Build your own Cisco home lab for newbies

You can start, your own Cisco home lab use many simulators available out there on the Internet, but nothing like the real Cisco equipment.

Imagine, Cisco devices in your own LAN, awesome haben.Und also a real hand experience to configure Cisco devices increase may certainly your chance to pass the Cisco certification exam.

If you have more budget in your hands, then go for it, buy used Cisco routers and switches.You can you at a truly affordable price - in comparison to the real new Cisco price, you are looking at a price of US$ 1,000 for a device.

Discounts can used Cisco sellers up to 90% or more erhalten.Obwohl you devices but Cisco devices are hard, but still have, be careful when you buy, check the seller reputation, and ensure that you have guarantee of at least 6 months.

Then get what devices, there are many Cisco devices because you need these devices draußen.Wenn to your own lab for the CCNA exam, is the key to know what subjects in the test are tested.

See, you definitely need routers and switches, you are at least 2 routers and 2 switches.

Router

2 Routers can routing protocols, and practice on VLANs, VTP, etc. to simulate leave 2 switches.

The best router to use Cisco CCNA home lab I think is the router for 2611, they are cheaper than others, it has slots that you add expansion cards, if you must update your router, VOIP, WAN, etc. to enable.

The 2611 costs from no more than US$ 80 to 200 depends on where you buy.

If you have more money to simulate WAN on your network can the WIC 1T module (US$ 30-50) kaufen.Die CCNA exam tests on WAN protocols, my mind to, to have the WICs but feel it is not too important, then go for it, if.

Have completed your WAN environment can router additional 2523 at less than 100 $ erhalten.Dieser router when you pretend fungieren.So frame relay switch can, to be located halfway around the world to cool an ISP in your LAN that connects two different routers.

Switches

The next thing is the switch, need no large layer 3 switches for the CCNA exam, plus it can each cost more than US$ 500.

Can you 2924 or 2950 buy something like catalyst switch should enough for testing. 12, 24 or 48 ports? it's all up to you.

What affect you if you need to purchase the switch is that you check all ports on the switch, sometimes only a few of the ports got damaged.

Cable

One other important things, but often forget used Cisco first buyers are the Kabel.stellen you sure the seller deploy cable configuration of Cisco devices with the power and console.

One end of this cable console is RJ45 plug into the Cisco equipment and at the other end is the serial port for serial port of your PC.

Can your own console cable, but it is much easier to get it from Cisco.

If you use the WIC cards are then should the DB 60 crossover cable, you connect this cable to the WIC card to another router in a row.

Access to server / router

You don't really need in you LAN network access server, but it's so convenient that someday you but you would need.

Access to server can connect to all Cisco devices on your network, without having to plug and pull the console cable between routers and switches.

The 2500 series router (2509 2510 2511, 2512) buy, for server access, need to get the octal cable.

Octal cable is a cable which has one serial port on one end it at your router's asynchronous port Plug and isn't at the other end, just one, but 8 console RJ45 cable.

Only one octal cable to control up to 8 Cisco devices.

Thats it, many people will suggest different devices for your Cisco lab, it is happiness really up to you and your Budget.Wenn you enough to have a pretty full Cisco home lab for under US$ 1,000 and I must say that many people because out there that will sell what aufgerufen.Cisco lab kits are Cisco lab Kit purpose have sets of Cisco devices for certification laboratory kits for CCNA to CCIE and the most important is that you sell with pretty good price.

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