On Friday 24 June 2005 20:48, Nadeem M. Khan wrote:

But joining a course which requires extensive hardware (routers, switches) like CCNA is probably justified.

IMO no. All they teach you is syntax for their bash shell. You will learn far more about networking by using a linux box as a router. Look at the qos and queing facilities in linux. Ask any CCNA to setup two queues with specialised qos parameters on a cisco router and see.

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