CCNA/CCNA Security Lab

ssnyderu2

Starting March 1st I will be working on getting my CCENT, CCNA Routing & Switching and my CCNA Security. What hardware do I need to be able to get the out of all 3 certifications? I have a 2950 48 port switch and a budget of 300 to 500 dollars. I would like to stick closer to the 300 dollar mark if I can. Oh, and I need the hard ware to be useful for the CCNP; if that is possible.

clarson

ssnyderu2 wrote: »

I have the one WS-C2950G-48-EI

Can it be updated to the latest OS? From what i can tell 12.1 is as good as it gets.

Yes, that is right. But, that is plenty good enough for studying for the ccna. it does vlans, stp, rstp, mstp, vtp, trunking, ssh, acls, etc.
You don't really need anything more for the ccna, so why pay more. Just sell them when you move on to the ccnp and buy level 3 switches