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How to build a perfect lab at home and gain some experience
Rating: 4.3 out of 5(73 ratings)
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How to build a perfect lab at home and gain some experience

Learn how to create a network and lab at home for any Cisco exam. A custom-made rack for CCENT, CCNA, and other exams
Created byMarious Kuriata
Last updated 1/2026
English

What you'll learn

  • Learn how to build a lab and a network at home
  • Check a custom-made rack with cool Cisco and HP devices
  • Learn what Cisco devices to buy
  • Check out neat cabling and cable management
  • Understand differences between a lab and a network
  • Get real-world tips and recommendations
  • Learn more about monitoring software

Course content

4 sections28 lectures1h 51m total length
  • Introduction2:26

    Introduce how to build a home network lab with real-world examples, step-by-step instructions, and tips, focusing on Cisco topics, security, and CCSB parts.

  • Lab vs Real Network. What's the Difference?5:33
  • How to Build an Awesome Network at Home9:28

    Build a home lab with an open rack or frame, organize cables with a patch panel and color-coded cables, and tailor Cisco, Juniper, or Aruba devices for scalable learning.

  • Recommendations: Cables, Switches, Routers, Firewalls, Servers...4:13
  • Cisco Devices worth Buying9:40

    Explore how to select Cisco devices for a home lab, compare end-of-life options, assess licensing for routing and firewall features, and stack switches to build a practical lab.

  • More Tips for you!1:39

Requirements

  • Understanding of Cisco certificates
  • Basic Cisco and networking knowledge

Description

Here is another course on my list with one goal: to show you how to become a better network engineer and gain some experience. We all know that passing Cisco and other IT exams is not enough. Are you unsure how to improve your knowledge and increase your experience? Are you struggling to find a job, or do you feel trapped in the one you have?

In this course you will find:

  • Differences between a lab and a real network

  • A list of recommended Cisco devices for CCENT, CCNA, CCNA Sec, and CCNP students

  • A presentation of a cool, custom-made rack

  • Check out some neat cabling (Panduit cable management)

  • Cisco devices: ASA 5506, 1900, 2960, 890, 2700, and more for a lab (1800, 2800, 3560, 3750)

  • Detailed explanations of all devices

  • A lot of tips and recommendations

  • HP Microserver with Windows Server 2016 and Synology NAS

  • Learn how to create a perfect lab and network at home

  • Excellent to help with your Cisco / CCNA studies

Do you want to gain some experience after passing an IT exam? Maybe you are studying towards CCENT or CCNA at the moment? You have come to the right place. Marious shares his passion for networking and encourages you to  learn more about networking by presenting a very unique project - a custom-made rack with ASA 5506, Cisco 2960, HP Microserver, NAS, and Cisco Access Point Aironet 2700. And more!

Remember that passing an exam is not enough. You need a real lab at home. Check out this unique course and see how I created a custom rack with a lot of cool Cisco devices to help me gain some experience.

Sound interesting? Join now!

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone looking for some help to gain experience in networking
  • Anyone looking for a lab to pass an IT exam
  • CCENT, CCNA, and CCNP students