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nstick13 · Joined: 02 Aug 2009

I've started doing some self-studying to take Cisco's CCNA certification exam. I've enjoyed the video series I've been watching, and plan on acquiring a book to read through afterwards as well, but was wondering if anyone has/knows of a good place to do lab work for this. It's not essential as none of the exam is physical lab work, but a lot of the questions are simulations, and I'd like to have done some things before I go into the exam.

Anyone done any certs like this in Korea? I know they offer the tests in English, and I've got the time. I'd love to hear more thoughts.

Cheers!

archmagos · Joined: 14 Nov 2006

nstick13 · Joined: 02 Aug 2009

That's a great site, thanks for that!

There are several exam sites here, and I called one (though I don't remember which) that offer the tests in English. By the end of this month I'm hoping to get my CompTIA A+, and hopefully can sit the CCNA test by the end of the summer.

How long is that program in Australia? If you don't mind my asking, what is it costing you?

archmagos · Joined: 14 Nov 2006

Bill2K · Joined: 16 Jun 2010

nstick13 · Joined: 02 Aug 2009

I believe I called CITA, but I don't recall.

If you go through like you're going to sign up for a test at any of the Seoul centers, you can choose which language you want to test in, and choose the time of the test. I don't see a real reason you'd need to speak anyone at the site if you didn't want to.

archmagos · Joined: 14 Nov 2006

I am debating now whether it is worth cramming in A+ and Network+ certs before starting my course. In Australia, experience tends to trump everything - but showing that you did something useful in Korea while getting ready to study a new course is obviously very handy.

I've been so impressd with pfSense that I've decided to learn FreeBSD too (considering switching away from Ubuntu entirely - although that's a whole other issue there) ... figured BSD would give me a leg up with JUNOS too as alternative to IOS

deadhead · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Location: Rhode Island, USA

I've been studying to take the CCNA exam for a little bit.

I have the Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices books as well as a series of videos. I am at the part now where the book is introducing the Cisco IOS. I would like to use the IOS together with the book to study. How can I do this? I am sorry if this is a noob question, but I am kind if stuck at this part in the book.

I majored in MIS at my university, so I understood a lot of the first part easily, but I have never worked with Cisco's OS.

Thanks in advance for any help!!

jammo · Joined: 12 Dec 2008

google 'cisco ios simulator'

or... buy a cisco device

or... get access to a network with cisco device

did the CCNA a few years back. good luck with it! I passed on the second go

archmagos · Joined: 14 Nov 2006

theloneleaf · Joined: 08 Aug 2011

archmagos · Joined: 14 Nov 2006

I know that there's a whole other debate concerning certification vs experience (Australia, at least, seems to favour the latter) but my studying take on things seems to be that it's important to have an understanding of the fundamentals that are at work in any network.

For example, Gary Donahue's Network Warrior notes that Solaris employs the term trunk (which has lots of other meanings too, depending on who you talk to) while Cisco uses EtherChannel. However, in both cases what you are really doing is a combination of link aggregation and load balancing that is now part of LACP and the IEEE 802.1 layer. I had only known this as lagg from pfsense and FreeBSD, although as you study you get an incite into how the base standards are implemented (and, of course, how vendors might create their own proprietary technology that eventually winds up as a standard in some form).

I've also been finding it really helpful to mess around with Wireshark before I actually start configuring real Cisco kit next year.

deadhead · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Location: Rhode Island, USA

So.. I downloaded GNS3, and then I think I got an image file for the Catalyst 2960 switch. I then added the image, but I didn't see a switch names 2960 in the left.

I looked around on Google, and apparently GNS3 can't emulate Catalyst switches. Is there any other way to practice entering these commands? The book "Interconnecting Cisco Devices" demonstrates commands specific to the Catalyst 2960.

What do I do?!?! Question

Thanks again for the help!

UPDATE:

So I've been messing around with GNS3. I am unable to emulate a switch though. Or so I think?

I can log into routers and use commands in the terminal. I decided to go with the c3600 routers and used a 3640 model one. I read somewhere that it was a good one to go with? Is it ok?

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