What does a network administrator need besides kknowing router application?

Well I will need to know this from all the network administrators. I'm a fresh graduant and all I know is network administration.I haven't began to work as yet,neither do I know anything much about network security or administration. How best ca I become a network administrator besides having my degree in network administration, network design and infrasructure? Help please.....Tnx!!What does a network administrator need besides kknowing router application?
You'll need to know TCP/IP back to front. You'll need to know how to install setup and administer OSes and software for those OSes like Sendmail, Apache, POP3/IMAP, NFS, SAMBA, DNS and learn all about how DNS works. You'll need to know how to setup logs, log rotation, encryption (of logs, filesystems etc), know how to read the logs and what it means. You'll need to learn about IDS, how to scan networks, how to write code in perl, C/C++, java. How to compress and send data. Learn Berkeley sockets








and that's just for starters.





Basically, you need to become a super hero and be everyone's savior when things go wrong. Your their Mr. fixit and they all rely on you to fix it. You won't get much more than a thank you when things get fixed, you'll get nothing if you keep them running smoothly but they'll want to hang you if you loose their email or the Net goes down.





All part of the job. That's why there's a Sysadmins Day. We deserve it!!!