CCNA - Hardware or sim

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Hardware or sim

Goldorak

2004-04-12, 6:00 am

Hi all,

I am just about to start CCNA.

What is the difference between getting a couple or routers and switches and using Boson Netsim 5.25.
I would immagine it is best to use the real thing but I have Boson Netsim 5.25 if i purchase the hardware, will it make that much of a difference?

Any thoughts, idea welcome...

Thank you very much for you time.

popdevil

2004-04-12, 11:40 am

I have the Sybex Virtual Lab Platinum edited. It’s great to first lean on. I used it and went though all the labs.

I bought 2 routes and did the same commands and created my own access lists and implemented OSPF and so on. Its like night and day. Just setting up the hardware and cables are a great plus.

I only go back to the Virtual Lab software when I want to play around with some additional switch's that I don't have in my real lab.

Ebay sells the routers cheap if you know what you want and what a good price for the routers are.

Goldorak

2004-04-13, 8:03 am

Thanks

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