CCNA testing

[Soccer4Don]

I bought the CCNA cisco book that comes with a couple of discs to learn with.
They are saying to get a 2500 series router to help me with the hands on. Is this a good way or is there another router or series I should look into or what other feedback do you have.
Low cost is very important and user friendly helps too. I am computer literate cuz I repair them but I am green when it comes to a server.
any help would be great!
Thanks,
Don

 

[drebo]

I think you're starting a little over your head.

You might consider looking at the Net+ or CCENT information first. CCNA, while not exceedingly technical, still requires a fairly decent knowledge of networking. No offence, but from your post it does not appear that you have that.

 

[xSauronx]

might wanna see if you can find a cisco academy in your area, its not unusual for community college to host these and give a decent, 4-class approach to learning ccna material that should go pretty in depth and have some hands on labs you can play with.

 

[Emulex]

no really - if you are not going to cheat - you need a few years of USE under your belt. cisco has nothing to do with servers.

 

[Soccer4Don]

ok, so with the Net+ or CCNET what kind of in expensive training can I get.
Thanks guys!
Don

 

[drebo]

Buy a $60 book (the thicker the better) and read it a couple times. Then buy another one and read that one a couple times.

 

[Herald85]

ok, so with the Net+ or CCNET what kind of in expensive training can I get.
Thanks guys!
Don

CCENT is roughly the first part of the CCNA exam. If you take the CCENT exam and afterwards exam 640-816 you would have CCNA. If you're familiar with OSI, TCP/IP, NAT, routing and other basic stuff you can keep doing CCNA. If not, it's a lot easier cutting CCNA in two smaller tests. I've done CCNA in 2006 (haven't refreshed, planning to do it soon) and it was a bit overwhelming even though I had some basic networking knowledge.

When I compare myself (I followed Cisco Academy) to my co-worker (selfstudy) I've remembered a lot more so I would advise some education where you can really work with the routers with a mentor.