I saw an ad advertising CCNA kits that come with routers and other goodies. They look relatively cheap, too. Just wondering if anyone has purchased them? What are your thoughts?
Yes, need to see what exactly is included. Many times they are either very old equipment or overpriced. Most here will recommend staying away from kits and purchasing exactly what you need and can afford. There's a lot of value on building your own lab piece by piece and learning the differences between the different models.
Buying kits is the most expensive, easiest, reliable way.
Most people around here recommend digging through eBay. You'll never know what you'll find - good and bad. The experience with dealing with troublesome routers, or having to upgrade, or resetting, or... You can see where this can get good.
Basicly troubleshooting problems is an added benefit for ebay shopping for routers and switches. You can find some good deals, and it's definitely cheaper. You just need to weed through the material and make sure that what you need is listed.
That said, I'll probably buy a beginner's cheap kit first.
My only problem is with getting IOS files from cisco. It's a very expensive thing to do - although i'm foggy on "how" to do it now.
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There's a list of the kits. I'm really not familiar with networking hardware
Most people around here recommend digging through eBay. You'll never know what you'll find - good and bad. The experience with dealing with troublesome routers, or having to upgrade, or resetting, or... You can see where this can get good.
Basicly troubleshooting problems is an added benefit for ebay shopping for routers and switches. You can find some good deals, and it's definitely cheaper. You just need to weed through the material and make sure that what you need is listed.
That said, I'll probably buy a beginner's cheap kit first.
My only problem is with getting IOS files from cisco. It's a very expensive thing to do - although i'm foggy on "how" to do it now.
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I'll check these out! Thanks!!