Re: What to buy?

From: Joe Martin (jmartin@xxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Mar 28 2000 - 02:49:01 GMT-3


   
   I'm assuming your working towards the CCIE R/S. If you've got the
   money, get a cat 5500 with a LS1010 blade and a LANE card. Since your
   looking at the 3600's, get an ATM card for each. If you can afford an
   ISDN simulator, get one and add some BRI WIC's to the 2600/3600s. Get
   at least one of the 3600s with the new 1FE2W card so you can do
   ISL/802.1Q from the router to the switch. Get a 2511 for term server
   functionality or add an 8/16 port async card to your 3600. Or if you
   don't feel you need that many ports, I used the 4 port low speed
   sync/async cards in mine. Allows me to do more. Make sure to add
   additional ethernet ports to your gear so you can get crazy with
   meshing the routers in strange ways.
   
   Just my 2 cents
   
   JOE
   CCNP, CCDP, and a few other things...
   
   
   ----- Original Message -----
   
   From: Hank Leung
   
   To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
   
   Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 7:07 PM
   
   Subject: What to buy?
   
   Hi everyone.
   
   
   
   I've been trying to figure out what to get for my CCIE home lab. I'm
   not on the tightest budget, so I can splurge a little. I can always
   sell stuff off later. I already own a 2501 and 2507. What I'm going
   to add is:
   
   
   
   *Catalyst 5000 (trying to find a cheap LS1010, but can you do anything
   with just 1?)
   
   *2600/3600, both with voice cards and token ring (because I have
   little exp. with either)
   
   
   
   Can anyone help me think of anything else I should think about
   getting? Should I be set with this lab? What would you guys get if
   you could have anything (to prepare for the lab)?
   
   
   
   Thanks.
   
   



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