fast question

[Ymets2k]

Hey i'm doing networking coarse and ran into a bump in the road and i aint the only person to have this problem. Its the math parts. Didnt know i would run into it , tcp/ip has enough math to make my brain go round and round.... Do you think since i have problems in that , that it will lead to bad results for the employer?

[Mr N8]

No, I wouldn't worry about it. The parts you need to know, you will figure out. I don't use advanced math in networking. The stuff that you do use becomes second nature in a very short time.

[Ymets2k]

Ok thanks because dont know what to expect and at the very beginning i wanted to fix computers and learn on that so i do have or will have A+
ceritifcation by august. Heard doesnt pay as much though so dont know which direction to go now

[cameroth]

i'd say that the math that you really need to know for networking, you'll go over durring that course.

[Ymets2k]

i'm drowning in it

[ktkendall]

Originally posted by Ymets2k Ok thanks because dont know what to expect and at the very beginning i wanted to fix computers and learn on that so i do have or will have A+ ceritifcation by august. Heard doesnt pay as much though so dont know which direction to go now

Right A+ alone will not get U high paying salary but it is a start and basically A+ is the palce to start on your Cert path. Sounds like you are studying for net+ too though. There isn't really that much about TCP/IP on A+, but the net+ cert is where U get a bit into the IP addressing scheme and the classes of IP addresses and default subnets. Even A+ alone will at least get U to the interview though over someone without it for an entry level position, and at this point U take what U can to get the experience for which there is no cert test or anything as valuable as realworld experience, and U have to start somewhere...

[padawan]

I assume you are doing subnets? Or is it hex? Just remember, in the real world, you will use a subnet calculator on the job.

[Ymets2k]

Subnets well just found out right now that what i need to do is subnetting ya i have the calculator all i need to do is now how many bits submask is and stuff like that and i dont know anything been getting help more then once and i'm blank as a book

[ktkendall]

An IP address or a subnet mask are both 32 bits, and just FYI cause I do remember this from NET+ test.. Mac address is 48 bits...