CCNA and CCNA Exam Equipments

[BlackJackiv2008]

Hi Mr Todd Lammle,

I have decided to sit for CCNA and CCNP exam within a year time and just bought your CCNA Exam Guide, 6th Edition from a Singapore Book Store recently. I have started to read your book at 5am, takes around 1.5hrs every day before i go to work at 7am.

I need a hands on preparation for me to gain confidence to CCNA and CCNA as well as future challenges in the work place, and i requested a quotation from a Cisco 2nd hand vendor, but i am not sure if the items mentioned are proper for CCNA and CCNP exams and the prices are seems not so cheap? Can you please advise me?

1) 3units x CISCO2610 CISCO2610 ETHERNET MODULAR ROUTER W/ CISCO IOS IP SW, AC PWR

2) 1unit x WS-C3550-24-SMI CAT 3550 24-10/100 AND 2GBIC PORTS : STD MULTILAYER SW IMAGE

3) 6units x WIC-1T CISCO SYSTEM WIC-1T, 1 PORT SERIAL WAN INTERFACE CARD

4) 3units x CAB-H60-MT-10 10 FOOT SERIAL TO SERIAL CROSSOVER CABLE, DB60

5) 4units x CAB-ETH-S-RJ45 YELLOW CABLE FOR ETHERNET, STRAIGHT-THROUGH, RJ-45, 6 FEET

6) 2units x CAB-ETHXOVER= ETHERNET CROSSOVER CABLE

7) 1unit x ACS-ASYN-CCONSOLEPORT CABLE KIT W/O RACK EARS

8) 1unit x AIR-AP1220B-A-K9 802.00B AP W/AVAIL CBUS SLOT, FCC CNFG

9) 2units x AIR-ANT4941 2.4GHZ, 2.2 DBI DIPOLE ANTENNA W/RP-TNC, CONNECT

10) 1unit x CP-PWR-CUBE= IP PHONE POWER TRANSFORMER FOR 7900 SERIES PHONES

11) 1 unit x WS-C2950-12 CAT 2950 12 PORT 10/100 SWITCH, STANDARD IMAGE ONLY

Thanks.

[lammle]

That is a lot of gear. More then enough for CCNA, but not quite a enough for CCNP. The 2950 needs to have the enhanced image. You also need to have a security image for the 2600's....IP image is not enough for CCNP.

Good luck!
Todd