Juniper certifications are FREE?? (CCNA alternative)

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[michaelmyers]

You can still fail the exam, so there is no devaluation of the certs because they are free, you still have to have the knowledge to pass.

[wirelessengineer]

Chuck, great video as is usual from you, totally agree about failing Cisco exams rips your heart out at the money wasted. Juniper is a great network vendor and the fact they are offering free training is amazing, keep up the good work.

[pataleno]

This is a great move by Juniper. It will get people interested in their technology and move over.

[ktay]

We have tons of juniper devices all throughout our network. I believe we are 50/50 with Cisco and juniper.

[KelvinTran]

Donald and I did that JNCIA challenge in three days-ish.

I wanted to make some comments to expand on what was said in this video. Firstly, the JNCIA isn't necessarily comparable to anything in the old or new Cisco certification stack. The JNCIA is less focused in testing you on network fundamentals and more focused to see whether you can implement various technologies on their specific platform. The CCENT/new CCNA were focused on making sure that you understood your network fundamentals and the theory behind what you're doing. For example, with the JNCIA, it jumps straight into configuring export policies in BGP, IS-IS, OSPF, etc., how Juniper handles their device architecture (control/data plane), their specific CLI nuances, etc. That requires that prior to going into it, you have some basic understanding of how to differentiate the control plane, how exporting routes is handled in OSPF, etc.

From my perspective with taking the exam, they're expecting you to jump in already knowing what is, in my opinion, a CCNP level of theory. The other tracks besides JUNOS get harder. JNCIA-Cloud, for example, is one of the harder JNCIAs (I actually daresay the hardest), since it expects you to already have some MPLS knowledge (PCEP, RSVP-TE, etc.), some SDN/NFVI knowledge (e.g. OpenStack, Contrail, VMware NSX integration, etc.), which is fairly advanced knowledge in the grand scheme of networking.

Also, not *all* Juniper certs are free - it's only the 5 associate certs that are free on Junos Genius. Though Junos Genius has free course materials/practice exams for most of their specialist/professional tracks (none for expert, though that's to be expected), the only JOL courses that have the voucher assessment exam associated with them are the courses.

[opoolaakintomiwa]

Thanks man. I stumbled on this some weeks ago, so I tried it out and got 75% off the fee. 2 nights ago, I passed the JNCIA, only after paying 50 euros. Thanks for all you do.

[charlesbryson]

CHUCK!!!! YOUR ANGEL IF NO ONE HASNT TOLD YOU.
YOU GIVE GREAT PROVEN THROUGH INFORMATION. AND YOU CHANGE LIVES. YOU A REAL ONE.

[somenathsinha]

"Free certifications make them lose value" -- not really. You know what you know. What you're defining Chuck, is a financial boundary -- which means those who have the money can just throw money to get the certs. P.S. Lookup how easy it is to get certified without knowing your stuff (braindumps, having someone else take your exam) etc are in countries like India!

Meanwhile, people like me who can't afford the certs due to financial barriers, who know their shit -- who have put in the time and the effort to learn get screwed by the 'great HR firewall' since on paper, those morons who paid their way look like better investments. Certs are nothing but good gate-passes for hiring managers of good companies, and that's all they should be. Showing that you're aware and know how to deal with networks. Real exp will always come from pain -- from tshooting complex problems with a team of more experienced engineers. I don't believe in artificial boundaries for people trying to get there.

P.S. What Cisco does is abhorrent -- not only do you need to pay for their exams, you also have to pay to get the gear to learn their stuff. End of the day all you get is a piece of paper that tells the world you know how to work on their gear. Nothing more. I love free learning opportunities that people like you provide -- helps balance the game for everyone!

[adminrpb]

I did try to get into on 13 August and what I found in the agreement (there is a FAQ on three last pages):

> You can get 75% off.
> 100% off is available only if you have enrolled in the course prior to 5 Aug and claimed for 100% off in the period from 5 Aug to 12 Sep only.

