Randy,
I may be prejudiced (see sig below) but have you looked into a Cisco Networking Academy
at your local college? The cost should be significantly less than buying all the
equipment for a home lab, plus you will get an instructor led course with lots of lab
equipment. Not all academies are offering CCNP training, but perhaps one near you is.
To find an academy near you use this link:
http://cisco.netacad.net/cnacs/pub-doc/locator.shtml
HTH,
Prof. Tom Lisa, CCAI
Community College of Southern Nevada
Cisco Regional Networking Academy
Randy D Jackson wrote:
> Hello all!
>
> I took the CCNA last week, scored a 903....not too bad I guess (could have
> been better).
>
> I am thinking of going the CCNP route next, although I do need to upgrade my
> MCSE too (but I think that the CCNP would last longer!). I have about 6
> years experience with NT networks, and I am trying to get more into the
> actual Network Engineer field. I have limited experience with routing and
> switching, I have setup and configured a couple different 2500 series
> routers but that is as far as it goes. I have taken the ICND and the DCN
> courses and realized that this may be what I enjoy doing more than System
> Administration.
>
> Now to the point....
>
> I would like some advice as to how I should focus my studies. I will not be
> able to get anymore Instructor Led courses so I will have to do all this on
> my own. I am a good reader, so I plan on reading a lot, but I would like to
> know what books and in which order I should read for each of the exams. I
> do have a 2507 router and I am working some deals to get at least one more,
> so I will be able to use the CLI, although my actual goal is to try to get
> my hands on enough equipment to put together a Lab (but this is SO
> expensive....but I will probably bite the bullet!) I tried the RouterSim
> but I was not really impressed with it, a lot of the commands do not work so
> I ended up going to my 2507 to try out the commands (plus their floppy disk
> authorization key was buggy.....I lost the key 2 times changing from my
> laptop to my desktop and I still don't have a working key) Also what is the
> recommended order of testing?
>
> Any input is appreciated!
>
> Randy
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