NOC job questions

So I might have a shot to move into the NOC at my job. Today one of the guys in there asked a few questions about VLAN's and routers, pretty much Network+ type stuff.

I'm going to start studying for the CCENT tonight. I think this is a huge opportunity for me, any pointers?

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NOC-Ninja

Mike-Mike wrote: »

So I might have a shot to move into the NOC at my job. Today one of the guys in there asked a few questions about VLAN's and routers, pretty much Network+ type stuff.

I'm going to start studying for the CCENT tonight. I think this is a huge opportunity for me, any pointers?

go for CCNA

ehnde

Being willing to work any hours and expressing enthusiasm for networking are things you can emphasize right now. Good luck with the CCNA studies!

drew726

It's 3:20AM, I'm at my NOC studying for my CCENT. I haven't done a single thing besides that.

Turgon

Mike-Mike wrote: »

So I might have a shot to move into the NOC at my job. Today one of the guys in there asked a few questions about VLAN's and routers, pretty much Network+ type stuff.

I'm going to start studying for the CCENT tonight. I think this is a huge opportunity for me, any pointers?

Time for ebay. Buy 2 x routers and 2 x switches. You want to be learning the basics of how to drive the IOS. You also want to learning the physical layer and aspects of WAN technology. On a router learn ways to connect to it. Understand how to do the following:

backup the running configuration
configure a vlan
add a vlan to an interface
configure a trunk
configure an interface
troubleshoot an interface - show commands
ping
traceroute
understand routing tables
basics routing configurations
tftp a new IOS image
SFP adapters and modules
media types
.
.
.

Stick to the basics

Turgon

drew726 wrote: »

It's 3:20AM, I'm at my NOC studying for my CCENT. I haven't done a single thing besides that.

That's one of the plus points of jobs like that, plenty of downtime to study. Use it well though because when you are not doing anything demanding you are missing out on valuable experience opportunities you could be doing employed somewhere else.

Increasingly people perceive the NOC to be less of a hot house of technical wizardry these days, and more like a place where books are read to pass the time between change windows. Look for opportunities to find challenging work.