Total Costs
After reading this blog post, I have decided to keep a similar log of total costs spent on getting my CCIE. Here is a breakdown of what has been spent up to now.
Things I have Already Purchased:
| Item | Category | Vendor | Cost (including S+H) |
| CCIE Routing and Switching Certfication Guide, 4th Edition | Books | Amazon.com | $77.03 |
| CCIE RS 4.0 Self-Paced Training Program | Workbooks | INE.com | $2,009.00 |
| CCIE Routing & Switching Dynamips Lab Workbook (Upgrade Pricing) | Workbooks | INE.com | $69.30 |
| HP A5506-60102 Quad Port Ethernet Card | Hardware | eBay.com | $19.99 |
| HP A5506-60102 Quad Port Ethernet Card | Hardware | eBay.com | $24.95 |
| HP A5506-60102 Quad Port Ethernet Card | Hardware | eBay.com | $20.49 |
| Startech.com PCI-Express to PCI adapter card | Hardware | amazon.com | $34.99 |
| Cisco Catalyst WS-C3550-48-SMI | Hardware | eBay.com | $170 |
| Cisco Catalyst WS-C3550-48-SMI | Hardware | eBay.com | $170 |
| Cisco Catalyst WS-3560-24TS-S | Hardware | eBay.com | $775 |
| USB Serial Adapter (qty 5) | Hardware | amazon.com | $18.00 |
| 1 ft Crossover Cable (qty 20) | Hardware | amazon.com | $23.99 |
| 3 ft Cat5E Cable (qty 15) | Hardware | Monoprice.com | $16.65 |
| Biostar A770E3 | Hardware | Microcenter | $56.81 |
| CPU Thermal Paste | Hardware | Microcenter | $5.16 |
| Ikea Lack table (color black, qty 2) | Hardware | Ikea | $17.10 |
| 10-day INE.com Bootcamp | Classroom Learning | INE.com | $5990 |
| Total | $9498.97 |
As with most CCIE candidates, there appears to be an endless list of items I still need to buy for my studies. Here is a list of future purchases I plan to make. As I make them, I will move them to the “Bought” list. For now, we will call this, the “To Buy” list:
Things I Need/Would Like To Purchase:
| Item | Category | Vendor | Cost |
| IP Power 9258 | Hardware | Amazon.com | ~$80 |
Hi, I bought 4 of HP A5506-60102 Quad Port Ethernet Card but my CentOS can not recognize the card?
What kind of system do you use?
Thanks.
Paul,
I actually used them under Ubuntu and they all worked seamlessly. The MoBo I purchased is a Biostar A770E3 which has 3 PCI slots and worked with my existing AMD proc.