CCIP home Lab ?? router & IOS ???

HI guyz, i got 2x 2501, 1x 2522, 1x 2621, 1x 3620... wat IOS needed or any other router need for CCIP home lab??? my router all with max flash & dram.....

Please advice..

Thanks

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mikej412

william_yeo wrote:

wat IOS needed or any other router need for CCIP home lab???

Simple rule of thumb for you lab -- the biggest baddest newest ISO that will run on your hardware -- without bugs that prevent you from trying what you want.

My 25xxs are all at a 12.3 version.... and my 36xxs are at 12.4

You can check out the feature set options (and compare side-by-side) on the Cisco website.
http://tools.cisco.com/ITDIT/CFN/

There also was that funky 2500 IOS with MPLS support that could be ftp'd from the Cisco web site -- but I don't have the url handy.

mikej412

mikej412 wrote:

There also was that funky 2500 IOS with MPLS support that could be ftp'd from the Cisco web site -- but I don't have the url handy.

ftp://ftp-eng.cisco.com/rraszuk/specials

Good Luck! I'm sticking with my 3640s.