From: Cisco Disco (itguy.pro@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Aug 27 2008 - 02:41:26 ART
Hi Tony,
I built my lab at home from equipment off of ebay and it worked out great.
I bought,
6x 2611XMs with max DRAM and Flash, running the latest IOS for under $200 a
piece, shipped.
Got the 2511 as console access and 2522 for Frame relay simulation both
under $200 a piece, shipped.
Already had 2501s but replaced those with 2514s, they have dual ethernet
interfaces... but I may replace those with two or three more 2611XMs just to
keep things upto date end to end but 2514s should work great, 3x 2514s
should cost you around $80 bucks, shipped.
I bought two 3550s, $400 each, they are great... I was able to get both
locally so no shipping.
Got a 3560 for $1k which is a good price if you check prices on ebay. Also,
found a 3750-24 which had one bad port and got that for around $900 instead
of $1600
I already had two post 42-U rack from previous lab setups so... if you can
afford it, it would be best to get a 24-U cabinet and put all your equipment
in there. Also, try getting a Remote Power Switch as well, which could save
you money on power so you can turn and turn off the rack whenever you
please.
I hope this helps, enjoy!
-Haroon
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Tony Tong <tongcheungyu@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Rick,
>
> Thanks again for your suggestions.
>
> I may also buy rack rental time instead of buying the switches to save
> money. I think the budget can be cut within US$3000.
>
> Now, I can only study and practice after office hour, often 7 or 8 pm.
> Since
> the heavy work load on many projects (working on many vendor devices expect
> Cisco. -_-").
> I wish I can keep studying and practicing until January. But I don't know
> if
> I have enough time.
>
> ^_*
> Tony Tong
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rick Mur [mailto:rickmur@me.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 10:32 PM
> To: Tony Tong
> Cc: Cisco certification
> Subject: Re: Equipments for R&S labs
>
> Hi Tony,
>
> I don't know what your budget is, but buying 4 switches and a bunch of
> ethernet adapters will cost a lot more that hundreds of hours of rack
> rentals.
> It's totally the best thing to have the real equipment, but it also
> costs a lot. But with dynamips and the 4 switches you can definitely
> build all the labs.
> You could also choose to do the labs completely on dynamips (with
> switch modules) and do a couple of labs (where their is al lot of
> ethernet switching) and do those on a rented rack, saves a lot of money.
>
> Have a nice time studying, don't wait to long with practicing, because
> you'll need all the time until January.
> Also keep practicing every day or at least every week, just to keep
> the level you have. I took some breaks in between and when I made a
> mocklab after a couple of weeks break my scores dropped dramatically.
>
> So enjoy and let us know how it went in January :-)
>
>
> Rick
>
>
> On 26 aug 2008, at 00:28, Tony Tong wrote:
>
> > Hi Roger,
> >
> > Thanks for your advice.
> >
> > ^_^
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Roger Oliver [mailto:divineone@divine-wind.net]
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 3:08 PM
> > To: Tony Tong
> > Cc: 'Cisco certification'
> > Subject: RE: Equipments for R&S labs
> >
> > Tony!
> >
> > Sounds like you got a good plan there. I like to rent rack's once in
> > awhile at least once a week I rent a lab to just work on different
> > gear
> > that i'm not familiar with. So say get a rack session from IE or IP or
> > whoever then do one of their "mock labs" or what have you. You can
> > save
> > it for down the stretch but I know many people who have done the same
> > thing.
> >
> > Also check out the hacki.at site for more help on GNS3 and what you
> > are
> > trying to do. People there focus on doing what your doing and will be
> > better prepared to respond or already have a post.
> >
> >
> > Good Journey!
> > Roger
> >
> >> -------- Original Message --------
> >> Subject: Equipments for R&S labs
> >> From: "Tony Tong" <tongcheungyu@gmail.com>
> >> Date: Mon, August 25, 2008 11:49 pm
> >> To: "'Cisco certification'" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I'll take the R&S lab in Jan, 2009. Here is my plan to buy the
> >> equipments
> > to
> >> practice:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> - buy lab workbooks from vendors like Internetworkexpert or IPexpert.
> >>
> >> - buy 2x 3560 switches and 2x 3550 switches from ebay.
> >>
> >> - simulate other routers from my laptop (Intel T5500 CPU with 3GB
> >> RAM)
> > using
> >> GNS3(Dynamips).
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Can I complete the full sets of labs with these equipments?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Can anyone share your experience and advice?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Many thanks
> >>
> >> Tony Tong
> >>
> >>
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