While potentially useful as an end to itself, my previous post – essentially an overview of the use of Dynamips for Cisco cert prep – was really a set-up to discuss today’s topic. Today’s topic is ...

I’ve spent at least 25% of the space in this blog over the years to a discussion of what used lab gear you might want to get so that you can practice the commands you will see on various Cisco exams.

With a simulator, there are always missing commands and programming errors, and it can never really be as complete as the real IOS. However, because an emulator runs the IOS, you get every feature ...

It really is no different than OSX except I don't think you can go out to a store and pick up an IOS disk.

Most network shops have a fair amount of slightly older gear sitting around—small switches, routes from small offices, etc. This type of hardware is always useful to have so that testing and proof of ...