Im looking for some advice on study materials.

I want a book that covers all the topics, but is to the point. I recently look an online CCNA course, but it is mostly deprecated.

As far as a simulator goes, I dont know how in depth of a simulator I would benefit from. Any suggestions on simulators?

Thanks for any help you can offer!
-Robin

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Have a look on my CCNA study guide to see if it is what you want:

http://www.kp-lab.com/free_study_guide_download.htm

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Your guide is great, I have purchased it, thanks!

Can you recommend any cheap/functional simulation software?

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Thanks for your support on my study guide.

You can find some router simulation software in the following web sites:

www.boson.com
www.routersim.com
www.semsim.com
www.toggit.com

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Awesome, thanks again!

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I am 3/4 my way through my CCNA and have read 1 book, most of a 2nd book and looked at 3 others and found

CCNA: Cisco Certified Network Associate Study Guide, 5th Edition (640-801)
by Todd Lammle sybex

to be the best book I have seen so far on the CCNA. Also, I have tested 3-4 simulators and the most in-depth and correct (many sims are very poorly written and the CLI commands usually do not work properly ) would be routersim.com NetworkVisualizer 4.0 or 4.1. Trust me on the simulator.....I have really tried hard to find one that actually works for most commands. It is a little more expensive than some of the other sims but if you really need a working sim to prepare you for the real world this is the best out there so far.
Joshua Delcore

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