I wanna learn!

Jun 10, 2006 3 Replies
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Hi all, I'm trying to get a handle on what/how to get savy enough to go for cisco certs. Right now, I have no experience with enterprise equipment or routers. I've done some VERY basic configuring with



1900, 2900 series switches. So I went out and ebayed some gear to learn with:


5505 with sup3, 5225, Route Switch Mod /4 serial ports, SC fiber blade



2524 Router with a serial port
2611 Router with a T1 dsu/csu
2916 swich

My questions are where/what books / web pages to get so I can configure this equipment and LEARN how? What study guides to use?



Thanks for any and all help.



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You may wish to investigate the Cisco Systems Career Certifications Forum:

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The Cisco Systems Career Certifications Training Forum:

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The Cisco alt.certification.cisco newsgroup:

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The Networking-Forum.com Cisco Certifications Forum:

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The Networking-Forum.com Cisco Lab Challenges Forum:

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The Tek-Tips Cisco Certification and Testing Forum:

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And finally the GroupStudy.com Cisco StudyRooms:

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All conveniently linked from the Cisco Technical Forums web page:

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Hope this helps.

Brad Reese BradReese.Com - Cisco Network Engineer Directory

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Hendersonville Road, Suite 17 Asheville, North Carolina USA 28803 USA & Canada: 877-549-2680 International: 828-277-7272 Fax: 775-254-3558 AIM: R2MGrant Website:
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You may also wish to investigate:

Everything You Want To Know About Cisco Catalyst 5000 Series Switches -

But Were Afraid to Ask:

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Everything You Want To Know About Cisco 2500 Series Routers -

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Everything You Want To Know About Cisco 2600 Series Multiservice Platforms -

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Everything You Want To Know About Cisco Catalyst 2900 Series Switches -

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Cheers,

Brad Reese Cisco Repair

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Just a suggestion, but you will probably want to add a serial port to the C2611 and connect it to the C2524 via a serial cross over cable to simulate a WAN connection. You can then load and test various configurations between the two.

Back when I was at the Cisco Academy the standard test configurations used anywhere from 3 to 5 of the C2600 routers to test various scenarios.

The Academy book was divided into semister 1 and 2. This link shows the classroom book:

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There should also be a companion (lab) guide to go with it. They can be used for home study. IF you have the hardware available, you can run the labs at home as well.

Good Luck! MW

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