Would any one be interested in a CCNA Lab ebook?

stlsmoore

I'm seriously thinking about creating a simple CCNA lab ebook containing real word scenarios and examples. It wouldn't be anything overly complicated but something to help prep for the CCNA Exam and think about different scenarios used possibly the real world. I'm just looking for a little feed back to see if this is something worth pursuing. What do you all think?

jjbrog

I think its a great idea!

Would this be something someone would work on in a sim or real?

I ask because on real equipment it would be illogical for someone who reads a lab book to lab out a scenario that needs more then most people have. And on the job you're obviously gonna work with more equipment than you have at home so sometimes simulator experience is a must in addition to the real thing.

Maybe a lab ebook with many contributions from various people would be a great idea as well. Cause everyone will have different ideas just like every company designs their network differently.

Maybe even two copys of the ebook, one with the command syntax for less experienced and one without where you have to figure them out yourself.

SephStorm

If you do this, please inform the reader very early on of the complete lab the book was used with. It would really suck to find out you cant do a lab because the router or switch in the example doesn't support a protocol, or a command. Also if the hardware requires additional hardware, note that as well. When I bought my router, i had no idea I would need transievers or WIC cards or cords. You may also want to detail memory requirements if anything in your lab requires more RAM than a traditional router.

stlsmoore

Some good ideas people, I'm most likely going to use Packet Tracer for the labs. I don't plan on using more than 4 routers or 4 switches so hopefully this will work for everyone using real equipment or GNS3. To be honest all my study prep has been with simulators or GNS3 with a little bit of hands on real equipment at work due to being able to run through the labs a lot faster. Once I get a rough draft I'll post a link to what I have and if any one wants to contribute be my guess!

johnwest43

Sounds great!! I am very interested.

stlsmoore

I have a few of the labs created so far for this book, things are going pretty good. I'm curious as to what CCNA topics that you all had difficulty with the most?