CCNA Preperation

sina2011

Hey Guys

Im Thinking about getting into CCNA side of things but im not sure which study materials to use which books etc.

Also is the CCNA better doing at Bootcamp or at home I know there both different learning environments but which one will you learn from more.

Thanks.

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Essendon

There are a couple of stickies in CCNA/CCENT forum that have heaps of info to get you started. Buy your switches and the routers as you go, it's generally not advisable to buy a complete CCNA kit off eBay or something as it's generally over-priced. Also be advised that these devices require an IOS to run, I think the current one is 12.5. You want to get your hands on that too. Hope this helps a little! I'll let the Cisco goons chime in with more suggestions.

And you can do this thing called CCNA at home, just lab the hell out of your gear.

sina2011

Thanks for the reply essendon.

I was looking on the internet doing some research there is the program called packet tracer do you think using the packet tracer and doing the labs on it any good? or should I get real routers and set it up at home?.

Thanks.

Essendon

Here are some threads that came up after a search on the forums:

The bottom one is about building a lab, the second one from the bottom is about a guy doing some exercises(?) with Packet Tracer. There are lots of threads about building a lab, take your time and sift through them. They are actually quite informative and you'll learn a ton!

http://www.techexams.net/forums/ccna-ccent/65633-another-new-ccna-trainee-building-test-lab.html

http://www.techexams.net/forums/ccna-ccent/65464-can-i-learn-ccna-no-experience-job-market-i-want-create-lab.html

http://www.techexams.net/forums/ccna-ccent/64728-how-do-you-practice-packet-tracer.html

http://www.techexams.net/forums/ccna-ccent/64497-packet-tracer-subnetting-help.html

http://www.techexams.net/forums/ccna-ccent/64367-ccna-ccnp-lab.html