""Godswill HO"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi group, > > I want to get it right the first time. I intend > setting up my CCIE lab at home. I will appreciate if > someone that have taken the lab or preparing for it, > tell me what Switches, Routers, materials I need to > buy. > > Also information about the various needed blades on > the switches is important, cables, cards, modules, > etc. > > I currently have a cable connection and also a dialup > connection from home to the internet, are these enough > or do I need to get a second cable connection? > > I curently have the following books: > 1. CCIE Fundametals Network Design and Case Studies > 2nd Edition by Cisco Press. > > 2. Routing TCP/IP, volume 1 by Cisco Press (Jeff > Doyle)
CL: check out my web site for my own personal opinion of "must have" books and other study materials: http://www.chuckslongroad.info/BookList.htm while you're poking around there, a couple of the Groupstudy Homilies are worth looking at - distribute-list gateway and DiffServ-DSCP. If you really want to do this at home - get one of the lab packages - NLI, IPExpert, hello computers - and enough routers to emulate the topology. All of the packages differ in router requirements. you don't necessarily need a lot of 2600's, but you will need a lot of serial ports for frame relay and for other topology simulation. you will need to fork out for at least one of the 3550's. IMHO, don't spend money on things like ATM and voice - rent a few hours of rack time to practice this stuff. concentrate on practicing routing any and all protocols over nmba, redistribution, qos, bridging, dlsw. these are the keys, and if you don't get these right, the rest doesn't matter. best wishes. > > also > 1. Cisco router 1601 > 2. Cisco router 2502 > 3. cisco router 3000 > > I intend buying Cisco Catalyst Switch 5000 within a > few days, but I need your assistance. > > > Please I will appreciate an answer for my big brothers > & sisters CCIEs and those who are currently working > towards it. > > Thanks in advance. > Godswill Oletu > CCNP, CCDP, CSS1. > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site > http://webhosting.yahoo.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=57839&t=57810 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