HTH

P.S. Anyways, it is a good idea to get all these official courses and trial exams for free, and eventually get an opportunity to pass an official exam for a quarter of its regular price.

[djones]

I previously worked in an ISP in the US, and they are using Juniper switches for their gateway and Cisco routers as PE routers. We are accessing both of these networking devices and I find Juniper very efficient in remote access.

[clintonspringer]

Thank you so much, I'm a single Dad and disabled veteran. An Alumni student of Covered Six Security Academy. Yourself and Mr. Bombal have helped me so much.

[neutraleyesyoutube]

Thanks again NetworkChuck, your channel is pure gold right now!

[sihlemakhanya]

Yes, I'll be looking this certification.

[keithcuster]

I plan to do this certification as a starting point to get back into the IT world. I am glad I came across your channel as someone wanting to get back to doing IT work again.

[markrounds]

I work at a large ISP, and we use Juniper and Nokia for a Majority of or PE and P routers. Juniper alone counts for 150 to 200 routers(maybe more), and they are mostly MX960 or higher. We do heavily rely on Cisco for CPE and some Metro Switches. I have a JNCIS-SP at this point. The only Cisco certification I have is the Meraki CMNA(Which is really a sales engineer certification).

One thing I did find that was funny is that many questions on the JNCIA, one of the wrong answers on the multiple choice is the correct answer for Cisco.(Because the syntax is slightly different).

Also, my company would jump on a Juniper certification where if you came in with a CCNA, the first question we ask is if you are willing to learn another vendor.

[mick]

I have done this and it's pretty great. In the past when I looked in to juniper certification, the training looked pretty crappy and there wasn't a lot of info (that I could find at that time) out there. Junos Genius is pretty rad.

Coming from a Cisco background (CCNA + 6years in a NOC), I just wanted to do some training for the SRXs we use at work. So I completed the JNCIA-SEC doing the course work on Junos Genius and then I sat the exam. It helps being well across the fundamentals of networking, that way you can just focus on the vendor specific stuff. I feel like the course work and labs cover everything pretty well.

Juniper is pretty popular in my region, so I am getting a lot more interest on linkedin since putting it up. I'm going to buckle down and do a couple more.. totally worth it.

Oh and another thing... I always thought the CLI for junos was dumb because I didn't understand it. I was able to fumble my way through junos using a bastardization of their syntax, mixed with some of my linux knowledge. The training alone is worth doing just to understand how the CLI works (even though I still grep everything). Plus there are a lot of traps for new players if you don't understand how the architecture works.. so if you use juniper sometimes, for the love of god, do the training.

[CYBERINSIGHT]

I've been making videos on this, breaking down the program(training resources/virtual labs), and even created a challenge where other folks are doing all five associate level certs with me! So far I’ve done the JNCIA-JUNOS(routing/switching), JNCIA-SEC, and JNCDA (architecture/design). Also done video walkthroughs of all the practice tests and exam study tips. I've used Junipers for years at an ISP and love them! Their firewalls are much better than Cisco, and many large organizations use them on their WAN/backbones. Glad to see you discuss this, it's a great resource. I'd also be interested in talking talking with you about creating content, as I make video/blog content and have co-authored a book!

[heatherryan]

It was nice to hear that even you got overwhelmed at times. It's nice to see because I watch you a lot on here, and I see you go go go, which is awesome because it's a great motivation for me. But it's nice to hear that it happens to all of us.

Also thank you, and David Bombal, for all of your content, you really are amazing print all this together for free.

[lastsilverking]

The local ISP I work for only uses Juniper and Calix equipment. I am definitely going to go for it! Currently working as a customer support tech at the job and want to move up to Network Technician. Although my boss let me take home a Juniper EX2200-C switch to learn on, awesome right!

[der_noobz]

Thanks for this video and the info!


Getting the free cert means being comfortable enough to pay for the CCNA cert. Sometimes the barrier to success is not grit so much as confidence.

The company I work for uses Cisco, Juniper, Mikrotik, and ADVA equipment.