Well, I will suggest a small home lab that is not costly, then use some online remote lab rental to do more complex scenarios to prepare for the more real CCIE lab exam. You could find some great online lab at lower cost on eBay.com. Sometimes they have those on auctions at even lower price during promotion. Here is one that I would recommend: Networkforce.com Have Fun ! jc0 ""Ajit&Vaishali"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Just a question :- > > 1. Should one spend money on setting up a home-lab. If so, then what are the > exercises that one uses to practise on ? If you buy one of the subscriptions, > would it not be better then to buy their Rack time as well, since their racks > would be setup in line with their lab-subsription exercise itself ? > > Which brings me to my second question of course > > 2.Should one spend the money on a lab-subscription with adequate Rack time to > try all their examples twice ot thrice over ? > > Just a little confused on which way to go with the money ????? Any advice > would be really appreciated Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=19360&t=19319 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]