From: Martin Kiefer (martin@kiefer.dk)
Date: Wed Mar 21 2007 - 15:31:51 ART
I would say that in order to get your money back when selling the lab after
use, You get more money for the 2600XM than for a 3640.
But to be honest. I would never pay 10K USD for a lab that included 6 3640.
You can get them really cheap on Ebay.
Best regards
Martin Kiefer
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Lee [mailto:slee@packet360.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 7:25 PM
> To: Martin Kiefer; ananth.sarma@gmail.com
> Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: LAb Equipment ...
>
> There is nothing that the 2600XM line supports that the 3640's do not.
> I
> wouldn't waste my money. Plus they limit you on the number of expansion
> slots.
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
> Stephen S. Lee
> Senior Systems Engineer
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Martin Kiefer
> Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 5:46 AM
> To: ananth.sarma@gmail.com
> Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: LAb Equipment ...
>
> Hi.
>
> Well, I think the lab is overprized, the 3640 routers are old and you
> need
> at least 3 more routers in your POD for backbone routers, and (as one
> mentioned) one for frame-relay switch. The FR switch can easily be one
> of
> the BB routers.
>
> I would look on ebay for some 2600 XM routers. They can be found at a
> reasonable price going from 500 USD and up to around a 1000 USD depends
> on
> the amount of cards and memory.
>
> Then of course you will need 4 switches in a combination of 3550 and
> 3560s.
> The 3560s might be the biggest post on the budget, for some reason
> ebay.com
> 3560s costs a fortune compared to the ones in Europe.
>
> Finally you need the terminal server, cables and maybe wic-cards but
> all
> of
> those things can be found cheap on ebay.
>
> You will probably end up paying a bit more for the lab than the 10K.
> But
> you
> will have a better and more up to date lab and when you are done with
> it,
> it's more easy to sell again so you won't lose that much money on it.
>
> One last thing to have in mind, you can actually get a lot of rack time
> for
> those 10K out there. Just look around and you won't have all the
> problems
> with getting the gear.
>
> Best regards
> Martin Kiefer
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
> Of
> > ananth.sarma@gmail.com
> > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 1:43 AM
> > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: LAb Equipment ...
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I recently attended a CCIE bootcamp of 1 month long in India which
> was
> > nice.
> > One good thing is that they allow us to practise on the pods during
> the
> > nights indefinitely FOC!!
> >
> >
> > I am planning to buy a POD to practice until my lab exam. ( 6 months
> > from now!)
> >
> > Can you give me some good suggestions in selecting/buying the Routers
> > and Switches?
> >
> > I found a good deal in E-bay costing $10k which includes around 6 x
> > 3640, 2 x 3560, 2x 3550, 1 x 26xx Access Server along with cables and
> > ports.
> >
> > Is it a worthwhile investment? I have heard about on-line labs but
> > never tried them.
> >
> > Tough I enjoyed the bootcamp, needed to brush up on some areas and I
> > was slow on the labs. I tend to slow down while focusing on the
> > solutions mainly on Route-maps creation and Redistribution. Your
> > valuable suggestions are welcome. How do I speed up on the lab?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ananth G Sarma
> >
> >
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