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About $4.92 a month, billed $59 upfront each year. Save $36.88 compared with 12 monthly payments.
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For the job: 22 field guides and workbooks for real changes and incidents: 802.1X, ISE and MAB, Catalyst 9800, ASA NAT and packet-tracer, IPsec, BGP, DNS, IP SLA and throughput. See the full list.
For your exam: all 68 browser labs (free Essentials, 60 build labs, six troubleshooting labs and the campus Mega Lab) with interactive consoles and guided checks, plus CCNA Practice: 500 original questions, two timed 100-question mock exams and 200 spaced-repetition flashcards.
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PingLabz Practice adds original CCNA questions, spaced flashcards and two timed v2.0 mock forms to your study routine. Try the free sample, then use your existing Pro membership for the full collection.
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Simple pricing, one membership
Pro is $59 per year (about $4.92 a month) or $7.99 per month, billed in US dollars. The annual plan saves $36.88 compared with twelve monthly payments. Existing founding subscribers keep their current rate while their existing subscription remains active; the new prices apply to new subscriptions.
What you are paying for
Practice networking commands directly in your browser, follow guided exercises, and check your configuration as you go. Pro unlocks the 60 build labs, six troubleshooting labs, and the campus Mega Lab, alongside free IOS Essentials. The app simulates selected Cisco IOS behavior; it does not run a Cisco IOS image. Explore the labs or try IOS Essentials free.
For the job: 22 Pro field guides and workbooks
Every guide is a US Letter PDF with worked cases, read-only command sets, and incident or change worksheets you can reuse on real work. Each one lives on the article it belongs to; open it while signed in to download.
Wired access: 802.1X, ISE and MAB
- 802.1X Troubleshooting: A Field Guide (19 pages). Follow one connection through EAP, RADIUS, certificates, VLANs, dACLs, and CoA. Includes a published MAB case, exercises, and incident worksheets.
- 802.1X Switch Rollout Workbook (6 pages). A dependency checklist, phased enforcement plan, read-only commands, endpoint test matrix, and reusable cohort acceptance record.
- 802.1X Fallback VLAN Design Workbook (6 pages). An event-to-access matrix, restricted fallback design checks, separate failure tests, recovery criteria, and a reusable policy record.
- ISE Wired Policy Proof Workbook (6 pages). Policy-set and rule tracing, RADIUS-to-session correlation, positive and negative cases, and a reusable policy acceptance record.
- MAB Endpoint Admission Workbook (6 pages). Endpoint approval, identity-format checks, method and policy verification, restricted-access tests, and a reusable exception record.
Wireless: Catalyst 9800
- C9800 AP Join Fault-Isolation Workbook (7 pages). Find the last successful join stage and collect the evidence for the next check.
- C9800 Upgrade Change Workbook (6 pages). Backup coverage, install-mode checkpoints, service acceptance, rollback decisions, and a change record.
- C9800 SSO Validation Workbook (6 pages). SSO readiness checks, failure-domain planning, controlled switchover acceptance, and an HA validation record.
- C9800 FlexConnect Site Workbook (6 pages). Effective tag/profile mapping, local VLAN and AAA checks, WAN-loss test planning, and a branch pilot worksheet.
- C9800 Web Authentication Acceptance Workbook (6 pages). Portal-path planning, CWA transition checks, redirect-versus-security ACL guidance, client commands, and a guest acceptance worksheet.
Firewall and VPN: ASA and IPsec
- ASA NAT Rule-Matching Workbook (7 pages). Predict the winning rule, then verify the translation and the live connection.
- ASA Packet-Tracer Flow Workbook (6 pages). Ingress tuple planning, NAT/ACL trace interpretation, final-drop triage, and a one-flow incident worksheet.
- IPsec SA Troubleshooting Workbook (6 pages). IKE/IPsec distinctions, selector and counter triage, four worked patterns, and a two-peer evidence worksheet.
Routing and switching
- BGP Neighbor Triage Workbook (6 pages). State-to-evidence mapping, source and TCP checks, worked failures, and a neighbor incident record.
- BGP Prepending Change Workbook (6 pages). Selective export planning, AS-path interpretation, remote verification, and a before/after traffic worksheet.
- IP SLA and Tracked Failover Test Workbook (7 pages). Plan the probe path, predict route changes, and measure failure and recovery.
- VLAN and Trunk Troubleshooting Field Guide (10 pages). Follow a frame from the host to its gateway. Cisco and Linux inspection commands, a worked tag mismatch, practice cases, and a change record.
- SVI Up/Down Field Guide (6 pages). A command sequence, repair matrix, trunk/STP cases, and a VLAN gateway incident worksheet.
Operations: DNS, throughput and discovery
- DNS Failure Isolation Workbook (7 pages). Separate client, resolver, delegation, and authoritative failures with a repeatable evidence trail.
- Slow Network Throughput: A Troubleshooting Workbook (14 pages). Choose the next test from the evidence you have. Measured Linux cases, a diagnostic decision table, practice exercises, and before/after incident worksheets.
- Nmap Discovery Field Workbook (6 pages). Bounded discovery commands, response interpretation, targeted follow-up, and an inventory evidence worksheet.
- Nmap NSE Service Audit Workbook (6 pages). Named HTTP and SSH script recipes, selection rules, result interpretation, and a repeatable service audit sheet.
Get Pro for $59/year → About $4.92 a month. Or $7.99 billed monthly.
Questions
Do I need to buy anything else?
No additional lab software or hardware purchase is needed. Use a browser and an internet connection; a desktop or laptop with a keyboard works best. You do not need CML or device images.
What happens when I cancel?
You keep Pro access until the end of the period you paid for, then your account drops back to Free. Nothing is deleted. Cancel from your account portal.
Can I switch from monthly to annual?
You can manage your subscription in the account portal. Review the price and any prorated charge before confirming a switch. Founding rates apply to your existing subscription; switching plans may use current pricing.
Is there a team or classroom option?
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