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Software Piracy is not allowed on these forums last I checked...<br />

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Software Piracy is not allowed on these forums last I checked...


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Hi,<br />
I'm planning on starting the CCVP or the CCNPpath and was wondering if there were any free or cheap training materials (onine) out there to get started. <br />
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Hi,
I'm planning on starting the CCVP or the CCNPpath and was wondering if there were any free or cheap training materials (onine) out there to get started. 



CCNP or CCVP training

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.

Routers

Cisco PIX is a dedicated hardware firewall appliance; the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) is a firewall and anti-malware security appliance that provides unified threat management and protection the PIX does not. Other Cisco devices and systems include routers, switches, storage networking, wireless and the software and hardware for PIX Firewall Manager (PFM), PIX Device Manager (PDM) and Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM).