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I studied and passed the CCNA exam some years ago (about 14 or 15 years ago IIRC) and have since forgotten most of what I learned - happens when you don't apply your learning which I didn't for many years thereafter..... longish story.

Anyway, I have a hankering to revisit the qualification(s) and was wondering if anyone (BG ) could advise which 'study and exam guides' - the ones with silly numbering schemes like 100-101, 200-201 etc - were the most appropriate?

There's loads of stuff out there on t'internet but I would prefer to follow a recognised pathway and the CCNA/Microsoft one seems the best.

Sorry I'm no help here at all. People live by the assumption that I've got a fair few certs under my belt with where I go and what I do, but I literally have none.

All of the jobs that I've done in the past are technical ones, but often cross over into other areas (like retail, etc), so it's not a massive thing for me to not have them. It's very easy for them to weed out those that are book ready just by asking a few real life questions.

My current job was SIX interviews by phone - only 5 of them were none technical! The 4th was the technical one and the guy launched into all sorts of stuff with no links between any of it. That was enough for them. It ranged from basic computer knowledge to managed switches, VLANS, then onto server management, deployment of Windows, then to the internet and technologies - it was surreal.

BG

Thanks for your input anyway BG - like yourself much of my skills have been obtained through practical experience but when I was in industry there was a move to various 'standards' (like ISO9001/2 in particular) where the paper-trail was paramount therefore working on systems that I knew 'inside out' had to be via a properly certifiable qualification.

I'd already designed and installed a data acquisition system for a marine research vessel that also incorporated a ship-wide M$ network/server but, whilst I did it sans-qualifications, the vessel owners were antsy enough that I had to put myself through the CCNA cert just to keep them happy!

I've not used those skills for many years now and have itchy fingers to renew them - dunno why, it's not like I have plans or a use for them , probably coz I've got too much time on my hands

That's why I'm known as being a geek!

The MCSE has now been replaced with something else...I studied it, didn;t complete it though (marriage issues.....)
MCITP - Enterprise Admin

Though I still see MCSE on the msoft site...so whats going on