[nflug] network admin/ engineer advise

[Ryan Slomiany]

and the subject's suppose to be advice not advise lol

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--- Ryan Slomiany <ryamigo at yahoo.com> wrote:

> hi
> 
> I'm still in school but i feel the need to start
> side
> projects to further my knowledge in the networking/
> IT
> fields.
> 
> just a few questions:
> 
> i have a book for the CCNA cert, and am currently
> reading this. what else could I do to broaden my
> cisco
> knowledge?   which router series is most common? And
> are there cheap routers/switches and whatnot out
> there
> for me to buy and play around with?
> 
> what would be a better OS to get acquainted with?
> FreeBSD or my current installation of Ubuntu Server?
> 
> what other steps would be beneficial? installing an
> SMTP server? playing with sercurity and firewalls? 
> 
> what would be the best way to go about this?
> 
> i appreciate any help and i'll be attending
> september's meeting as well :)
> 
> -ryan
> 
> 
> 
>        
>
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