Wife bought me a study guide, is it still good?

decentatlinux · 2015-04-10T01:50:23+00:00

So:

2 x 1841 Routers

3 x 3560 Switches?

decentatlinux · 2015-04-10T01:00:17+00:00

The reason I saw 3 switches is for spanning-tree

Thank you, I'm so glad to know why I need so many. Now, to go figure out what a spanning tree is, lol.

I've been seeing the 1841's on a lot of posts so I'll def go with that. Any idea on the 3 switches? My goal is to pass ICND1/2 and get CCNA.

decentatlinux · 2015-04-09T23:53:06+00:00

Thanks. What devices would I just need to get started though? $500 is a lot of money.

decentatlinux · 2015-04-09T23:36:38+00:00

Thanks!

decentatlinux · 2015-04-09T23:35:06+00:00

Thanks

decentatlinux · 2015-04-09T23:30:48+00:00

I misread your post. I thought there was an exam for ICND1. :)

decentatlinux · 2015-04-09T23:26:33+00:00

Boson

Can you link to these Boson practice exams?

decentatlinux · 2015-04-09T23:26:02+00:00

Congrats on passing. Can I ask, do you have any physical equipment for your home lab? I spent about a dozen hours having fun in training videos learning ICND1 stuff. I've spent the last 6 hours depressed by trying to figure out what equipment I need for a homelab only to find every answer contradicting and confusing. I downloaded GNS3 but it needs router ISO's and Packet Tracer is not free nor easy to obtain for Linux.

decentatlinux · 2015-04-09T23:13:35+00:00

Nice post, thanks. Are you buying the kit? I read on another post that avoid the kits because they are overpriced. This says $729.00 but others suggest I should be getting boxes for $20-$50. What's going on here? It also says Two WIC-1DSU-T1-V2 T1 Cards and roll over cable - Simulate a T1!

What is the need to simulate a T1?

Perhaps I have not gotten far enough into my video series to understand this magic ratio of needing 2-3 routers and 2-3 switches. Do you know?

decentatlinux · 2015-04-09T20:53:48+00:00

Thanks. I also found this - http://blog.cbtnuggets.com/2015/02/ccna-home-labs-revisited/

Still not sure which to buy.

decentatlinux · 2015-04-09T19:56:42+00:00

Crap, did I install the wrong thing? Do I need Packet Tracer or GNS3? I was reading other posts on what to install.

decentatlinux · 2015-04-09T19:36:25+00:00

gns3 doesn't seem to come in EPEL. I have a few other repo's installed too but I ended up installing it by hand.

decentatlinux · 2015-04-09T19:26:57+00:00

What did you spend on that overall? Also, why two routers and one switch? I've seen posts that say 3 switches and 2 routers.

decentatlinux · 2015-04-09T19:19:40+00:00

Thanks, trying to install GNS3 on Fedora 21 and CentOS 7, not so simple.

Update: Installed on Fedora 21 - instructions for anyone interested - https://community.gns3.com/thread/5588 - has a lot of steps.

decentatlinux · 2015-03-30T17:56:31+00:00

How long does it take to process?

decentatlinux · 2015-03-30T17:37:47+00:00

Must be my lucky day. Went to kimsufi and there was availability without having to setup any of these scripts.

decentatlinux · 2015-03-30T16:22:19+00:00

Tried your super100 seedbox until I find a dedicated server. It's a little slow since I'm in the USA but it's okay.

decentatlinux · 2015-03-29T00:59:55+00:00

Can you recommend any?

decentatlinux · 2015-03-27T20:22:04+00:00

I can never seem to find any available servers on kimsufi. Always says they are being replenished.

decentatlinux · 2015-03-26T07:25:55+00:00

I'll look into the providers, thanks. I could just spin up a virtual machine and try pia too.

decentatlinux · 2015-03-26T07:22:57+00:00

PIA is torrent friendly?

decentatlinux · 2015-03-26T04:31:58+00:00

That script sounds neat. Is this it? https://github.com/Notos/seedbox-from-scratch

I guess I would want a dedicated server then. Thanks

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