Hey Hey,

Where does your current level of knowledge stand? I'd suggest picking up a programming language and some networking knowledge. Check your local book stores for "MCSE Training Kit - Networking Essentials Third Edition"... The book store at our college just unloaded every copy they have $3 CDN each... What I heard is that its outdated and a newer version is out, but it covers all the basics of networking and some semi-indepth stuff. Also search the net for an older version of the Cisco CCNA or Nortel Netknowledge Curriculumn that's available in PDF format. As far as programming.. I'm biased, but I'd say learn Python... It's almost 100% cross-platform compliant... completely free and easy to find and install on any system. It's an interpreted language, but there is software to generate .exe files out of your .py scripts.

Peace,
HT