Best physical switches to use for CCNA Security and CCNP studies (And best IOS)

OfWolfAndManOfWolfAndMan Member Posts: 923 ■■■■□□□□□□
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Been looking around, and since I may keep them for a few years, what would be the best purchase to support my studies in these exams? I've been told the 3560 but how many ports? What model? What ios? Just curious on the details, as I don't want to waste money one something that is only partial capable to what I need it to do.
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  • Jon_CiscoJon_Cisco Member Posts: 1,772 ■■■■■■■■□□
    I am looking for a layer 3 switch and was thinking of getting the 3560. It was a little pricy for me since I'm still in CCENT/CCNA but I am building my lab with the goal of CCNP someday.
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  • coralreefguycoralreefguy Member Posts: 98 ■■□□□□□□□□
    I have a 3550, 2950, and 2 2611XMs. Ebay'd them all, less than 40 bucks each.
    System Administrator / DevOps guy

    2015 passed: CCNA R/S, CCNA Sec, Project+, VCP5-DCV
    2016 goals: MCSE Server 2012; continue to use/learn more Chef w/Ruby and Powershell on Azure
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