CCNP Lab Suggestions
Ok, now that you are a CCNA, I don t have to explain to you why you need more than
one router or each and every feature of the routers. So, let s get down to business. I have
three basic CCNP lab suggestions which fall into the CCNP Economy, CCNP Standard
and the Premium CCNP Lab Kit. As you can guess, it all comes down to what your
budget can afford. Here we go!
CCNP Economy Lab Kit - This kit will get you through much of the CCNP track. It
has the following:
Two Cisco 2610 Modular Routers with maximum memory 64/16
Two WIC-1T serial cards, one for each of the Cisco 2610 routers
Two Cisco 2503 Routers with maximum memory 16/16 for ISDN labs
Two Cisco 1720 Modular Routers for the 100MB Ethernet ports
Two WIC-1T serial cards, one for each of the Cisco 1720 routers
One Cisco 2509 Router with maximum memory 16/16 to act as your Terminal Services
Router
One Octol Cable for the 2509 Router
One Cisco 2523 Router to act as your Frame Relay Router
Two Cisco 2924 100MB Switches
One Cisco 1924 10/100MB Switch
One brand new ISDN Simulator
Eight back to back cables
Two console kits
$2399.99 plus $199 shipping
CCNP Standard Lab Kit  This kit is the same as the CCNP Economy Lab Kit except
one of the 2924 switches is replaced with a 2950 switch.
Two Cisco 2610 Modular Routers with maximum memory 64/16
Two WIC-1T serial cards, one for each of the Cisco 2610 routers
Two Cisco 2503 Routers with maximum memory 16/16 for ISDN labs
Two Cisco 1720 Modular Routers for the 100MB Ethernet ports
Two WIC-1T serial cards, one for each of the Cisco 1720 routers
One Cisco 2509 Router with maximum memory 16/16 to act as your Terminal Services
Router
One Octol Cable for the 2509 Router
One Cisco 2523 Router to act as your Frame Relay Router
One Cisco 2950 100MB Switch
One Cisco 2924 100MB Switch
One Cisco 1924 10/100MB Switch
One brand new ISDN Simulator
Eight back to back cables
Two console kits
$2749.99 plus $199 shipping
CCNP Premium Lab Kit - This kit is pretty much the same as our CCNP Standard Lab
kit except it includes the Cisco 3550 switch so you can do your Layer 3 switching labs.
If you budget can accommodate this kit, this is really the way to go as you will not get to
see how a switch does Layer 3 switching without it!
Two Cisco 2610 Modular Routers with maximum memory 64/16
Two WIC-1T serial cards, one for each of the Cisco 2610 routers
Two Cisco 2503 Routers with maximum memory 16/16 for ISDN labs
Two Cisco 1720 Modular Routers for the 100MB Ethernet ports
Two WIC-1T serial cards, one for each of the Cisco 1720 routers
One Cisco 2509 Router with maximum memory 16/16 to act as your Terminal Services
Router
One Octol Cable for the 2509 Router
One Cisco 2523 Router to act as your Frame Relay Router
One Cisco 3550 Layer 3 switching Switch
One Cisco 2950 100MB Switch
One Cisco 2924 100MB Switch
One brand new ISDN Simulator
Eight back to back cables
Two console kits
$4374.99 plus $199 shipping