HW and emulators for CCNA and later CCNP studies
I'm attending the two CCNA cources, arranged with a week between them for preps, plus I will spend probably 2-3 weeks preparing for exams. As I don't have a access to real Cisco HW, I'm considering a virtual environment (heard of such). Any recommendations?
I bought a Que Publishing self study guide up front for preparations, which states this HW setup for self study:
. at least on 2514 or higher router . one additional oruter, like the 2501, with one ethernet and two serial ports, to test wan's. . at least one switch, ideally a 2900XL or 2950. A 1900 with Enterprise IOS (needed for having a CLI) will do . a DB-60 DTE to DB-60 DCE cross-over serial cable . at least one roll-over console cable . multiple straight and x-over ethernet cables
It's mentioned that Catalyst 1912's and 1924's can be used, though they differ from current production models WRT syntax..
Apart from using it for maintaining CCNA knowledge, will above HW suffice for the CCNP routing or QOS exams, which I may persue later?
Likewise, any simulators useful for prepping for the CCNP?
read more and respond »Posted 5 years ago by Mogens V. in Cisco Systems
