Scott Granados wrote: > What Cisco gear would folks suggest for a home lab that's reasonably priced > (Ebay, what ever) but with enough functionality to be useful? Also, for > connectivity for such a lab would a basic higher tier Cable work or is it > worth the extra bucks for a T1 / multi-megabit fixed wireless / higher speed > DSL? Any pointers would be appreciated.
Is there any specific area of the networking world that you want to get in to? Generally-speaking the last major product line is usually fairly cheap on eBay. For example you can pick up a loaded Cat550x for under a couple hundred if you have a need to run CatOS. For about the same price you can build out a good 8500. The 7500s have significantly dropped in price recently as well. I'm currently working on picking up a couple 7500s myself. Generally-speaking I've found that the larger items are usually avoided by most eBay buyers. The cost for the smaller more manageable devices tends to bring quite a bit more. Look at the cost of a 2800 vs that of a loaded 7500. The 2821's mounting brackets are bringing more than my last 5505. Justin _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
