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I applied for this course when i was 16, 3 years ago (yes its been available at the OU for a while now) and i was rejected purely on my age...which personally, i find discusting. I passed the exam 2 weeks later through self study...
I applied for this course when i was 16, 3 years ago (yes its been available at the OU for a while now) and i was rejected purely on my age...which personally, i find discusting. I passed the exam 2 weeks later through self study...
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But without experience, what does it really mean to hold the certification?
But without experience, what does it really mean to hold the certification?
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Well, CCNA is a very good foundation to work on..it shows potential employers that you understand IP addressing and basic device configuration. More over, you dont need a job in that particular field to gain experience for the CCNA certificatoin, there are online simulations which can be used for this, i.e. dynamips and boson sims.
obviously, CCNP and other exams of that difficultly require alot more hands on..
Well, CCNA is a very good foundation to work on..it shows potential employers that you understand IP addressing and basic device configuration. More over, you dont need a job in that particular field to gain experience for the CCNA certificatoin, there are online simulations which can be used for this, i.e. dynamips and boson sims.
obviously, CCNP and other exams of that difficultly require alot more hands on..
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Without experience, employers won't look at your CCNA as a benefit, because the CCNA has nothing to do with what you'll be doing in an entry-level job. If you don't want to believe me, that's fine... but it might cause you some difficulty in finding an entry-level job. Hey, if you don't have any problems, then great! More power to you.
For the record, it's illegal to use Cisco's IOS on Dynamips. Dynamips itself isn't illegal... but you can't legally use Cisco's IOS on it.
THis OU idea seems a good option, I have studied the CCNA course before but never felt confident enough to sit the exam which I now massively regret and want to do.
I have completed an HNC computing course and it looks as though this would count towards a degree in OU if I went that way. How do you find the course overall? Is there enough practical time during 3&4 as I found the course got harder as it progressed into these semesters.
Personally... having just completed the CCNA course I found that the difficulty between CCNA2 and CCNA4 to be very steep.
This was probably due to other study commitments (they combined a HND in IT with the CCNA course.... I'm sure they did it just for a laugh) but hey.
I don't have much experience with the OU but as I've said in my previous reply to you (see here) you need to take a good look at your current aim and choose specific qualifications accordingly.
25-Oct-2007, 10:35 PM
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