From: Tony Schaffran (groupstudy@cconlinelabs.com)
Date: Sun Mar 14 2004 - 12:54:42 GMT-3
Well said John.
Tony Schaffran
Network Analyst
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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of John
Matijevic
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 7:44 AM
To: 'Richard Dumoulin'; 'Sabeen'; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: which equipments?
Hello Sabeen,
This is a difficult question to answer, as I am approaching 2 years of
studying exclusive for the lab. First of all I think you need to assess
your current level of knowledge, how familiar are you with basic routing
and switching. If you don't have much experience with basics, then I
would recommend a small lab of maybe a couple routers and a switch. Now
if you do have experience, then now you have 2 options you can either
purchase full lab or rent. In my opinion, it will not be good enough to
pass current and future lab with just 2500's. So, this will increase
cost significantly, to have proper lab. Now comes the question with
regard to remote access. Now this will depend on if you pass the exam
immediately or takes a year or 2 or more like most people. If you are
able to pass exam within a couple of months, your cost will be much less
than if you pass the exam, within a couple of years, assuming you will
even pass the exam. Finally, you may want to try and contact Cisco near
where you live, they maybe able to provide you rack access to study for
CCIE. Although, they were not much of help in my area, when I tried to
contact them, they maybe of more help in other areas.
Sincerely,
John
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Richard Dumoulin
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 10:13 AM
To: Sabeen; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: which equipments?
Hi Sabeen, here are my suggestions:
There are several ways you can go which depend on the lab workbooks you
are
going to use:
-- If you are short of routers and are just starting the CCIE trip, go
for
Tom Larus e-book. His advices are not to be missed !!
-- If you only use CCO white papers then three to four routers and two
switches should suffice depending on the whitepaper.
-- If you use InternetworkExpert then they have the cheapest rack
rental
(the cheapest book too) in the market (15$ every 11 hours !!!).I think
that
their rate quality/price is the best you will currently find. The
material
covered and how it is covered is gold.
-- If you want to purchase your own lab then I would go for the DoitLab
workbook. They require the minimum number of routers. Their stuff in the
workbook is also of high quality and the support forum is good !! Maybe
the
price is a bit high but the service given is worth every dollar.
-- By what I have seen on the sample scenario of CCBootcamp Lab
Companion
guide, you need few routers too. And it is a step by step guide.
-- On IPExpert maybe someone else can comment on the new version of
the
book. Personnaly I find the price a bit high and my pocket is currently
empty, lol. I can only comment on the CCSP book which was very well
written.
I hope this gave you a good idea on what's needed to prepare for the
lab.
--Richard
-----Mensaje original-----
De: Sabeen [mailto:sabeenishaq@yahoo.com]
Enviado el: sabado, 13 de marzo de 2004 20:56
Para: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Asunto: which equipments?
Hello,
My question is toward recent CCIE's and CCIE
candidates. Which equipments are good to practice for
ccie lab? Since there have been a lot of changes in
lab, I do not think that only practicing on 2500's
routers will help to gain ccie cert that most of the
ppl are selling for home labs.
So what you guys are practicing on? What you have in
home labs that helped you achieve ccie or helping you
to become ccie?
The equipments listed for ccie on cisco.com are pretty
expensive to purchase for home lab.
Sabeen
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