I'm looking to build a home lab to study for a Cisco cert. Does anyone know of a good source where I can buy some Cisco equipment in Thailand or failing that, Asia? Ebay has a few of the labs I want in the US, but the shipping alone is around $2k for 300lbs worth.

I know China does some excellent Cisco knockoffs which look and function identically to the real deal (so good in fact that the US govt was found to be running loads of it). Considering it's just for personal use, i'd probably be willing to look at this option but used gear is fine too

Would be great if anyone has any suggestions?

Thanks!

I'm looking to build a home lab to study for a Cisco cert. Does anyone know of a good source where I can buy some Cisco equipment in Thailand or failing that, Asia? Ebay has a few of the labs I want in the US, but the shipping alone is around $2k for 300lbs worth.

I know China does some excellent Cisco knockoffs which look and function identically to the real deal (so good in fact that the US govt was found to be running loads of it). Considering it's just for personal use, i'd probably be willing to look at this option but used gear is fine too

Would be great if anyone has any suggestions?

Thanks!

Jinan at IT Mall Fortunetown Bangkok.