The single biggest cost for gear for a CCNP lab will be the cost of a layer 3 switch – assuming you really need one. Of the four CCNP exams, only the BCMSN exam requires a lot of LAN switch features.

Guys I would like to get 2 Cisco switches for my home lab. First off I want them to be gigabit now on to the major problem. I remember them being very loud switches and the house I own does not have a ...

I assumed the only real way to fix this was to upgrade something expensive. A Wi-Fi 7 router? Maybe. A 2.5GbE core switch?

So do I hit the enable config button in zone admin after adding a WWID to a server, or the save config button, or both…? I’ve got one guy telling me one thing, another telling me different. And is it ...

The primary challenge of running a test lab is the amount of time it takes to provision the test beds within the lab. This software defined lab platform automates the setup and configuration process ...