I know this question probably gets asked a lot around this subreddit, but I want to know if it is really worth it. I can see it being useful to practice for CCNA, which I plan on studying for after my final semester in college (and CCNP in the future), but many people from r/ccna say that it’s better to stick with Packet Tracer. However, I’ve seen some post in this subreddit saying that it helps with gaining experience when you tinker with a home lab and can potentially help you land a job, so I want to hear your guy’s opinion on if it’s worth investing for a home lab or not.
depends on what niche you wanna go into. if you want to be a competent overall IT professional I would recommend a couple of servers to learn the basics and get familiar with the genre of hardware. cisco stuff isn’t too important if you have any concept of hardware/software.