Building a CCNA home lab.

[cat4500]

Hello,
Studying for ccna, I'm collecting devices to create a home lab. So far I have:
two --- AS2511-RJ
two --- Cat2924-XL

What else should I add to cover all CCNA labs???

Thanks!

[Big Evil]

As long as you can use 12.4 IOS on the routers, you should be fine.

[crissa]

As long as you can use 12.4 IOS on the routers, you should be fine.

Hello,
for the 2501-2525 platform the newest IOS is 12.3 (c2500-is-l.123-26.bin).
Bye, Tore

[crissa]

Hello,
Studying for ccna, I'm collecting devices to create a home lab. So far I have:
two --- AS2511-RJ
two --- Cat2924-XL

What else should I add to cover all CCNA labs???

Thanks!

Hello,
in my opinion a third router and a third switch would be helpful. Some things like routing or spanning tree are more interesting with three routers and three switches.

See <http://www.lammle.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=485>, <http://www.lammle.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=1325> and <http://www.lammle.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=1459> for further reading, especially if you want to learn for the CCNP later.
Bye, Tore

[Big Evil]

Hello,
for the 2501-2525 platform the newest IOS is 12.3 (c2500-is-l.123-26.bin).
Bye, Tore
Arh.....poop.

[cat4500]

Hello,
for the 2501-2525 platform the newest IOS is 12.3 (c2500-is-l.123-26.bin).
Bye, Tore

BE, crissa
Thanks for advices....
this is the version installed: c2500-c-l.123-26.bin ,
I hope is not much diffrent from ; c2500-is-l.123-26.bin

[Big Evil]

I have the c2500-is-l.122-15.T17.bin in my 2501 and 2522.

[HermeszData]

Hello,
Studying for ccna, I'm collecting devices to create a home lab. So far I have:
two --- AS2511-RJ
two --- Cat2924-XL

What else should I add to cover all CCNA labs???

Thanks!

Care to make a swap for one of AS2511-RJs?
I've got a few extras here.
2501
1720 (works with SDM)
a couple of 2950/12 switches ...



John

[crissa]

BE, crissa
Thanks for advices....
this is the version installed: c2500-c-l.123-26.bin ,
I hope is not much diffrent from ; c2500-is-l.123-26.bin

Hello,
your version is the REMOTE ACCESS SERVER version, my version is the IP PLUS version. The IP PLUS version supports more routing protocols like BGP and OSPF.

Check <http://www.cisco.com/go/cfn/> and compare the two IOS versions.
Bye, Tore

[cat4500]

Hello,
your version is the REMOTE ACCESS SERVER version, my version is the IP PLUS version. The IP PLUS version supports more routing protocols like BGP and OSPF.

Check <http://www.cisco.com/go/cfn/> and compare the two IOS versions.
Bye, Tore

Did change with: c2500-is-l.123-25.bin, because couldn't find the 26.
Is just 300KB less then flash can handle (16MB), and works; well it loads a little bit slower but looks fine.

Thanks.

[cat4500]

Thanks for the link; yeah can do much more with my new :c2500-is-l.123-25.bin
Couldn't find : c2500-is-l.123-26.bin

[vivek198]

just as an approximation, how much have you spent so far on the lab cat4500??

[Big Evil]

Around $60 i would have thought.

[vivek198]

no I meant the WHOLE lab... for CCNA by the way, BE, I failed CCNA today, I dont know what to do, 735/1000, 10 questions unattempted....

[cat4500]

just as an approximation, how much have you spent so far on the lab cat4500??
2x 2650 XM + 2x1FE
2x 2500
2x 2900 xl

all $450