Posts Tagged ‘network engineer’

I’m entering the networking field and its been a while since I’ve worked with any language.

I figured I might as well start from the beginning with a language that fits the field. What programming language is the most useful for a Network Engineer to know?
BTW. I’m studying for an CCNA and hoping to eventually work with Microsoft products after obtaining an MCSE.
James Trent, then what would prove useful to "stomp out your own ICMP traffic"?

First, a bit about my background.. I currently work as a Network Engineer, mainly with Cisco routers/switches and VPN devices. I am throughly familiar with Windows, both as a workstation and server, and have one more test to go to complete my MCSE. However, I have no real experience with Linux, and feel like this is both a hole in my personal knowledge and in my resume. I can do basic user stuff both from a command line and in Xwindows, but have no real command of it.

That said, I intend to rectify this. I want to start using Linux as my primary operating system on my personal PC, as I feel this is a great first step to really force myself to learn it. I need to know what distribution would be best for me to use. My concern is some of them seem to have alot of propriatary tools that are not found in other linux distros, I want to find one to learn on that will best allow me to be comfortable on any linux distro I run into in the future. Thanks much for your advice!