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Enough for CCNA (Self-Study)?
fbernar
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I want to do self-study to learn the CCNA material required to pass the CCNA exam. This is the equipment I have acquired (either through purchase or trade) so please tell me if I am lacking anything or if something I have is outdated.
2 Cisco 1760's
2 Cisco 1841 (one with a 32mb card and the other with a 64mb card)
I will be purchasing 2 Cisco 2950 switches from Amazon as well as a USB comm plug (male) as I already have the female plug.
Is this enough? Do I need/not need anything?
I also have access to the curriculum because a cousin of mine just started the courses at a community college. I will also be buying Todd Lammle new CCNA study guide book as this is what I am reading is the highest recommended book.
Thanks in advance!
2 Cisco 1760's
2 Cisco 1841 (one with a 32mb card and the other with a 64mb card)
I will be purchasing 2 Cisco 2950 switches from Amazon as well as a USB comm plug (male) as I already have the female plug.
Is this enough? Do I need/not need anything?
I also have access to the curriculum because a cousin of mine just started the courses at a community college. I will also be buying Todd Lammle new CCNA study guide book as this is what I am reading is the highest recommended book.
Thanks in advance!
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OptionsChooseLife Member Posts: 941 ■■■■■■■□□□My vote goes for "enough"“You don’t become great by trying to be great. You become great by wanting to do something, and then doing it so hard that you become great in the process.” (c) xkcd #896
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Optionsjtdk985 Banned Posts: 57 ■■□□□□□□□□Todd Lammle's book is awesome. I honestly feel like I wasted a lot of time going through Odoms book..
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OptionsQHalo Member Posts: 1,4881841's are overkill (I like overkill though) but yeah you should do just fine sir.
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OptionsJaCkNiFe Member Posts: 96 ■■□□□□□□□□jtdk985 wrote:Todd Lammle's book is awesome. I honestly feel like I wasted a lot of time going through Odoms book..
Ironically I felt the same way about Lammle's book and practice tests being a waste of time in contrast to Odom's library.
To be fair I did find the subnetting chapter in Lammle's book quite helpful.Lab on! -
OptionsDaniel333 Member Posts: 2,077 ■■■■■■□□□□I think you need 1 more switch. You can't do spanning tree labs without at least 3 switches.
If you have the cash, a 3550 with power will be VERY helpful after you finish your CCNA, and thus worth the investment. But if you don't a 2950 would be fine.
Don't forget to snag a half dozen cross over cables, and some small patch cables.
I'd also recommend the cheapest hub you can get your hands on. It's nice for certain labs down the road just to be able to play around with.
As far as learning materials the LAB GUIDES! Are SOOO valuable. Pick up all 4 of those.-Daniel -
Optionsfbernar Registered Users Posts: 6 ■□□□□□□□□□
Don't forget to snag a half dozen cross over cables, and some small patch cables.
Can you link me to exactly what cross over cables and patch cables you are referring to please? Thanks! -
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Optionsfbernar Registered Users Posts: 6 ■□□□□□□□□□Oh wow. I was about to buy serial crossover cables... Patch cables cat5 or cat6? Thanks in advance.
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Optionsccnaomkar Member Posts: 187 ■■□□□□□□□□Todd Lammle's book is awesome. I honestly feel like I wasted a lot of time going through Odoms book..
gl!
both are good
but use todd lammle as a second source
ya its get boring to read odoms book but must read for certification point of view(as cisco press book) -
OptionsQHalo Member Posts: 1,488Oh wow. I was about to buy serial crossover cables... Patch cables cat5 or cat6? Thanks in advance.
No reason to buy anything less than 5e or 6 unless you're concerned with cost but monoprice has dirt cheap cables so just do it. You can use them for other things after you're done. -
Optionslon21 Member Posts: 201I think you need 1 more switch. You can't do spanning tree labs without at least 3 switches.
If you have the cash, a 3550 with power will be VERY helpful after you finish your CCNA, and thus worth the investment. But if you don't a 2950 would be fine.
Don't forget to snag a half dozen cross over cables, and some small patch cables.
I'd also recommend the cheapest hub you can get your hands on. It's nice for certain labs down the road just to be able to play around with.
As far as learning materials the LAB GUIDES! Are SOOO valuable. Pick up all 4 of those.
Where can I get these Lab guides from? -
Optionsalan2308 Member Posts: 1,854 ■■■■■■■■□□Where can I get these Lab guides from?
start here:
http://www.techexams.net/forums/ccna-ccent/6434-ccna-faq-please-read-before-posting.html -
Optionsdave330i Member Posts: 2,091 ■■■■■■■■■■Personally I found simulators more useful when I was studying for CCNA. You can get a lot more repetition with a simulator since there's no setup involved.
Watch CBT Nugget video series by Jeremy. Extremely useful. Probably has the easiest subnetting method.2018 Certification Goals: Maybe VMware Sales Cert
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Optionsfbernar Registered Users Posts: 6 ■□□□□□□□□□Don't forget to snag a half dozen cross over cables, and some small patch cables.
I'd also recommend the cheapest hub you can get your hands on. It's nice for certain labs down the road just to be able to play around with.
OK. I now have access to Cisco Academy, I have the new Lammle CCNA guide book which everyone has been recommending and I have the previously mentioned routers and now have 2 2950 switches (they arrived today).
As far as cables go I have:
2 USB to COMM here Amazon.com: Cables To Go 26886 USB To DB9 Male Serial Adapter, Blue (0.45 Meters/1.5 Feet): Electronics
I am buying 6 (half dozen) of 7 ft cat6 (500mhz) crossover cables from For only $1.38 each when QTY 50+ purchased - 7ft Cat6 500MHz Crossover Ethernet Network Cable - Red | Cat 6 Crossover Cables
I want to be sure the crossover cable that you referred to is cat5/6 and not serial.
I am somewhat new to most of this so I want to be sure I'm 100% correct in my preparation to begin learning. A patch cable is a regular cable that I would use from connecting my cable modem to my Linksys router correct? If so I have like 4 of these. Crossover is different from this if I recall correctly.
Thanks for any return feedback in advance! -
Optionsfbernar Registered Users Posts: 6 ■□□□□□□□□□bumpety bump! just need some quick feedback to finalize the order to finish my lab!
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Optionsalan2308 Member Posts: 1,854 ■■■■■■■■□□I want to be sure the crossover cable that you referred to is cat5/6 and not serial.
You will want the cat5 or cat6 crossover cables when connecting switches to one another, but you will also require serial cables if you're connecting routers via serial interfaces. Which specific serial cables you will need depends on which type of serial interfaces your routers have. -
Optionsswitchrat Member Posts: 13 ■□□□□□□□□□You will want the cat5 or cat6 crossover cables when connecting switches to one another, but you will also require serial cables if you're connecting routers via serial interfaces. Which specific serial cables you will need depends on which type of serial interfaces your routers have.
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