From: Tom Larus (tlarus@xxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Jul 03 2002 - 11:24:14 GMT-3
Wait just a little while and you can buy a lot of great token ring routers
for a great price. Not your whole lab, mind you, but you can build a very
nice lab for less money if you use the tr routers that will be sold cheaply
soon (or now).
BGP, OSPF, and many other core topics can be learned just as well on tr as
on ethernet.
As for voice, I got a decent deal on a 2613 router because it was TR. This
hold your Voice NM and FXS vics just as well as a 2621.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "david" <entropy@powerup.com.au>
To: "CCIE Lab" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 3:10 PM
Subject: Lab Equipment
> Hi All,
>
> I am losing my lab equipment at work and need to buy some kit for a home
> lab. Does anyone know a good reputable company in the UK (pref London and
> surronds) that sells cheap/second hand Cisco kit that I could buy from
> (other than ebay). My lab at work consisted of mainly 2600's but I would
> like to know if you can get by with just 2500's (except for maybe one 2600
> for the voice cards).
>
> If anyone has a good equipment list in use for a home lab can they please
> let me know/have a copy. I had a Jtec ISDN mux at work that I used to
> simulate an ISDN network (pri's and bri's), are the ISDN simulators any
good
> and what brands are decent/cost effective. Also would you bother buying
> 2500's now as they are at EOL and do they run anywhere near as good as the
> 2600's, especially when running BGP, IPsec etc ie can you get by on 2500's
> as they would be much cheaper? If anyone knows how much equipment is to
buy
> in the UK (pounds not euro) could you let me know, being a techi I never
> have been involved in pricing.
>
> Thanks
> David.
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