Inexpensive, slightly older personal computers,
and recycled, slightly older, kinds of network interface
cards, cables, hubs, routers, and other hardware,
can be found on auction at very low prices, sometimes,
depending upon demand, at
http://www.ebay.com/
The software can also be obtained as recycled copies. As companies upgrade their real networks to the latest and greatest, they increasingly are learning that they can turn their old versions into cash.
Many of the Novell Netware books are also available on the online
auction, at reduced prices.