Where is a great place to start learning about networking?

[spiker907]

So I learned all of my knowledge of PC stuff on YouTube but it's very different to learn about networking. If anyone could suggest websites or good sources to get into networking, that would be great.

[techguru]

So I learned all of my knowledge of PC stuff on YouTube but it's very different to learn about networking. If anyone could suggest websites or good sources to get into networking, that would be great.

lynda.com/linus

 

for real...solving networking issues is the best teaching method

[Guest]

School is a really good place, I literally mean it, its something you should be taught in person rather youtube.

[Wander Away]

You have to do lots of hands on to actually learn those kind of things. 

[spiker907]

lynda.com/linus

 

for real...solving networking issues is the best teaching method

Thanks

[spiker907]

School is a really good place, I literally mean it, its something you should be taught in person rather youtube.

I'm only 13

[Guest]

I'm only 13

and I'm 14 and taking advanced engineering courses

your point?

[spiker907]

and I'm 14 and taking advanced engineering courses

your point?

Yeah but the most related thing to tech that people in my grade are learning in school is how to do stuff on chromebooks.

[cakez]

and I'm 14 and taking advanced engineering courses

your point?

where do you take these courses.PROVE IT

[Denned]

A Cisco ICND1/ICND2/CCNA certification covers pretty much everything in basic networking. All the way from cable types to routing protocols. You might not want the certification, but the reading / learning material is still a good way to learn about it.

I can recommend CBT Nuggets:

https://www.cbtnuggets.com/it-training/cisco-ccna-icnd1-100-101

https://www.cbtnuggets.com/it-training/cisco-ccna-icnd2-200-101

[techguru]

http://www.pdf-archive.com/2011/02/23/networking-for-dummies/networking-for-dummies.pdf

downlload/read this 3-4 times and you will have a decent understanding

[lopj245]

A Cisco ICND1/ICND2/CCNA certification covers pretty much everything in basic networking. All the way from cable types to routing protocols. You might not want the certification, but the reading / learning material is still a good way to learn about it.

I can recommend CBT Nuggets:

https://www.cbtnuggets.com/it-training/cisco-ccna-icnd1-100-101

https://www.cbtnuggets.com/it-training/cisco-ccna-icnd2-200-101

100% Agree with this guy~

[lopj245]

and I'm 14 and taking advanced engineering courses

your point?

You don't have to be rude about it, we don't care if you're 13 or 30. Just taking the initiative to learn is enough, I guess maturity comes with age though huh. 

[Guest]

where do you take these courses.PROVE IT

in school...

[LAwLz]

lynda.com/linus

 

for real...solving networking issues is the best teaching method

Depends on what level of networking. You can't just open up the console for a Cisco router and expect to learn anything without knowing the basics.

 

 

I would recommend reading CCNA material. It will cover everything from what a cable is to the basics of implementing routing protocols. That will give you a very good basic understanding of how networks work. The official study material is not free, but with some Googling you will be able to find lots of free courses designed to make you pass CCNA. Try and look up some of those. Here is a video series from INE on YouTube. I haven't used it, but INE makes some really good videos so they will probably be good.

 

 

Edit: I wrote the thing above assuming you want a deeper understanding of how networks work. If all you want is to know what some option in a router you picked up from BestBuy is then go ahead and just Google different terms you find in the control panel.

If you want an analogy then my advice will make you a programmer, while messing around in a webGUI on an Asus router will be like messing around with settings in PowerPoint. You will learn what the buttons do but not how and why the buttons work.

[cakez]

in school...

You don't learn advanced engineering in the first year of high school