Buying and Building a Cisco Lab

[@jovitive8768]

Thank you so much for your honest advice on CCNA home lab built, especially for beginners like me.

[@JorgeAlmazan]

You’re welcome

[@KielMartinCisco]

Buying equipment and not using Packet Tracer? HELL YEAH!

[@joelbell]

Don't forget to also look good shipping rates. Some people rake you over the coals with shipping.

[@bodygenius57]

Hi Jorge, I love your videos and I would like to ask 2 questions 1. if you can post more frequently? . And more importantly 2. I just wanted to ask you, how having a lab setup in your home can effect your electricity bills.....are there certain devices i.e. 2950, 3560 which are less power consuming than other. Please let me know. Thanks :)

[@bassplayeronly]

Hi i feel good bout what you said...i need your help...i want to buy a home network...c.i want to get my CCNA and CCNP. And specialized in security...can you give me a list of what i need and how many of them...THANK YOU

[@edaodu-oyoha-oyaserielu]

Greeting's Jorge, what is your opinion on Juniper networks? Thank you.

[@diablojd52]

I have to buy one part of my lab at a time cause I cant afford to buy the entire thing at once. I have the first part coming in the mail its an 1841. I got a long way to go.

[@CFH298]

Do you need to buy laptops or extra devices to mimic users? I'd be so lost if I just bought equipment :(

[@jonathanmoore8886]

Shook One you could try creating a loopback instead of a laptop

[@napalm3899]

Raspberry Pi or a cheap old laptop w/ Linux.

[@blackcoolsat]

great Job Jorge, I just start studying for my ccna and I acquire 2 (3550s) 1 with poe, a wireless router 871w and 2 (3750s) no poe, do I need anything else. Thanks

[@MMichaelSingh]

Hi Jorge, always loving your videos, I have a question for you. I am a CCNA who earned it with 3 physical 2610xm's and 3 2950c's which I sold when i moved across states. For my university CCNP classes starting in May, we need to use Cisco Premium Learning Labs. I am planning on getting their premium subscription that comes with extra lab hours for $450 for the year. These are virtualized full IOS hosted by Cisco. This also includes their videos and other resources. Would this be enough for CCNP or would I need to supplement with GNS3? Planning on using Bryant's and Molinar's books. Thanks

[@JorgeAlmazan]

It may very well be enough. Although I'm not familiar with the platform Cisco Learning uses. In terms of material I'd pick up everything I possibly can.

[@Asimpleclearlife]

Jorge Almazan, Hi Jorge I really enjoy your video which I just found out. I have just purchased a Chris Bryant CCNA class and I have a $500 budget to setup a lab for Cisco and MCSA. Can you recommend a used server for with configuration. thank you and congrats on your career

[@JorgeAlmazan]

I second what du'an says. At the CCNA/MCSA level, you can simply stick to vmware workstation or fusion on your laptop and learn using that. No need to buy expensive server. Later on when you begin experimenting with multiple larger servers that require more resources, and/or want to learn ESXi then look for a server.

[@Asimpleclearlife]

Du'An Lightfoot thanks for your response, my laptop max only 8 gig ram

[@nonya3685]

I'm looking to build a home lab. Down the line, I want everything to be functional. I don't want 10/100 switches and routers. I have 10 gigabit ethernet connection on my primary equipment. At the very least I am fine with gigabit ethernet. What are my options for a full 1 gigabit lab? Preferably hardware that supports LACP?

[@Beast9894]

Lol the rose and decorations on that first listing :)

[@refaiabdeen5943]

Cheers Mate, was an Awesome presentation !!

[@Kunine]

Hi Jorge good video, I have a question related to the journey. Right now my current goal for cisco is CCNP.. but I am quite new to the industry. With the rise of SDN is it a good idea to branch off to programming/python or do you recommend focusing on cisco certifications?

[@JorgeAlmazan]

I'd recommend to stick with the certs then learn python after on your own.

[@D35TR00]

Perhaps 90% of the SDN out there has an interface but like any other interface there is code on the back-end. Get your certs as a must-have and the programming/coding as a nice to have.

[@kracksmith4ejm1]

would eve-ng be a better solution than physical?

[@JorgeAlmazan]

I'm really liking EVE-NG personally. But if you've never worked with real equipment I would invest in real gear. Plus if you wanted to experiment with wireless AP's or Phone systems a physical POE switch would be required.

[@JoseFernandez-yz1sf]

very informative video, thanks Jorge.

[@DanielLe-mr2jn]

Have you try build lab on Unetlab?

[@EZXPRT]

This is amazing Video Ezxprt is also A professional Institution In Pakistan

[@richkid6571]

Yo man could you please tell me how to download a cisco iOS router on gns3.....every time I download it I click on the router icon and no router is there

[@Ferocious_Imbecile]

Thanks for this advice.

[@RobFos]

eve-ng.com is also a good emulator. though you do need your own images..... but for CCIE, many people I know swear by it.

[@richkid6571]

I've heard that on the CCNA you cannot configure a router but you have to go the terminal on the computer?????

[@JorgeAlmazan]

You do configure the router. But via a terminal software like PuTTy or SecureCRT.

[@3rdJose]

how else would you configure it?

[@johnw1111]

Very good, thank you :)

[@NigelJames87]

Good video, thanks.

[@stephenonavwie6151]

Great video. Thanks. Sir, I have an issue on how to configure my home cisco 2821 so that I can be able to call outside from my lan. The Router Go/1 is connected to the lan fa0/1. The G0/0 is connected to DSL service provider interface. How to connect the voice port to the DSL and configure it so that I could call out and receive calls from outside is the issue. Please help

[@yonasgebreegziabher6509]

Thanks.

[@gibson7654]

Hi Jorge. How did you get the Network System Administrator job in 2008? I'm looking at your LinkedIn profile and I don't see any previous experience.

[@JorgeAlmazan]

mbison83 We all start somewhere. This position was with a small consulting firm. Previous to 2008 i worked with this firm from time to time shadowing installs.

[@gibson7654]

Jorge Almazan so you knew someone at the company and asked to assist, correct?

[@JorgeAlmazan]

mbison83 yes. Funny enough I was connected through my family doctor. Often people with experience are always happy to take people under their wing. This company was a small business, so it made things easy for shadowing (no corporate policies, etc).

[@gibson7654]

Jorge Almazan that's cool man. I have to look around and hopefully find something worthwhile.

[@krystynam4076]

I agree...

[@richkid6571]

could you email me your notes for the ccna like a good picture if you could

[@diablojd52]

I disagree with the feedback. The lowest I would go with is 99% because a lot of people use fake accounts to boost sales or sell a lot of cheap ite ms for high feedback then start screwing people.