CCNA kit

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What do you guys think of these cisco kit for CCNA?

COMPLETE CISCO CCNA CCNP LAB 2x 2500 1x 3620 2x 2950 | eBay

http://cgi.ebay.com/Cisco-CCNA-CCNP...695271?pt=COMP_EN_Routers&hash=item19af81b367

I know in the description it says CCNA/CCNP ready, but I wanted to run it by those who do use kits at home...

 

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On the first kit, The 2 x 2950's are fine, but although you could make do with the routers, i'd recommend to look at something a bit better than the 2500 series. You would need a couple of rj45 transceivers to connect a lan to the AUI ports on them, better just getting a cheap 2600 series. I prefer the 2621 as it has two fast ethernet ports.
The 3620 shown also only has 10mb ethernet ports.

Forget the second kit, it's useless.

I'd recommend getting:
2 x 2950 switches (3 if you can afford it).
3 x 2600 series routers (preferably 2621's) - There are also the 2600xm series (extra memory) a bit more expensive but useful if going after the CCNP.
On the routers try to get a WIC 1T or WIC 2T card for each.

 

Noted! Thanks diesel!