Passed the Route exam need advice for the switch exam

so i passed the route exam yesterday

, its a fair exam if you really study for it and do a lot of labbing . i was surprised on how many sims i got l , now i will tackle the switch exam but unlike the route exam where i done most of my labs on GNS3 i don't see how you can lab for the switch if you don't by lab equipment so my question is what should i get to cover all the topics in the switch exam ?

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joetest

couple of 3550s and 2950s and you're set.

You can't do Private VLANs iirc, but as long as you know the theory you should be fine.

fredrikjj

It's hard to beat the convenience of rack rentals in my opinion, but the 2x3550 + 2x<cheap layer 2 switch> shouldn't be too expensive either. You could also do a lot of the VLAN and STP stuff on IOU.

You'll probably find that you'll require far less lab time for switch than route; once you know a feature, configuring it is often very straight forward.

gorebrush

GNS is actually very good these days. You can do *SOME* switching but not everything.

Can't beat having the actual switches, though.

mitch179

For switch I just used INE rack rentals, they were really good

johnwest43

IMHO, Switch Simplified Book, 1 x 3560, 1 x 3550, 2x 2950.