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RHCSA is very well regarded. Its also a real lab exam. People fail because they can't fix GRUB and can't finish the rest of the steps.
I did the linux academy course but because I'm not a sysadmin I don't need to memorise that much linux so I'd never pass without some hardcore CLI hours and memorisation that I don't think I'll get much value of. If the exam was twice as long and you could google I reckon I could pass it. I know enough to keep my homegrown ZFS/docker/KVM server running (that also serves as a multilayer router, yes NAT via iptables ugh) for example.

I hate troubleshooting iptables. Thank god the config on the stuff at work is only 50 lines long.

Thanks Merxvell

Wintermute that's my problem... If I have any problem with linux I start digging and looking for answers or pointers. Cant do that in exam, so tbh it's an unrealistic approach to testing ones skills.

Just wget a pdf from a self hosted server outside of the network with the answers.

In all seriousness are man pages allowed on the exam?

We're a Red Hat partner - whats the RHCSA exam like? Good luck with it also.

From what I understand you get a busted up VM and you have to fix it and answer questions. I've seen stuff like this but I've never taken it but plan to either by 4/11/2020 or the end of april...

https://www.unixmen.com/everything-know-rhcsa-certification/
https://blog.fpmurphy.com/2016/09/so-you-think-you-are-ready-for-the-rhcsa-exam.html

Goals for this year

• Top priority is RHCSA as I use linux every day and want to continue
• Get Cisco devnet as having a good mix of programing and networking sound like a good combo
• Learn more about CISSP and see If i want to grab that cert
• Learn more and decide between palo alto, juniper or extreme networking cert for the rest of the year
• Buy a house
• Switch jobs after wedding

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Finish setting up the landing page for personal site.

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I prefer powerline over wifi! I use powerline adapters to get the 50MB Ethernet WAN connection from the wall box fibre to copper hand-off point in my apartment to the openwrt router elsewhere in the house. I could not (easily) use wifi for that, and this means I can have the router in a better place in the house instead of by the wall box where the fibre comes in to the building. Good choice. The only downsides to this is that they are not `supposed`to work across ring-main. So from what I understand about this (I'm no electrician) is that for example, the upstairs plug points are on a different ring to the downstairs plugpoints. But in my mums place back in UK I had no trouble linking the modem which was downstairs to my PC in the bedroom upstairs through the RCD box.

I would prefer powerline the main issue is that most of, if not all of the outlets are on different rings for each other from where the router is ideally connected. It works but last I checked I got around 2mb down but then again i was using a pretty crappy EOP device. I'll check up on that but even then I'm having an electrician come by Monday, landlord said they probably should upgrade the electric in the house anyway.

sorry for the lack of replying. Found some EOP for dual prong so I'll look into them. Also asked an electrician friend of ours to come over since my mom said she would cover the expenses or my sister would cover the expenses as it's her house (with her permission of course). Anyone have any experience with this one in particular (if links aren't allowed sorry it's just a product)

https://www.tp-link.com/us/home-networking/powerline/tl-pa7010-kit/

Anyone have any experience running ethernet cable through a 1920 lathe and plaster wall house? Looked at the vents and they're sealed tight, crawl spaces are... small but there to say the least. Not exactly human compatible. No attic with a mass amount of crawl space access either, only basement. I also asked a friend of mine to help me try to map out wire paths on Saturday but I have no idea how well that will go. Landlord doesn't give a hoot since I'm her brother too so no worry about that. Demarcation is outside with a cable that then runs to a coax splitter in the basement. 90% of outlets are dual prong too so EOP isn't ideal.

Literally any guides help or anything would be useful. Thanks.

Not True, there are US government contracts require comptia before even getting your foot in the door for an interview.
What that tells about, the quality of candidates remains to be seen.   

That happened to me,  I told them I have CCNP, way above comptia, but they were insistent.  so no interview, no job for me.

great, that's what I thought so might be useful to lab for a week or 2 and just take it since I got the NA recently. Can't be that much different right?

So I actually asked my boss about security stuff he said it would be good to get into but since we don't deal with that there isn't much where I currently work. Any potential online labs or anything like that to get my feet wet?

Juniper certs definitely have a good value.

Are you looking at strict networking, or are you also considering security? Because in security, just about every vendor cert is worth having.

I'd say that I'm also considering security. It interests me but I'm unsure what an average day or workflow for security would be, what's required, and best lab practices.

for me, firewalls, firewalls,  access requests, pretty much all day long, as we support over 200.  then troubleshooting
when the customer doesn't know WTF they are asking for when it doesn't work because they requested the wrong thing or didn't know which src/dest/port/protocol. Don't have much time for much else.

Any suggested courses for someone who wants to get into the field?? Right now i have a cisco asa (forget model right now as im not home) but any suggested labs or courses would be a godsend.


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Juniper certs definitely have a good value.

Are you looking at strict networking, or are you also considering security? Because in security, just about every vendor cert is worth having.

I'd say that I'm also considering security. It interests me but I'm unsure what an average day or workflow for security would be, what's required, and best lab practices.

What non-cisco certifications are worth pursuing either in order to stand out or have multi-vendor support? Asking because I went to a CMNA training today and a lot of people there had CCNP, some JNCIA, extreme networking certification, CEH, Microsoft certifications, comptia, and one LFCS cert. So my question is what are some beneficial certifications that may not be Cisco based or even network based that help get a career in the field or make a resume stand out?

So I recently got my CCNA and since the certificates are changing do I just take whatever new CCNP path interests me? I'm interested in learning cyber sec, standard R&S (which is enterprise now right?), and the both the NA and NP level DevNet certifications as I enjoy programming. Still new to mostly all of this as I just passed R&S in December. Any advice at all would be nice in general.