[ale] [Semi-OT] Networking Equipment

[leamhall at gmail.com (Leam Hall)]

It really depends on what you want to do. If you're a programmer then 
knowing the RFCs is useful. If you're adding to your sysadmin knowledge 
then they don't matter nearly as much, if at all. The TCP/IP stack has 
minimal relevance in practical use; you need to know physical, 
switching, and routing layers.

Similar to the Red Hat/Ubuntu answer I provided earlier. If you want to 
work with networking, use Cisco and get Todd Lammle's CCNA book. If you 
want to work on networking, then something open like OpenWRT, reading 
the RFCs, and such become key.

Leam
   -- who works with networking