The "solutionexpert" site referred in Paul's email is called SolutionLabs.
The website is located at www.solutionlabs.com . --- ----- --- ""Paul Jin"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I will post what I asked chuck about it earlier.. if you have not > seen it yet. > ----------------------------- > > Author: Chuck Larrieu (Mailing List Post) > Date: 10-18-01 10:53 > > there are several good sources for Lab prep material now. > > NLI / Bootcamp, Fatkid, and the one sold through Cert Zone. > > NLI is comprehensive. Their older Labs contain a lot of obsolete material, > but this does not diminish their value. NLI would like you to rent rack time > from them, but many of their labs can be done in a typical home lab. > > Fat Kid Labs seem to be more topic specific, rather than comprehensive in > nature. But they are worth looking at. Fat Kid has very reasonable rental > rates, but most of their stuff can be done at home. > > IP Xpert builds their labs around a large pod, and their model is that they > rent you rack time at reasonable rates to do their labs. One can jigger the > setup, and get a lot of the stuff done on a home lab. > > It comes down to where you want to spend your dollars. In terms of cost, Fat > Kid is the least expensive and NLI is the most expensive. But the cost of > the study material is about that of a 2501 on an auction site. Your cost for > setting up a home lab will be far and away more expensive than any materials > you buy. These days, the study materials available are excellent. the major > differences between NLI and IP Xpert are in the presentation ( several > sheets stapled together versus a nicely bound book ) the presence or absence > of obsolete topics ( NLI has been around a lot longer, and has legacy > material which can be skipped ) some cosmetic presentation things like color > diagrams nicely done on Visio versus hand sketched. > > Seems to me I'm forgetting somebody. Solutions Experts or something? I'll > have to dig around. > > Oh yeah, and Vlab. > > HTH > > Chuck > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Paul Jin > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 7:42 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Off Topic - CCIE Lab Prep recommendation [7:23091] > > > Chuck, > So in your opinion, you do believe that this is one of the better > labs and complex enough that it will help you deal with the real > lab??? > > > > Paul Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=23641&t=23425 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
