From: Erick B. (erickbe@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Feb 22 2001 - 01:27:46 GMT-3
This works fine. You can get like 2-3 cisco routers
and some other vendors which are cheaper.
Bad attempt at ASCII art:
<PRE>
Cisco---Bay---3Com---Cisco
| | | |
| | | |
Cisco---[ Switch ]
</PRE>
This gives you cheaper equipment that can introduce
routes, etc and the cisco's learn routes dynamically
that you can filter on, etc. Can't do cisco
propiertary stuff this way but it does save you a few
bucks since the cisco stuff is pricy on EBay.
Bay and 3Com gear work just as well as cisco...
--- Dustin L LaMascus <lamascus@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> After a little browsing on Ebay I had a "great" idea
> (prolly not original)...
> why not use other vendor products for items that are
> needed for a home lab but
> not required to know for the lab exam. I'm talking
> about a frame switch, atm
> switch, and a terminal server. Okay, so you have to
> config your own terminal
> server, but if I could find an alternative that
> saves me $500USD then I could
> prolly manage to remember the host statements :-)
> Same for the frame switch.. A
> nice used ASN from Bay may save big $$$ compared to
> a 4K with mods, or even a
> 2522/23. I also saw some weird ATM products REAL
> cheap... unfortunately I know
> squat about other vendor's ATM products (FVC,
> Fore)...
>
> Has anyone else "made due" with these or other
> non-cisco products?
> recommendations?
>
> Thanks is advance!
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