Paul and I went to Lake Oswego two weeks ago for a training class: Cisco’s ICND1.
For Paul and I this was really kind of a “networking fundamentals” class. We assumed that we knew about 80% of it, but were really going to make sure. We learned quite a bit. Members of OHSU were also in our class, as the current trend of telcom & networking merges continue.
We also got a ton of practice at subnetting (Class A, Class B, networks, ip addresses, broadcast, …). AND I actually USED that training today to build some firewall rules. Amazing…
Additionally we covered VLANs and brushed over routing. All-in-all, it was very educational.
Unfortunately the venue was changed at the last minute to a windowless, highly AC’ed room with 20-minute chairs. Bleah.
We survived, and went back for another round…