morpheus6d9
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im goin to start studying for my ccna and i was wondering which cisco routers i could buy to help me study ? thanks
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AaronP
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Why not refer to your CCNA Study guides? And why not just get the Router Sim?
If you want use real gear then you could use a couple of 1720's. If you can I would get NetSim from www.boson.com. Thats what I used for my CCNA and CCNP and it worked great.
Good Luck!
Good Luck!
yeah, 2500 series routers, and 2600 series switches.
both are fairly older and shouldn't cost too much. just make sure they have the right ports on them. you dont want to end up with those stupid aux ports or whatever they are (10baseT and need special connector).
i've tested the netsim before, and have found that while it is a great tool, it can't replace the experience you get when you have the physical router/switch in front of you. there's a lot of stuff the sim doesn't do (limited command set). at least the version i tried was.
both are fairly older and shouldn't cost too much. just make sure they have the right ports on them. you dont want to end up with those stupid aux ports or whatever they are (10baseT and need special connector).
i've tested the netsim before, and have found that while it is a great tool, it can't replace the experience you get when you have the physical router/switch in front of you. there's a lot of stuff the sim doesn't do (limited command set). at least the version i tried was.
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As others have mentioned 2500 series routers are going to probably be your best bet. I had two 2501's, a 2514, and a 2502 I think. Most the 2500's have AUI ports which require a transceiver to allow you to use a standard ethernet cable with it (They are fairly cheap).
Depending on what I was working on I usually had it setup with the 2501 - 2501 - 2502 - 2514 connected via serial connections, then each 2501 has an ethernet and the 2514 has two ethernet which is nice incase you want to connect it to another router via ethernet and still have a switch off the other ethernet, I just used the 2502 as another 'hop' so to speak since it only had a token ring connection on it (no ethernet / aui). For the CCNA, 2 or 3 routers should be sufficent, 4 or 5 allows you to play around with some of the more advanced stuff but isn't really required. The sims are okay but having real routers to work on is a lot better IMO especially with how resonable it is to assemble a nice lab now days.
Routers with tons of memory and 10/100 ports on them really arn't necessary for a lab environment, one newer 2600 series router may be nice as some commands are slightly different between the two but not so much that you couldn't figure it out if you are familar on the 2500's
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Depending on what I was working on I usually had it setup with the 2501 - 2501 - 2502 - 2514 connected via serial connections, then each 2501 has an ethernet and the 2514 has two ethernet which is nice incase you want to connect it to another router via ethernet and still have a switch off the other ethernet, I just used the 2502 as another 'hop' so to speak since it only had a token ring connection on it (no ethernet / aui). For the CCNA, 2 or 3 routers should be sufficent, 4 or 5 allows you to play around with some of the more advanced stuff but isn't really required. The sims are okay but having real routers to work on is a lot better IMO especially with how resonable it is to assemble a nice lab now days.
Routers with tons of memory and 10/100 ports on them really arn't necessary for a lab environment, one newer 2600 series router may be nice as some commands are slightly different between the two but not so much that you couldn't figure it out if you are familar on the 2500's
-Matt
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which switch would be good to get as well ?
1900 series and 2900 series are basically the same to learn IOS on
the 2900 series are 10/100 ports, and the 1900 are 10 only.
if you want to pickup a switch and use it only for testing/cisco stuff, a 1900 will suffice.
if you want to pickup a cisco switch and actually use it for lans and stuff or in your home, get a 2900.
PM me if you are interested
the 2900 series are 10/100 ports, and the 1900 are 10 only.
if you want to pickup a switch and use it only for testing/cisco stuff, a 1900 will suffice.
if you want to pickup a cisco switch and actually use it for lans and stuff or in your home, get a 2900.
PM me if you are interested
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MYPEARL said:
OMG that's aweomse! Wish I could find something like that in the trash! And yes the new CCNA test is freakin hard.
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I recommend 2912s or 2924s as switches, as they use a more up to date IOS. However, if you plan on continuing to CCNP level, spring for 2950s if you can. The 2900s use a different syntax than the most modern switch IOS for some important things, such as etherchannel config.