Overwhelmed with training options

There is enormous amount of information and a free Cisco lab on this site: firewall.cx It has everything on this site, I am sure you will find it very useful. I got the link from my CCNA 1 & 2 classes and refer to it often. Hope this helps! Teecie

If you have an EE, I would recommend not doing any training and just buying the self-study materials available through CiscoPress. I would follow that up with the Boson practice tests and simulator. I think that will cover you through the CCNA.

What if I don't know what a MAC address or a broadcast frame is. Will this take from the ground up?

Yes. Plus there are too many resources on the internet to count that you can rely on. Such as the Networking Forums, this newsgroup, any number of on-line Cisco study forums, etc.

Yes. Plus there are too many resources on the internet to count that you can rely on. Such as the Networking Forums, this newsgroup, any number of on-line Cisco study forums, etc.

So if I self study for CCNA, can I expect to get an entry-level job in IT, even without experience?

We're getting to move closer to the Chicago burbs, and I see there are a ton of jobs posted.

Interested in working in Milwaukee? I could get you an interview there provided you get your CCNA, at a technology company that manages hundreds of networks...

If you get your CCNA and you know how to interview, and you are clear with your prospects that you are working towards your CCNP or VP or IP or SP or something more... then yes... I think you should be able to find work.