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| Passed Network+ recently and planning to conquer CCNA next. I do want to purchase a router to practice with and also add to my existing LAN. Anyone got any suggestions would be helpful. | |
| asteheske 2003-12-19, 4:56 pm |
| you are heading in the right direction there,having a router to practice with would be very useful(& i should say easy too) for you to better understand the CCNA materials.Just get yourself a good study material(ie books) to compliment with your router and you'll be off on your way.
CCNA Certification Library (CCNA Self-Study, exam #640-801)by Wendell odom is one good study material i would suggest you take a look.
good luck with your CCNA journey & congrats with your N+
Cheers~~~ | |
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| Thanks asteheske, I think Im going to purchase that book, seen it on Amazon. Also can you recommend a model number for a cisco router to practice with. Im hearing the 2500 series are pretty good, seen a few at Ebay and also what should I look for when purchasing a router, does the router require any other peripherals as far as getting it running to an exisiting ethernet LAN connected to a Linksys router with broadband cable connection. | |
| DSComputers 2003-12-20, 9:25 pm |
| http://www.examnotes.net/article1026762.html
http://www.examnotes.net/article1029864.html
http://www.examnotes.net/article1030182.html
One router will be good to play with the IOS, commands and such. You really need two to play with routing protocols and you'll have to use loop backs. With three routers you'll be able to do all ccna level routing.
I got a pair of 2501's, will work great for ccna. 2503(token ring, not Ethernet), 2511(token ring, not Ethernet), or best 2514’s (Ethernet) will work also. If you go with token ring routers (often cheaper than Ethernet 2501's and 2514's) it'd be nice to have at least one router with Ethernet but it’s not necessary.
To use a current (12.1.x or higher) IOS the routers have to have 16MB dram and 16MB flash.
In addition to the router itself you'll need a console cable or just an rj45 to db9 adapter. Optional would be an Ethernet transceiver if you get an Ethernet router that will allow you to actually connect something to the interface.
Good luck! | |
| ChrisDfer 2003-12-21, 9:14 pm |
| In addition to getting a real router to play with if you have any extra money then I suggest buying network visualizer from www.routersim.com
When I was studying for my CCNA I had a few routers of my own but I found that I often times went back to the sim when I wanted to create complex networks that simply would have cost to much if I did it with real routers. Of course when I was studying they only had router sim 3.2 which isn't as good as what they have now. Anyways, network visualizer also will help for CCNP study if you purchase the CCNP modules when needed. |
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