Decided it was time to say say hello

Been reading on here for a while and thought I should try and give something back.

I run a company installing industrial IP networks in industrial sites, farms, grain stores etc, lots of cctv, anpr, wireless bridges, ruggedised touch screen computers, that sort of cool stuff

Confess I know close to bugger all about burgular alarms and analogue cctv (whats coax ) but I know my way around an IP camera and can tell a single mode fibre from a multi mode or the difference between OSPF and RIP

Enough for now,

Jake

Edited March 11, 201214 yr by serverguy

Jake

Hello and welcome

but i have to ask OSPF and RIP

the second i know well but the first?

Open shortest path first:p

admin value of 110

and hi

Edited March 12, 201214 yr by fozzies

Jake

Hello and welcome

but i have to ask OSPF and RIP

the second i know well but the first?

Routing protocols

Basically the logic behind the internet, how a router decides where to send your traffic to get it to it's destination (because there are normally thousands upon thousands of possible routes to go from network A to network B).

Thanks for the welcome

Open shortest path first:p

admin value of 110

and hi

Edited March 12, 201214 yr by serverguy

hi geekboy

Wanted to pm this, but i wasnt allowed, so public it is then.

Question for u. being extremely bored with the security industry, i am retraining. have studied comptia network+ 2009, but without going for the exam. currently im on a ccna course, exam booked and everything. am i on the right trail to become a network engineer, and should i be looking at other courses too, in order to minimise financial impact of changing job? Bearing in mind my only practical experience of switches/routers is via ciscos virtual labs software.

Many thanks

iain

I wouldnt mind getting into the network business at some point either, im always playing around with computers and feel that is a natural progression for me in the fiuture