What is networking?

[jahed]

i am going to start college from september and have chosen to study a networking course. the reason why i chose this course was the fact that my teachers from secondary school and some of my relatives have told me that there is a huge amount of money in that sector if i get a job @ networking!


is that true?

btw, i have no idea what networking is? could someone give me a brief explanation of what it involves doing and what qualifications would i require to work for a company such as cisco?

thanks!!!

[beamup]

Hello

Well, I am not pro in networking, but you can make a very good career in such fields. For cisco.. there is one course called Cisco Certified Network Administrator.. take that course too and you will be perfect..


Steve

[Richard]

A network is when you connect 2 or more computers together. So take your best bet as to what networking is :P

Of which I can remember: Bus network, Star network, Ring network and Token Ring network

[Host Factory]

thats good isnt doing a course and you dont even no wat is

[jahed]

frdbed could you please make some sense in what your trying to say! thanks

[jahed]

btw guys thanks for explaining what networking is! i would of loved to know a bit more than the basic meaning of it and want to know what i have to do if i have a career in that field! thanks

[Richard]

Before you do anything that gets you a lot of money in network, be prepared for around 4-6 years of wiring networks into office buildings and setting up wireless networks, etc.

You can get good money with networking, but not without a lot of good experience and a high up job. It's one of those professions that you do one of two things: get paid pennys, or get paid pounds ;)

[Decker]

Before you do anything that gets you a lot of money in network, be prepared for around 4-6 years of wiring networks into office buildings and setting up wireless networks, etc.

You can get good money with networking, but not without a lot of good experience and a high up job. It's one of those professions that you do one of two things: get paid pennys, or get paid pounds ;)

Richard said it quite right, you started off saying you didn't know what it was so your well down the ladder.

Companies will take you on and train you - to a very low degree, then use you to do menial tasks.

The job you have had described to you and you seek is a (sorry I cough and spit at this) network designer, like your relatives saying be a doctor.

It's a case of those who can do and those who can't fluff it!

You have a good few years to go before you could say you would like to be a network engineer, and 20 more before Cisco would look at you.


btw, i have no idea what networking is?

Pick something else that 'you' want to do.

[jahed]

ok forget cisco, isnt networking a good career to do without working for cisco? i will obviously be taught what networking is and other stuff in college, wont i? by that time, i should be well prepared and will have good knowledge. thats why i am trying to get some basic knowledge of you guys to start me off, not put me off!!!

[Host Factory]

there one of the main company that deal with networking with these major companys. If you want to make the money cisco is the way to go

[Snat]

i will obviously be taught what networking is and other stuff in college, wont i?

Learn networking .. at college :S

We was told what it was and had to look the rest up at the college I went too.

[Host Factory]

but the difference is matt, i think this course is nothing but networking, not just one subject like us

[Snat]

I know ;)

My advice is too see if you can go to a college that is ran by cisco (I believe there are) if you want to go into networking.

[Host Factory]

id back that as well