Hi Andrew It’s the real CCNA. What I’d give to be able to go the physical route! Unless I by a kit off ebay like Billy said, I can’t see another way of getting out of using virtual labs. The day school at a local Cisco partner centre has even been cancelled, understandably, and replaced with an online alternative. All the best Luke From: Andrew Hodgson Sent: 29 September 2021 22:36 To: Mailing list for blind system administrators Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Cisco NetAcad Labs - Packet Tracer accessibility Hi. Yeah that is sound advice if using real Cisco equipment. However with the lab software this is all virtual so traditional network tools can't be used in conjunction with the labs. I went the physical equipment route for me, worked best in the long run. Never got the hang of the lab software. Luke, what is the OU course offering you in terms of exam, is it the real CCNA or are you doing the exams from the OU as part of the module? Andrew. -----Original Message----- From: Jackie McBride <abletec@gmail.com> Sent: 29 September 2021 21:25 To: Mailing list for blind system administrators <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Cisco NetAcad Labs - Packet Tracer accessibility Let me amend my statement re: Packet Tracer. When I taught at CAVI--which has been a very long time ago now--it was not accessible. If they ever implemented changes since then to make it so, I am unaware, which says absolutely nothing. The tools I mentioned should help. Wireshark is pretty dicey accessibility wise, but its cli counterpart, TShark, should work well for you, & they have improved Wireshark's accessibility somewhat. On 9/29/21, Jackie McBride <abletec@gmail.com> wrote:
Luke, packet tracer has never been accessible. Try Wireshark (TShark, I believe, is the cli equivalent). TCPDump can also be used.
On 9/29/21, Luke Scholey via Blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> wrote:
Hello All
Hope you’re well.
I’m half way through a degree with the Open University and as part of that I am completing the CCNA course from Cisco.
This course includes using labs in the network simulator software Packet Tracer. sadly, as far as I can tell, this is a drag-and-drop interface and isn’t usable enough with a screen reader for me to complete the labs independently.
Does anyone know of a solution or work around to this? Has anyone ever done the CCNA before that can give me any advice? The NetAcad content itself is mostly fine, and in my opinion, works best with NVDA, it’s just the labs that are causing me problems. And of course, what with everything still be in virtual, I don’t think there is a possibility of me being able to physically complete the labs with Cisco equipment and instructors.
Thanks for any help you can give. Kind regards Luke
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