I did the buy route - but here's some fruit for thought - you can get lots
of lab time for equipment costs, but you don't get any refunds for labs,
equipment can be resold. Having your own equipment is nice, but when
there's a clock ticking (ie you're being billed) you're likely more
motivated/compelled to do the labs you plan on doing.
ATM equipment, voice, etc will add sizeably to costs of any lab. ISDN
doesn't come cheap either.
So I really don't know - either could work, give or take a little - but
1605s are for babies and branch offices - once you start wanting BGP, and
the other enterprise stuffs, its will be frustrating. You'd want to throw
it out of the window - get 2500s, big metal boxes that keep on going and
going and going - much like the Energizer bunny!
Regards,
Adrian
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> A good alternative to buying routers is to rent time on one of the
> different labs out there on the internet. For me it's a lot cheaper to do
> it that way. Instead of spending a couple thousand dollars on routers I
> can use the same amount of money to buy around 200 hours of lab time.
>
> At 01:40 AM 11/26/00 +0000, you wrote:
> >Hi,Dyland
> >
> > If your goal is just "PASS" the ccnp "EXAM", you don't need
> >any router, but if you want to get the ccnp level "KNOWLEDGE", you'd
> >better have at least 3 routers.If you don't get the ccnp level
> >knowledge, your certification is just a paper
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On 25 Nov 2000 19:12:08 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dyland
> >Desmarais) wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >A friend and I are both going for the CCNP together.
> > >We were thinking of each getting a Cisco 1605 so we can do the labs for
the
> > >640-503 exam.
> > >
> > >I just wanted to know if the Cisco 1605's are sufficient. They come
with
> > >IOS Software Version 11.2(9)P
> > >
> > >All responses appreciated and welcome.
> > >
> > >Dyland
> > >
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