New Simulator Software 1

[wybnormal]

I mentioned in a prior post about an upcoming series of reviews about Cisco lab simulators. The series will start on the 13th at Tech Republic on their Infrastructure track. I will get the link up here shortly. Also, I referred to a new Cisco product both in a post and in my reviews based on the Boson product. Due to the NDA I had to sign, I could not say alot but now it's official.

http://www.ciscopress.com/title/1587201313?redir=1

Its very well done, one of the best tutorials Cisco has put out. There is also a 50% discount on moving up to the CCNP simulator when you are ready for it.

MikeS


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[UKHicks]

i'm thinking of buying that, like right now.... would it be enough to get me through a CCNP or CSSP though? Right now i'm using the Todd Lammle Sybex book on its own, which is great for the theory.

 

[wybnormal]

The Cisco version is CCNA only.. the full package of Netsim from Boson would be fine for the CCNP and alot of the CCIE . More so in the coming months as they flesh out the support for the 3550 switch they just started to support. I was working a BGP problem yesterday and the sim behaved exactly as my real routers did.

MikeS


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"Take advantage of the enemy's unreadiness, make your way by unexpected routes, and attack unguarded spots."
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[UKHicks]

As of this moment i'm studying up on the OSI model, i've looked at it before and its so dry, still i do see that its important to understand. Does it really come up much once you move on from the CCNA?

 

[SF18C]

UKHicks OSI comes up every single day in networking. I wouldn't think of even trying to troubleshoot a problem if I could not figure out what layer I'm having my issues. But with the work I do it is most the the lower 4 layers (thankfully).

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[wybnormal]

KNow it... it is much harder to troubleshoot if you do not understand exactly what is *supposed* to be happening in which layer.

MikeS


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"Take advantage of the enemy's unreadiness, make your way by unexpected routes, and attack unguarded spots."
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[wybnormal]

Here is the link to the official start of the reviews of the simulator software.

Techrepublic has a couple of "pay to view" areas. THis is one of them.On the other hand, they do offer a freebie 30 days

http://techrepublic.com.com/5102-6350-5261529.html

Short answer? Get Boson's Netsim.. either the CCNA lab or the CCNP.

MikeS


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http://www.packetattack.com

"Take advantage of the enemy's unreadiness, make your way by unexpected routes, and attack unguarded spots."
Sun Tzu

 

[UKHicks]

I bought a copy of Semsim's router simulater just to get me through the CCNA, then i will obviously have to upgrade my software for the CCNP/CCSP

 

[jeter]

hey mike its has been awhile. I was looking into the site and as always your out there.

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