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Courses / Certifications On Networking?

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Ken Volk
•Jul 19, 2015
IPVMU Certified

Is IPVM going to have any courses on switches? If not, can a good souce be recommended?

JH
John Honovich
•Jul 19, 2015
IPVM

Ken,

What do you want to learn specifically?

If you are looking for switch recommendations for surveillance applications, see our Favorite Network Switches for Surveillance 2015.

For training and videos on setting up a managed switch, see: IP Network Setup Guide for Surveillance.

KV
Ken Volk
•Jul 19, 2015
IPVMU Certified

I would like to get Certified on Cisco switches. This would open the door even further for various career opportunities. I thought I would toss the idea out to you guys and get your feed back. I would like to remain in the Security industy but IT is another option.

Thanks

Any direction would be helpfull.

JH
John Honovich
•Jul 19, 2015
IPVM
In reply to Ken Volk

Which Cisco certification? They pretty quickly get very niche / specialized so you might be learning things you never use unless you know you are going to a Cisco shop.

For a broader, less vendor locked-in cert, consider Network+. It does not have the same 'brand' as Cisco, but it does cover a lot of material a good networking tech / engineer should know.

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Jeffrey Hinckley
•Jul 21, 2015

testout.com

I bought a complete set a few years ago (on dvd) for about 1500, which included all of the microsoft, cisco, and comp tia courses. Instruction was much better than the microsoft courses I took at a local college (1500 per class).

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Jeffrey Hinckley
•Jul 21, 2015
In reply to Jeffrey Hinckley

You purchase this through Edulearn. Whole kit 1300 for two years.

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