Re: cisco 880 series router for lab

I second that on CML. It runs great with more and more improvements coming out frequently. You can't use it for CCIE SP (which is what I was trying to do), but for R&S, vIOS is the way to go.

Happy labbing.

Regards,
Jay McMickle- 2x CCIE #35355 (R/S,Sec)
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> On Feb 27, 2014, at 9:28 AM, Marko Milivojevic <markom_at_ipexpert.com> wrote:
>
> I would second that recommendation. Instead of buying routers, invest in a
> good multicore server, run ESXi on it and build your topologies with either
> upcoming CML or CSR1000v. With that kind of a setup you can practice a lot
> for the lab. At a later time, you can expand your lab paradise with some
> external switches and you will have a full lab :-).
>
> Your electrical bill will thank you.
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>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Cristian Matei <cmatei_at_ine.com> wrote:
>>
>> You better go all virtual for routers and use only hardware switches.
>>
>> On 27/02/14 18:33, "Narbik Kocharians" <narbik_at_micronicstraining.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> 880s are gr8, but i recommend 1921s or 2911s, and they all run 15.3T code
>>> or better. But for home labs you don't have to spend that much money, i
>>> would just get bunch of 2811s and add may be couple of 2911s/880s/1921s to
>>> do what 15.1T does not have, such as SHA authentication in EIGRP, Wide
>>> metric and etc. Don't forget licensing on 880/2911/1921s that can get
>>> expensive.
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 4:24 AM, Imran Ali <immrccie_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi all ,
>>>>
>>>> since 880 comes in very affordable pricing , and it has four ehternet
>>>> ports ,
>>>>
>>>> can we use this to build our ccie rs lab , considering that frame relay
>>>> is
>>>> not their any more.
>>>>
>>>> (except ppp related tasks)
>>>>
>>>> tia
>>>>
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