Hey everyone,
I searched for the keyword CCNA, but it hasn’t appeared for a while.
I’m actually learning the concepts, I’m on STP.
I’d like to hear about your experiences, how long it took you, which website you’re learning from, etc.
Have a great day!!
Echoing what others have said, the CCNA itself just checks a box, but it does cover the fundamentals well. Networking technology is still using the same protocols, and every vendor is just a reskin of old school Cisco CLI. Especially new Cisco stuff… there really hasn’t been any meaningful protocol level innovation in a while.
The best way to learn it do download packet tracer and GNS3, then just start building stuff. Think about the applications for the real world, right now redundancy is a huge deal because everything is managed remotely, so being able to build a network that can degrade without outright failing is a highly in demand skill set.
I’ve actually been looking more and more into Juniper. They make everything free to download unlike Cisco so it is easier to play around with.