So far I've read some pretty funny things about this. A lot of people hate the Boson NetSim software because of inaccurate information and problems with the simulator. A lot of people hate the ciscopress books, and others hate the Tod Lamle books.. But NO ONE suggests any alternative to these.. Sean Waite wrote: >A Cisco 2500 series router can easily be purchased for a lot less than the cost of this software. Early routers like 2501 and 2514 you >can find for around $30. In fact, most brokers I know don't even deal with these anymore as they have 0 resale value. > >Sean Waite > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Josh Paetzel <josh at tcbug.org> >To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org >Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:55:33 -0500 >Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Cisco Gear (CCNA Cert) > > > >>On Monday 10 July 2006 15:49, Nate Sanders wrote: >> >> >>>Anyone have some 2500's or similar level equip they would be >>>willing to part with? I want to start on the Cisco Cert path and I >>>prefer to learn hands on then by book alone. >>> >>> >>You might want to consider getting a simulator. Generally much >>cheaper than real gear and you can test configurations on the sim >>before actually attempting to do the job in real life. :) >> >>I've used BOSON's netsim and have been pretty happy with it. >> >>-- >>Thanks, >> >>Josh Paetzel >> >>_______________________________________________ >>TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >>tclug-list at mn-linux.org >>http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> > > > >_______________________________________________ >TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >tclug-list at mn-linux.org >http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- ============================================== Nate Sanders nate at ima.umn.edu Associate Systems Manager (612) 624 - 4353 http://www.ima.umn.edu/ ============================================== Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota 400 Lind Hall, 207 Church St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55455-0463 ==============================================