Study Nights | Helpdesk to Network Engineer

TIME	ROLE	SALARY
Month 6	Network Technician	$67,000

Sarah told you to sit an exam yesterday, and you still do not know what that exam is.

The Book

Marcus still works at the helpdesk.
He has kept the same book under his monitor stand since your first day. This morning you finally ask what it is.

The Halverton chat where you ask Marcus what the book under his monitor is, and he answers CCNA 200-301, says Sarah has it with the CCNP on top, admits two years and two failed attempts, and sends you a link to pingmynetwork.com

Figure 1 – What Marcus sends you

The CCNA 200-301 is the certification Sarah named yesterday. It covers the fundamentals of networking, and most job postings for enterprise network roles require it.

Answer the question below

Marcus failed the exam twice. What did he do zero of, the first time?

What the Exam Is

The CCNA 200-301 exam blueprint page listing the six domains with their weights, the exam duration and the question formats

Figure 2 – What the exam covers

The exam lasts 120 minutes. It mixes questions and simulation labs.

DOMAIN	WEIGHT	WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY TOUCHED
1.0 Network Fundamentals	20%	Cables, jacks, switches, IP addressing
2.0 Network Access	20%	VLANs, access ports, trunks
3.0 IP Connectivity	25%	Gateways, routing between subnets
4.0 IP Services	10%	DHCP and DNS, on your last two tickets
5.0 Security Fundamentals	15%	Nothing yet
6.0 Automation and Programmability	10%	Nothing yet

Table 1 – The six domains of the CCNA 200-301

Four of the six domains cover things you have already done on the job.

What It Changes

Every network role at Halverton lists a certification line:

ROLE	CERTIFICATION	BAND
Helpdesk Technician	None	$53k to $80k
Network Technician	CCNA preferred	$67k to $105k
Network Admin	CCNA required	$72k to $88k
Network Engineer	CCNA required, CCNP preferred	$98k to $150k
Network Architect	CCNP required	$120k to $190k

Table 2 – Network roles at Halverton and what they ask for

You are a Network Technician.
Every jobs above yours requires the CCNA, and the engineer band starts roughly $30,000 a year above your current salary.

Answer the question below

Which role is the first one that requires the CCNA?

It is 8:40 PM.
Figure 5 – The kitchen table, 8:40 PM
At 8:52 PM, Marcus sends you a message and a lab.
Figure 6 – The lab Marcus sends you
Figure 7 – Two routers, two offices, one link
R1 serves Office A, R2 serves Office B, and one link joins them:
DEVICE
INTERFACE
ADDRESS
R1
G0/1, toward Office A
192.168.1.1/24
R1
G0/2, the link
10.0.0.1/30
R2
G0/2, the link
10.0.0.2/30
R2
G0/1, toward Office B
192.168.2.1/24
Table 3 – The addressing plan
The two routers are new. Nothing is configured on them yet.
Lab Instructions
Address the interfaces of R1 and R2.
Configure static routing.
Ping from a PC in Office A to a PC in Office B
Save both configurations

Finish the lab, then type the flag below.

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