Cwts?

whatthehell

What is everyone's take on the CWTS?

Worth obtaining?

Any good resources that someone can recommend?

The only resource that seems pretty good is:

Amazon.com: CWTS: Certified Wireless Technology Specialist Official Study Guide: Exam PW0-070 (CWNP Official Study Guides) (9780470438893): Robert J. Bartz: Books

Thanks for any info in advance!

gosh1976

I'm taking a wireless course at the university and we are using that book. It's should be delivered today so I can't comment on the quality. I'll probably take the cert as that will give me an automatic A in the course. I could opt to take the CCNA wireless but it's more expensive and covers stuff we won't cover in the course.

hiddenknight821

IF I have the time to go through the wireless stuff, then I will get the certs in it. It's a good knowledge for someone who's looking for network engineering/administration position. If you are trying to be jack-of-all-trade, then you should do the basic which is the CWTS. This should be far more than enough.

I purchased two official CWNP study guide books (CWNA & CWSP) in the early last spring for my wireless class I was taking, but the book was an overkill, and I never gotten a chance to finish the class since I left school and transferred to WGU. I may plan to tackle this stuff once I figure out what I want to do after I finish my bachelor. I can't let my books become outdated.

phonetic.man

whatthehell wrote: »

What is everyone's take on the CWTS?

Worth obtaining?

Any good resources that someone can recommend?

The only resource that seems pretty good is:

Amazon.com: CWTS: Certified Wireless Technology Specialist Official Study Guide: Exam PW0-070 (CWNP Official Study Guides) (9780470438893): Robert J. Bartz: Books

Thanks for any info in advance!

Here is my opinion. I think that if you don't have much exposure with wireless than it is worth getting. If you are like me and work with enterprise grade wireless on a fairly regular basis, you might want to read the book but only test on CWNA and higher.

If it means anything to you, CWTS is a lifetime cert the last time I checked while CWNA, CWSP, CWDP, CWAP, CWNE are valid for 3yrs and must be renewed (the renewal is handled like Cisco's tests where higher level tests renew lower level certs). If I study for something I usually want to take the test to verify my knowledge and have a little something to show for it. This is why I took the test.

The linked book is a good resource. Most of its contents were a review for me but there were a few areas that covered things that I had little knowledge of or didn't know. Even if you don't end up going for this cert, the book is small and would provide a nice entry to the CWNA material.

I saw that there is a kindle version of this book avaliable if you wanted to save a few bucks. I tend to prefer something a little more tangible but to each their own. Amazon.com: CWTS: Kindle Store

phonetic.man

hiddenknight821 wrote: »

I purchased two official CWNP study guide books (CWNA & CWSP) in the early last spring for my wireless class I was taking, but the book was an overkill, and I never gotten a chance to finish the class since I left school and transferred to WGU. I may plan to tackle this stuff once I figure out what I want to do after I finish my bachelor.

I'm in a similar position. I got the $100 three pack from CWNP when it was available. After I finish at WGU I have CWNA, CWSP, MCITP:SA and WCNA on deck. Then depending on how employment changes possibly CCNA:W and CCNA:V.

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whatthehell

Thanks for all the feedback! Definitely going to do the CWTS!

Any thoughts on CWSP? Good to hear CWTS is lifetime cert though

Wireless seems like a pretty promising field.
At this point, working in a NOC, with unconventional hours, does not appeal to me. It makes me wonder if working as a Wireless network admin would be more conventional hours?

Bl8ckr0uter

If it were me, I would read the CWTS material and skip to the CWNA. With N+ you probably have almost enough networking background to skip cwts and go to the CWNA.

CWSP looks awesome. It is on my todo list.

mamono

Most network admins that I've spoken to lately are generally a jack of all trades. Of the people that I've worked with that deal with networking specifically, there are two groups networking and voice.

In a very general breakdown:

Networking : Routing, switching, and wireless for data networks.
Voice: Switching, VOIP, and virtualization.