CCNA lab

ccna_freekccna_freek Member Posts: 9 ■□□□□□□□□□
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Hi!

I am preparing for CCNA(640-802) but I have not joined any training institute for that....could you please advise me as to how should I prepare for the simulations.


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  • hypnotoadhypnotoad Banned Posts: 915
    There are several router simulators out there that I'm sure people both love and hate. There is a free cisco emulation program called Dynamips you might like -- it's a linux program.

    2514 routers and 2950 switches are pretty cheap on ebay.
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  • ccna_freekccna_freek Member Posts: 9 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Can all the simulations be done on Dynamips ?
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  • Darthn3ssDarthn3ss Member Posts: 1,096
    ccna_freek wrote:
    Can all the simulations be done on Dynamips ?
    for all of your routing needs, yes, but dynamips does not emulate switches.
    Fantastic. The project manager is inspired.

    In Progress: 70-640, 70-685
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  • Daniel333Daniel333 Member Posts: 2,077 ■■■■■■□□□□
    The Cisco Press books included some great sims. I also found http://www.boson.com/ to be just awesome. It had a few missing features, but everything that matters is in there.

    Really though snag 3 routers and a 3 switches off ebay an sit them down. There are things that come up on the real thing, that just don't in the sims.
    -Daniel
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  • hypnotoadhypnotoad Banned Posts: 915
    And when you're done passing your CCNA, you can put the routers and switches back on ebay -- those kind of things will retain most of their value, so think of it as just renting them. You might even make money if you advertise it as a set with some DTE/DCE cables and a rack and your books. Or you can keep them and build on them for a CCNP lab.
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  • Nik00117Nik00117 Member Posts: 21 ■□□□□□□□□□
    If I sell them, I will set them as a "kit" with my routers, switches, cables etc. I see kits going for far more then what it would cost to simply individually put it together yourself. Also i'd have updated all the IOSs to like 12.3 or 12.4 or something simliar and i'd be able to advertise the fact that it was used to pass the CCNA, that all the equipment and CDs are designed for the CCNA and that everything is ready to go. Cause i'm having an issue with the switch that i'm fixing today, so I figure this is more or less of an investment.

    Also I am seriously conisdering of buying a 2950 switch atm. Maybe wait until next paycheck or this all depends if I find a good deal.
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