From: Radioactive Frog (pbhatkoti@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Jan 01 2009 - 01:05:27 ARST
Hi Haun,
I have updated my blog, you can have a look what I have used for my voice
home lab.
I was able to do 95% of the lab blue print.
pushkarbhatkoti.wordpress.com
-frog
On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 4:06 PM, Huan Pham <pnhuan@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks Bee for the great advice. Otherwise, I would have to learn it the
> hardway in the middle of the lab preparation.
>
> --- On Tue, 12/30/08, WorkerBee <ciscobee@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: WorkerBee <ciscobee@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: C2600XM instead of C2800 for voice lab?
> To: "Atlanta CCIE" <atlantaccie@gmail.com>
> Cc: "Huan Pham" <pnhuan@yahoo.com>, "CCIE Lab" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 3:47 PM
>
> The 2600xm platform uses PVDM-12 DSPs which uses different configurations
> compare to PVDM2 DSPs. It still can be configured for the normal stuffs
> like
> transcoding, MTP, Conference bridges, etc.
>
> 2600xm requires NM-HDV which supports maximum of 2 E1/T1 ports per NM
> module.
> A PSTN switch requires a minimum of 3 ports (2 for T1 and 1 for E1).
> The PSTN switch
> also needs to support CME for connecting to a ephone with various
> numbering plans for 911, int'l etc.
> Hence, you may need a large flash and memory to run CME.
>
> The cheapest PSTN switch is a Cisco 1760-V router but you need to
> comprise one of the E1 port
> as R2 digital signaling instead of PRI signaling.
>
> It can be challenging to convert a R&S pod to a Voice pod. One thing
> to take note, VWICs and DSPs
> can be really expensive.
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Atlanta CCIE <atlantaccie@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I don't see a reason why you cant? I am waiting on an answer on this
> too
> > because i have a full blown R&S lab that i would hate to part with
> after I
> > pass R&S
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 10:30 PM, Huan Pham <pnhuan@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I think, as the worst case scenario, I could use one of my existing
> Cisco
> >> 2600XM for the PSTN and Frame-Relay switch simulation, and I will need
> 3
> >> new
> >> Cisco 2811. Any comment please.
> >>
> >> --- On Tue, 12/30/08, Huan Pham <pnhuan@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> From: Huan Pham <pnhuan@yahoo.com>
> >> Subject: C2600XM instead of C2800 for voice lab?
> >> To: "CCIE Lab" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> >> Date: Tuesday, December 30, 2008, 2:24 PM
> >>
> >> Hi GS,
> >>
> >> I have a full R&S lab of C2600XM and C3640 routers, and about to
> resell
> >> them
> >> or reused some of them for my voice lab.
> >>
> >> My initial check is that Cisco 2600XM series routers support the voice
> >> cards
> >> NM-HDV2-1T1/E1, VWIC2-2MFT-T1/E1 which are used in vendors'
> physical
> >> topologies (e.g. IE and IPexpert).
> >>
> >> However, the vendors labs all use Cisco 2811 instead of 2600XM or 3600
> >> series
> >> routers. In my experience with R&S track, Cisco 2600 or 3640
> supports
> >> almost
> >> all features and there's no need to upgrade to 2800.
> >>
> >> So my question is: Are there any voice features I can not practice
> >> with 2600XM, and upgrades to Cisco 2800s are recommended?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance for your advice.
> >>
> >> Huan
> >>
> >>
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