It will do the job nicely. No FEC for your lab, but do you really need it?
-----Original Message----- From: Ronald James [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 8:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: CCIE Starter & Lab Equipment [7:37312] Is Catalyst 5000 with Supervisor 1 good enough for home lab purpose? ""Justin C"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Danie, > > I built my home lab entirely from Ebay. There are some good vendors > on there, but the phrase "buyer beware" always comes to mind. I > always look at > the sellers feedback, not just for positive ratings but to see if they have > sold equipment in the dollar value I am purchasing. Look to see if > the seller has positive feedback on equipment in that price range. > The sellers > I can recommend (based on my own purchases and those of people I personally > know) are: > > networkhardwareresale - great packaging, good prices, quick shipment; > bluedesperateboy - good packaging, fair prices (little high, but top > notch equipment); ciscoware; www.whirled-routes.com; magi-tech; > snootfull; lskok > > If you look up their feedbacks, you will see the amount of business > they do. > If you are after good deals, be patient about purchasing and watch > for good products at good-to-fair prices. It took me two months to > build my home lab (Catalyst 5000 w/ Sup 2, 2-2501, 2-2503, 1-2502, > 1-2513, 1-4000M, 1-2620, 1-2522, 1-2511RJ, 2-2900 Cat switches, plus > all serial/ethernet > cables) for around $9500. All of it from Ebay, and all of it worked when I > received it. Costly yes, but nothing beats continuous hands on > experience with the equipment for months (six so far) on end. Plus, I > can configure almost anything I find in the CCNP and CCIE books I have > (save some Token Ring and ATM of course), which is nice when you have > questions about technologies and want to experiment to learn more > about them. Personally, I > will rent rack time to get at the 3900/3920 switches and ATM configurations. > Also, I have not purchased from them, but Optsys.net has some pretty good > deals on 2501 and 2503 router packages. I will be purchasing an ISDN > simulator from them later this month. > > As for the Catalyst 5000 switch, you can substitute a Catalyst 2901 or > a Catalyst 2926T (the "T" means 10/100T connections on the supervisor > module versus the 10/100 Fiber connections on the 2926F). Search the > archives for > additional information on rack recommendations AND Ebay sellers to > steer clear of as the topic gets brought up at least once a month. > > Best of luck to you in your studies. > > My apologies to the group for any perceived waste of bandwidth on this often > discussed topic. After reading about it for the past seven months, I > just wanted to drop my $.05 on the table. > > Regards, > > Justin Cluer > > From: "Danie Strydom" > Reply-To: "Danie Strydom" > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: CCIE Starter [7:37283] > Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 13:04:08 -0500 > > Dear All, I've recently started active study on CCIE and have limited > experience but CCNP knowledge on Cisco kit. I'm in the process of > buying what I need and I need some advice on where to start and would > like to find > out how you guys started out. What do I need for my home lab? I've > looked at auctions on Ebay, is it alright to buy second-hand? Is there > IOS upgrades > available free from Cisco? If any of you know a good link to a > specific equipment list I need I'd be very grateful, I've had a look > on the Cisco Routing and Switching Lab equipment list but they only > had the following - no real specifics: > 2500 series routers > 2600 series routers > 3600 series routers > 4000 and 4500 series routers > 3900 series token ring switches > Catalyst 5000 series switches > > I can only afford up to 3600 series routers, what can I do about the > rest? > > Thank you for your help and I think this is a great group. > > Kind Regards, > > Danie Strydom > > London, UK > > _________________________________________________________________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=37414&t=37312 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
