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Summary: Stay away!!!!!!
Review: Stay away from this thing! Don't believe the 5 star reviews, they are most likely fake. This product is VERY buggy, lots of problems. Also, it is VERY limited in what you can do, you pretty much have to stick to the few labs, no have no room to "play" and try different configurations without running into trouble or getting errors. Not anywhere worth the $$$ they are asking. Even if it was free,it is a frustrating waste of your valuable time. If you are smart you will not buy this. I would give it 0 stars if I could!
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Summary: A good first attempt, but falls very short of a router sim
Review: The product is not a router simulator. It does no simulate a Cisco IOS router. You can type a few commands, but it does not actually emulate a routed environment. It is closer to a cool spell checker. And according to the license, you can not return it.
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Summary: A good first attempt, but falls very short of a router sim
Review: The product is not a router simulator. It does no simulate a Cisco IOS router. You can type a few commands, but it does not actually emulate a routed environment. It is closer to a cool spell checker. And according to the license, you can not return it.
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Summary: buy only if desperate
Review: The Sybex Virtual e-lab Trainer would have been a decent $... software package. No way is it worth $...! It is buggy and very limited in what you can do. Some commands don't seem to work at all. Consider it only if you've never worked on a router before and don't have a clue about how to get access to one.
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Summary: Getting familiar with the router and its commands.
Review: This e-trainer helped me put alot of the router commands that I had only read about to work. I recommend this e-trainer for those who want to get familiar with navigating in a router and for those who need to get familiar with how the routers interact on a network.Because this was an e-trainer for CCNA, I was hoping that it would have some excercises on subnetting and the OSI model, but unfortunately not. But I say once again, if its router command and internetworking that you are looking for help with, this item will help.
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Summary: Gotta have this!
Review: This is absolutely what you need for the new CCNA EXAM!
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Summary: Very Good...Worth it.
Review: This is an excellent simulator. It does it's job very well...it teaches you the basics on how to configure cisco routers and will definitely help you pass the CCNA test. I ran through all the simulations three times and also used Todd Lammle's book. Very effective! Passed the CCNA exam on first try and, more importantly, I now KNOW and UNDERSTAND this stuff. This software can't perform every cisco command and do everything, but it certainly gives the hands-on experience and covers all the commands as specified by Cisco's exam criteria. I give "two thumbs-up" and highly recommend it. When you are running a simulation lab, if you have any problems it's definitely related to "your own" misconfiguration of the router/switch. You would experience the same situations on the real hardware. Once again, combine this software with your reading and you will learn this stuff easily.
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Summary: This helped me towards my CCNA, then towards my CCNP
Review: This product was an invaluable resource for my CCNA. I have since gone on towards my CCNP using all of Todd Lammle's Sybex book and pass all my exams. It is hard, but is can be done! If you don't have access to the routers and switches you need, then this product is for you. I did pass my exams because of this product giving me the hands-on I needed to pass.
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Summary: Great Product
Review: Though only in initial use, (I took test 3 weeks ago and was 6-8 q short), my weak areas are IOS, routing, wan protocols. I have been reviewing the Lammle book, CCNA and this simulator for last 2 days. Its great so far, and can do this at my desk without going to the router lab. For CCNA and to get some hands on, GREAT! I will retake after I do the labs to make sure I nail the test, maybe repost again after I use product even more and retest. (640-407 CCNA 1.0) is good for moving on to CCNP 2.0 the newer version.
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Summary: Poor substitute at best
Review: Very buggy. The software is OK if you stay completely within the bounds of the preset labs. Avoid it if you can. You're better off to try the CCNASim 3.0 from www.routersim.com or just shell out the cash for a lab.
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