Lab package for ccna, ccnp, ...

[sukarabi]

There are some retaillers who are selling labs packages for CCNA/CCIE
Here is an example found on ebay for about 480 USDollars
If I want to still use it after CCNA, is that a not so bad choice ?

2 x WS-C2950-24
2 x 1721
2 x WIC-1T
1 x 2503
3 x CAB-HD60-MMX-03
3 x Cross Over Ethernet Cable
3 x Ethernet cable
5 x AC power cables
1 x AUI - UTP Ethernet Transeiver TL-502

[lildeezul]

Your best bet to buy seperatly. 2500 routers (except 2509/2511) can be found easily under 15 bucks. and 2950 for around 75 or so.

[Big Evil]

For sure, i'm with Marcus.

The whole lab deals do spare you sometime hunting the evilbay. But you will find they bulk up with low dram/flash routers to make it sound like deal. Then you try and load in a IOS and find out that your router has little D/F to run then IOS you need.

[crissa]

Hoi,
see Wendell Odems post "Spring 2009 CCNA/CCNP Lab Series Index Page": <http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/42182>

HTH!
Bye, Tore

[sukarabi]

Thanks Crissa for the link, it's very helpfull.
Yes Big Evil and Lildeezul, the advantage was to save money on the transport fees compared buying one by one. But you're right it doesn't worth it. I might regret it in the future.

[markkn]

For sure, i'm with Marcus.

The whole lab deals do spare you sometime hunting the evilbay. But you will find they bulk up with low dram/flash routers to make it sound like deal. Then you try and load in a IOS and find out that your router has little D/F to run then IOS you need.

I got stuck in that trap. I got some 2500s with low memory and paid for a ram upgrade. Also, they take the rack mount brackets off, so you have to buy those separately as well. I also had to by ethernet transceivers for my 2500s, so that was more expense as well. Its fun to learn and play with them, but I would have been money ahead to do more research before buying.

[lammle]

There are some retaillers who are selling labs packages for CCNA/CCIE
Here is an example found on ebay for about 480 USDollars
If I want to still use it after CCNA, is that a not so bad choice ?

2 x WS-C2950-24
2 x 1721
2 x WIC-1T
1 x 2503
3 x CAB-HD60-MMX-03
3 x Cross Over Ethernet Cable
3 x Ethernet cable
5 x AC power cables
1 x AUI - UTP Ethernet Transeiver TL-502


This whole kit can be purchased on Ebay for around $200, plus as Marcus said, the routers probably don't even have enough ram to run the protocoals you need, like EIGRP and OSPF. In addition, the two switches are fine for CCNA, but you need three routers. Three 2501's with 16/16 memory is perfect for CCNA and costs no more than $20-30 max for all three.