First of all the 1600 to 1700 router series are merely remote office
routers. The 1700 will support full IOS 12.x and if you get a 1750 you will
have three wic card slots and 48mb of ram with 16mb of flash. This is a
nice router but limited and not very scalable. The 2600 is considered a
Distribution level router and is a lot more scalable. I am getting one and
it is a lot cheaper than 3000 dollars. You can get on on EBAY for about
1700 with a T1 wic in it. It's all up to you and how scalable you want to
go. 3 grand should get you a nice router. I would go with a 2650.
Scott
"Aaron Vose" wrote in message
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> Hey all, i haven't taken the CCDA test that i mentioned earlier yet,
> but i did have a question for all the Gurus about a 1600 - 1700 - 2600
> series router. Here's the thing, from my summer job (i'm 17), i'm going
to
> have about 3000$, and i really want to get a cisco router both for my own
> training, and for use at home. I want to go with somthing that's modular,
> and not UNGODLY expensive, so that's why i'm leaning twords a 16/1700
series
> router. But i would really like to get a 2600 series router, because i
know
> one of the 2600 models can connect token ring and ethernet networks. That
> would be nice, because i have set up a token ring netwrk at 16Mbps just
for
> the hell of it, and it would be nice if i could actually use it for
somthing
> :) Not only that, but it has more WIC slots, and it also has a expandable
> network slot. This would also be nice... The 8-analog modem card was
> particularly attractive.. i could set my own mini ISP, if not just use it
> for myself as a backup line. What would you all suggest? I know i'm
buying
> whatever i get used, but i still can't quite decide. Heh, not only that,
> but the 2600 looks a hell of a lot cooler ;) Does the 16/1700 series
> support ISO release 12.x? And what kind of processing speed diffrence is
> there? RAM / FLASH limit diffrences? I'm just a tad bit lost about this
> one. Thanks guys!
>
> ~Aaron Vose
> CCNA, A+
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