Re: Rental Rack ??

Just picked up some 2621XMs and some 1841s. Dropped about $1300, but
my lab can do all 3 vendor workbooks that I have. I shopped around
but one vendor would cost me $1,500/month and that was for 5.5hr
blocks weekdays and 12 hour blocks on Saturday and Sunday. The other
vendor was under $500 unlimited for the entire month. The second
vendor was more competitive, although nothing beats having your own
gear. Also the $1,300 I spent, I'll be able to turn around and sell
for $1,000. I built off of INE's topology and it will work for
Narbik's too. IPE requires like 11 routers or something crazy and I
haven't gone down that road yet. http://www.ine.com/topology.htm

I had 4 switches from a friend, WIC-1T from old jobs, friends and Ebay
so it made it a little easier. Have some spare 26 (nonXM) for
backbone, just require some DRAM/Flash love.

Drop a line to brandon_at_networkhardwaredepot.com, they have some
amazing prices and shipped ground to me in Wisconsin for free! Tell
him JB sent ya. I basically planned to spend a solid 3 months or more
and with that time frame, rack rentals seemed to be about the same
cost if not more than buying the actual gear. Plus I could keep the
gear, sell it later, etc. I have something to show for it at the end
of 3 months (a rack of gear and my new digits)!

Hope this helps,
JB

2011/11/2 CECH Adrian <Adrian.Cech_at_nextiraone.eu>:
> It doesn't matter too much, I had six of 2500s and two 800s series ebay purchased routers plus one 3550 in my lab and achieved CCIE.
>
> The price of webpage I've sent is half and as a startup lab very good choice. A lot of routing switching principles are the same, doesn't matter the platform...and specialties can be tuned on newer devices. But a lot of hours of basics are cheaper.
>
> Adrian
>
> -----Pyvodnm zprava-----
> Od: Tony Schaffran (GS) [mailto:groupstudy_at_cconlinelabs.com]
> Odeslano: 29. xmjna 2011 18:36
> Komu: CECH Adrian; 'Arslan Ahmed'; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> Pxedmlt: RE: Rental Rack ??
>
> Their web site says they are using 3640 routers and 3550 switches.
>
> Not quite up to par for CCIE studies.
>
>
> Tony Schaffran
> Sr. Network Consultant
> CCIE #11071
> CCNP, CCNA, CCDA,
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of CECH
> Adrian
> Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 7:06 AM
> To: Arslan Ahmed; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: Rental Rack ??
>
> Hi,
>
> Try myccielab.com
>
> Adrian
>
>
> -----Pyvodnm zprava-----
> Od: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] za u>ivatele Arslan
> Ahmed
> Odeslano: 28. xmjna 2011 23:36
> Komu: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> Pxedmlt: Rental Rack ??
>
> Hi,
>
> I am planing to buy a rental rack for R&S track in few days, Can anyone
> suggest which one would be better ? and cheap ?
>
> Thanks.
>
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