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| Jason 2003-11-23, 11:24 am |
| I was wondering if you guys thought that setting up my own home network with
cisco routers would be a good idea. I am studying for my CCNA certification
and noticed a lot of people in here have setup there own networks like that.
Would something like that be worth the money and if so how extensive of a
network should it be...meaning what type of equipment would be recommended
for something like this?
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| Jason,
A home lab is the way to go if you really want to learn. For CCNA I
would go for a minimum of 3 routers , either 1600 series or 2500 series.
For 2500's probably go for either 2520, 2514 or 2503's. Officially IOS
should not be sold with them but often is so look for a recent version
(>12.0 if poss) with 2500 series any memory greater than 2048k is a plus and
will allow you install IOS with better feature sets if you go onto CCNP.
E-bay is where I shopped for my lab (get a feel for prices before you start
bidding) and I went to www.anthonypanda.com for the cables (DB60 back to
backs) to put it all together (I would suggest 2 x Serial back to backs and
2 x Cat5 back to back, 1 to connect routers and 1 to connect a PC ). A
switch would be nice but not essential.
If money/room is tight their is always www.r1r2.com for free live router
practice and the deluxe version of the Sybex CCNA Study Guide comes with
basic router and switch menu simulation software. Hope this helps. Good
luck!
Regards,
DJKJ
"Jason" <jeslinger123@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:XOCdnXc7o-RfR12iRVn-ig@comcast.com...
> I was wondering if you guys thought that setting up my own home network
with
> cisco routers would be a good idea. I am studying for my CCNA
certification
> and noticed a lot of people in here have setup there own networks like
that.
> Would something like that be worth the money and if so how extensive of a
> network should it be...meaning what type of equipment would be recommended
> for something like this?
>
>
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| Bret K 2003-11-24, 6:24 am |
| I would only do that if you already know you are going to advance in your
Cisco certifications...that's a lot of money to spend for the CCNA and a
good router sim would work, or perhaps rent time from someone.
Bret
"Jason" <jeslinger123@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:XOCdnXc7o-RfR12iRVn-ig@comcast.com...
> I was wondering if you guys thought that setting up my own home network
with
> cisco routers would be a good idea. I am studying for my CCNA
certification
> and noticed a lot of people in here have setup there own networks like
that.
> Would something like that be worth the money and if so how extensive of a
> network should it be...meaning what type of equipment would be recommended
> for something like this?
>
>
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| Adrian Martinez 2003-11-24, 9:25 am |
| I agree with Bret.
I recently passed the CCNA 640-801 and I used the CCNA Certification Library
(CCNA Self-Study, exam #640-801), Sixth Edition by Wendell Odom along with
the included NetSim LE CDs (which get you a 50% discount on the Boson NetSim
V5.12, so I brought that as well from Boson). The simulations taught me
exactly what I need to know to not only pass the test but I really learned
the material.
Good Luck
Adrian Martinez
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