Gearing up for CCNA

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Hi,

As the title suggests I'm preparing to begin my study for CCNA. At the moment I have the Sybex study guide, nuggets, various practise tests/papers etc.

For the hands on part I was thinking of buying 2 x 2501 routers from ebay.

Do they seem ok for the money? (£70 each plus delivery)

They include:

16mb Flash & DRam
v11 boot rom
12.3 IP Plus IOS
Transceiver
console cable, power cable, dce/dte serial cable

Your advice is appreciated

Cheers

 

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Bump

 

In addition to getting the routers I'd suggest that you purchase two switches so that you can practice setting up VLAN's.

 

i just suggest you make sure your "various practise tests/papers etc" are legal and not some braindump materials... if you not sure what braindumps are read this and just ask us for help on anything...

good luck!

 

Thanks for the replies - I'm well aware what braindumps are, when I say papers I mean things like cramsession etc, practise tests are transcender

Back to the original question - does the kit above seem value for money at £70?

 

Yup.

 

Thanks - I'll go for it then, and maybe add a couple of switches once I get started.

 

If you can get a third 2501 it would very useful. With 3 routers you can set up frame relay. Also, routing practice is much, much better with 3 routers, e.g. route redistribution.

Spice_Weasel

 

Hi BrizoH,

An alternative is Linksys gear. Cisco wrapped cheaply

Keimos