer1 to layer 3 at least. Checking whether modem interfaces are up, controlling neighbor devices attached to modem(WAPs),
then trying to send ping packets to WAPs. If everything became OK, in order WAPs to radio broadcasting, we were enabling them over WCS. When we fail on our side, escalation of the call was performed. Our guys got ready to help who went to troubleshoot at the location.

ibcritn

thedrama wrote: »

Could you give me some advice whether i need to learn system side?

Build a home lab using VMware ESXi or at the very least...VMware player both of which are free. Then install various operating systems you wish to learn more about. Setup DNS, Active Directory, Exchange, VMware, Group Policy, to name a few things....can be very beneficial to increasing your skills.

earweed

thedrama wrote: »

My degree at what? .

Sorry I didn't specify. What is your Bachelors and Masters degree in?
As to the rest of my post: did the work you did with networks and your Cisco studies spark a real interest with you? If it did then you should probably pursue mainly networking jobs and pursue more networking certs. You should also, though pursue some system/ server knowledge through self study.