there are several good sources for Lab prep material now. NLI / Bootcamp, Fatkid, and the one sold through Cert Zone.
NLI is comprehensive. Their older Labs contain a lot of obsolete material, but this does not diminish their value. NLI would like you to rent rack time from them, but many of their labs can be done in a typical home lab. Fat Kid Labs seem to be more topic specific, rather than comprehensive in nature. But they are worth looking at. Fat Kid has very reasonable rental rates, but most of their stuff can be done at home. IP Xpert builds their labs around a large pod, and their model is that they rent you rack time at reasonable rates to do their labs. One can jigger the setup, and get a lot of the stuff done on a home lab. It comes down to where you want to spend your dollars. In terms of cost, Fat Kid is the least expensive and NLI is the most expensive. But the cost of the study material is about that of a 2501 on an auction site. Your cost for setting up a home lab will be far and away more expensive than any materials you buy. These days, the study materials available are excellent. the major differences between NLI and IP Xpert are in the presentation ( several sheets stapled together versus a nicely bound book ) the presence or absence of obsolete topics ( NLI has been around a lot longer, and has legacy material which can be skipped ) some cosmetic presentation things like color diagrams nicely done on Visio versus hand sketched. Seems to me I'm forgetting somebody. Solutions Experts or something? I'll have to dig around. Oh yeah, and Vlab. HTH Chuck -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul Jin Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 7:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Off Topic - CCIE Lab Prep recommendation [7:23091] Chuck, So in your opinion, you do believe that this is one of the better labs and complex enough that it will help you deal with the real lab??? Paul Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=23366&t=23091 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
