CCNA

aleX · 2005-08-16T02:20:22+00:00

What's the general concensus for the best way to tackle a CCNA?I intend taking classes, they have all the lab facilities and I'll get several evenings tuition a week for about 9 months, but it'll cost nearly £1500 ($2500?)Is this sensible? Am I better just buying the books and spending the money on a second-hand lab setup?Classes sound good as far as keeping me disciplined right through to the exams, but if 95% of people just buy books, and tend to pass, then I'm a bit unsure about laying down all this money.As a relative newbie to networking the classes may well be a good grounding for me, but would I be able to progress to further qualifications using books/boot camps? The costs for further classes after CCNA frighten me.Any views gratefully received, especially from anyone who considered a long period of classes a good idea.

CCNA - Books or Classes, what's best?

Aug 16, 2005 21 Replies

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It turns out the college course is 2 nights a week, not 4, and runs over

2 years, not 1. This means I'll be able to meet the fees a lot more comfortably, and have more free nights to absorb the information.

Hopefully will sign up next week, I did worry initially about it taking

2 years, but I could always do the second year of the course myself whilst I attend the first year - if I feel I can handle the extra work, and really feel I need to get the qualification quickly. As long as I'm still in a job, I'll probably prefer the more sedate option!

Thanks for everyone's input.