[mdlug] OT: networking class

[Adam Tauno Williams]

On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 10:17 -0500, Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> Dean Durant wrote:
> > Hello, has anyone taken any kind of class, or gotten a certificate,
> or anything, that they would recommend for learning networking more or
> less from scratch? 
> > I know all the local places presumably offer something. Baker,
> Oakland, etc. But I want to know what people have been happy with, or
> if you teach something, that's fine, or if you know someone who
> teaches something. Especially IPv6 
> Certificates are generally issued for what would best be
> described as "commodity" knowledge and skills.

I'm not certain I agree; but certificates primarily *test* some aspect
[maybe ineffectively] of competency on a topic.  They are lousy learning
tools.

> IPv6 is still very much a niche area, so I really doubt
> that anyone is issuing IPv6 papers.

Novell, and every other, networking organization is issuing IPv6 papers.
IPv6 is hardly a niche as it is, at least the internal, backbone
protocol for Comcast and several other large networks.  IPv6 deployment
is growing rapidly, newer Microsoft services such as Direct-Access are
IPv6 only, and mobile device access is increasingly IPv6 as IPv6 has
'native' support for mobile devices.

As a net-admin who has an IPv6 network - Yee Ha!  It is in every way
superior to the now hideously hacked-up IPv4.

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