What is the difference between a Network Administrator and a Network Technician?
Network Administrators/Designers are technologists and not technicians, Technologists learn to understand how to integrate multiple technologies and operating systems on a budget. Depending on the size of the network, they may work in teams to create an integrated and scalable network solution. The Network Administrator/Designer manages higher level functions and supervises the work of the Network Technicians. It is the technicians who do the actual physical labour such as running cable, installing boxes, etc., under the direction of the Technologists. • Network Administrators are technologists who set network policies not only for users, but are responsible for the protection of entire information system; including: the hardware, the software and crucial business or customer data from any loss, compromise or failure. • Network Designers are not technicians, they are technologists who understand how to choose and integrate the right products and technologies for the specific applicatio
