Echoing what others have said.

Depending on the router vendor you work most with - sometimes some of the more advanced platform bits are useful.

Like the Juniper path the Nokia[sic Alacatel-Lucent] SRA - Service router associate path is similarly useful; IF you work with the 7xxx series a�� lot. Also they will give you credit for Juniper/Cisco 100/200 level stuff you might have done previously.

Personally like others I put no stock in Cert's - I've done a chunk of the courseware for said SRA and some other vendors bits, but you wouldn't find me ever sitting an exam or committing to a track.

Also some of the Redhat training is very good as well, if you work with OVS/Linux routing and Virtualisation they have some good content, and their trainers are generally very good in my experience.

Disclaimer I work for Nokia, but my observations are my own.

On 14 December 2016 at 18:03, Nathan Ward <nznog@daork.net> wrote:

On 14/12/2016, at 5:22 PM, Lesley Longhurst <Lesley.Longhurst@opus.co.nz> wrote:

I probably should have provided a bit more context.
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OK..

If you���re looking to learn then probably check out Juniper stuff then, it seems to be a bit more focussed on making sure you can practically do things, or perhaps there���s non-vendor certification training you can do?

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Nathan Ward


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