From: amlendu kumar (amlendu_kumar@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Feb 12 2003 - 12:14:37 GMT-3
I find Anothonypanda.com to have the most copetitive prices for db 60
crossover cables plus flash and RAM . Very fast delivery.
You can save $$
Regards
Amlendu Kumar
>From: "sam" <sam@avtechusa.com>
>Reply-To: "sam" <sam@avtechusa.com>
>To: "'David Porta'" <David.Porta003@msd.govt.nz>
>CC: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>Subject: RE: Lab equipment list.
>Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2003 09:04:00 -0500
>
>Well, flash can be bought of ebay as well. I try to go to the sellers
>that have high positives.. a couple of other places on the web such as
>kg2.com (Of which I have no affiliation with) offer parts as well.
>
>My apologies to the rest of the group... This wasn't meant as a gung-ho
>self congratulatory post. I just wanted to get across the feeling that a
>lot of money need not be spent just to set up a home lab.
>
>Cabling and upgrading flash are not required for the lab. But it helped
>me to better understand the equipment and the underlying architecture.
>
>
>
>Sam Sena
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Porta [mailto:David.Porta003@msd.govt.nz]
>Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 7:39 PM
>To: sam
>Subject: Re: Lab equipment list.
>
>Hi Sam,
>
>I am poor too :)
>Where did you purchase the 16MB Flash and RAM for your 2501's?
>
>I am doing it the same way you are, however I am still getting my
>equipment together.
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Dave
>
>sam wrote:
> >
> > In Truth, I feel that speed and accuracy is an important thing in the
> > lab.
> > I have a sizeable lab at home like most of you guys would. I use it to
> > practice on all of my IGPs, redistribution, policy routing, QoS and so
> > forth...
> >
> > I have a 2509, 5 2501s, a 4000 (Frame relay), a 2620 (For the fast
> > ethernet and voice) and a Cat 5000. All bought off ebay and upgraded
> > (Flash/RAM)at a fraction of the cost of those 'preassembled' labs. (No
> > offense... I'm poor ;> )
> >
> > To practice on the more extensive components of the exam such as ISDN,
> > ATM, Voice and of course the 3550, you can rent lab time at one of
>many
> > commercially available rack rental sites. Do your homework first and
> > prepare a few labs if possible to practice on the equipment, that way
> > you don't have to waste precious hours setting up IP Addressing and
> > such.
> >
> > I figured out a long time ago that the money that I could invest
> > upgrading my lab to an awesome 'all inclusive' CCIE lab would cost
>more
> > than all the hours of online lab-time I would use anyway.
> >
> > I could sell the equipment afterwards to recoup my investment.. but
> > frankly, I've gotten pretty attached to my rack!
> >
> > My 2c
> > Sam Sena
> >
> > 4500 New Brunswick Ave
> > Piscataway NJ
> > (732) 424-8008 (o)
> > (732) 424-7388 (f)
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
>Of
> > Stong, Ian C [GMG]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 3:14 PM
> > To: Nagarajan M; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: RE: Lab equipment list.
> >
> > That really depends on how much you have to spend and whether you want
> > to be
> > able to do everything or plan on renting some rack time for the more
> > expensive technologies. For the basics to cover the core routing
> > protocols
> > you can get by with three 2501's or 2610's or 4500's. You will need
> > 16/16
> > of flash and memory at a minimum to run the 12.1 IOS feature set with
> > some
> > of the bells and whistles. Get some DTE/DCE cables to interconnect
>the
> > serial ports and some AUI transceivers if buying 2500's. A hub or
> > switch
> > would be good to have to interconnect the Ethernet (unless you just
>want
> > to
> > do point to point in which case you just need crossover cat5 cables).
> >
> > The next steps would be to buy routers with ISDN interfaces and also
>buy
> > an
> > ISDN simulator. Then you could also spend a small fortune to buy a
> > catalyst
> > 3550, routers with Voice ports, ATM switch and ATM ports and so forth.
> >
> > Ian
> >
> > http://www.ccie4u.com
> > Rack Rentals and Lab Scenarios
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nagarajan M [mailto:mnaga@emirates.net.ae]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 6:38 AM
> > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: Lab equipment list.
> >
> > Please suggest for CCIE R&S Lab equipments.I am building a study lab
>at
> > home.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Nagarajan
> > .
> > .
> > .
>--
>
>
>---------------------------------
>David Porta
>MSD Network Support
>
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