There are a lot of different pieces that are involved in building a CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate) 200-301, CCNA Security, CCNP Enterprise, CCNP Security, or other home lab for Cisco Certification. You will have routers, switches, serial cards, Ethernet straight-through patch cables, Ethernet crossover cables, serial crossover cables, console cables, usb to serial adapters
So virtualization has come a long way...right? Sure it absolutely has. But what about in helping you prepare for your Cisco CCNA exam? Well you have heard the saying that there is nothing like the real thing...right? Well I have to agree with it for those of you who are preparing for your CCNA exams.
We get asked quite often what is the best Cisco switch I can get for my CCNA lab. That can be somewhat of a tricky question as there are a lot of variables that can come into play. At the surface it seems like an easy, very straightforward question. But as you dig into it,
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Today we are going to review some of the common cables you may find in your Cisco Certified Network Associate 200-125 (CCNA) or Cisco Certified Entry Networking Technician 100-105 (CCENT) home lab so you can connect to your Cisco router or Cisco switch. Straight-through, crossover, rollover, console, and many more terms can be pretty confusing
We have written before on what is the best CCENT or CCNA lab router and you know what? To a certain extent it changes over time as better models come down in price and give you a better bang for the buck! So being that it has been about 8 months since we wrote a
Are you in the IT field as an entry level help desk associate or a junior LAN administrator and you want to work your way up the corporate ladder to a better paying job? You already have your CompTIA A+ or one of the lower level Microsoft certifications and you are wondering how do you
Hi, welcome to the Certification Kits presentation on how to build your very own CCENT/ CCNA home lab. A common question we get is, how many routers to I really need in my lab? As you can see on the slide on the screen, one router will give you the ability to run the commands
Once students pass their Cisco CCNA R&S exam, generally the next question is what is the next Cisco certification that you will tackle? Do I want to proceed to obtain my Cisco CCNA Security, CCNA Voice, CCNA Wireless or CCNP certification? For each person the answer may be a little bit different. Ultimately you should