What will you enjoy about this course?
1. Toys - Over 300 routers, switches, access points, all dedicated to your use. Cisco Academy operates in more than 165 countries. I know of no other Academy in the world that dedicates as much equipment to exclusive student use. Our alumni support makes this possible.


2. Virtual Toys - Packet Tracer 5.3.3 represents state of the art network simulation with over a million lines of code:

3. Complex Challenges - Every lab period you get to configure a network of 7 routers and 4 layer 3 switches.

4. Cool TAs
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5. Chris Price - Chris is sharing in class not just from textbooks... but experiences from the production network that he is manager of!

6. Jobs - Cisco hired 48 students from RPI last calender year. Despite lay-offs at Cisco this summer, they expect to hire the same number of students this year. In February Cisco will conduct a practice interview workshop right here in class. Prepare now: email me if you are interested in applying to Cisco - david.kotfila@gmail.com I strongly recommend you setup a one-on-one meeting time with me to prepare.
This past year Cisco hired 48 RPI students

