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Originally Posted by Tavrin
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It's been over 10 years since I got mine, but it was a pretty easy test.
Pick up a cheap PIX off of eBay, and configure it as your router at home.
The practice of setting up the interfaces, nat'ing, and acls will be a huge benefit when you test.
Nothing will help you learn faster than doing it in a live environment that you use daily.
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Conceptually I agree with you, but the PIX/ASA line has a different programming language than the rest of the Cisco line so I wouldn't recommend them for training purposes. They also are a firewall not a router, so they can't...route. You'll need to know the basics of EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, etc and a PIX won't help you there. You usually need to upgrade the memory even in the 515Es and better to run anything even close to current IOS wise, and they made a lot of big changes going from 8.3 to 8.4.
If you want to practice just download GNS3 for free. It won't help you with the layer 2 stuff but that shit is pretty mild on the CCNA.