From: Brian McGahan (bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com)
Date: Mon May 22 2006 - 10:51:25 ART
Take a look at "How To Build A CCIE Rack":
http://www.internetworkexpert.com/resources/ccierack.htm. If you're
considering building a home lab this will give you a good idea what
equipment you should be looking for and what are alternative platforms.
Quetta is right though, 3 routers wont cut it for a home lab. I
just searched eBay and found 2501s for *$25* buy it now :) Brian Dennis
just showed me an old list of equipment for building racks for a CCIE
class topology. A 2502 was listed as $600 ;)
HTH,
Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
Of
> Quetta Walla
> Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 11:50 PM
> To: gigi.ccie@gmail.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: Best workbook
>
> Gigi my friend,
>
> 3 routers are not going to cut it. You need to do some research of
your
> own and look at the web pages of various vendors (ipexpert.com,
> trinetnt.com, internetworkexpert.com) to find out how many and which
> routers they are using. You need 6 routers plus 3 backbone routers,
plus
> two 3550 sw, plus a frame-relay switch.
>
> For the lab book, my opinion, I recommend internetworkexpert wb and
vedio
> boot camp is excellent.
>
> Good luck.
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: gigi.ccie@gmail.com
> > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: Best workbook
> > Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 11:29:00 -0400
> >
> >
> > Friends,
> >
> > All of the workbooks are very expensive to me. Which one is best
> > for someone just starting out like me? I am trying to find
> > examples to use. I only have three routers right now. Is this
> > enough? 3 2501's and they each have 16/16 and a 12.3 version of
> > IOS. Is this good enough? What is the Cisco website that I should
> > use as my homepage?
> >
> > I am not ready for the lab yet, but I just want to practice a
> > little. I already schedule my lab for August, but I don't think I
> > will be ready by then. I may like to take a class sometime if my
> > company will pay for it.
> >
> > I am using TCP/IP volume 1 second edition and I also have the Cisco
> > Cookbook. I use some equipment from work to practice VLANs. I
> > still have one of my CCNP books for this. Is this enough for
> > switching?
> >
> > Help?
> >
> >
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