Equipment for Lab

jws86

At work I have access to some decommissioned network equipment. I have already taken home 2-2811 Routers. I also have access to up to 3-2950 switches. Would this be sufficient for a CCNA RS lab? The 2950 switches have a sticker on them that say they have ios 12.1 on them. Can these be updated to ios 15, or are they to old?

It's possible I could have access to 2-3560 switches as well. I'm assuming those would be better for ios 15? Possibly a combination of 2-2950 and 1-3560? What would be the best route to take?

clarson

no the 2950's cant run ios version 15. But, it would still be nice to put on the latest version you can.

the 3560 is a layer 3 switch. get all of them that you can. the 3560 can run ios version 15 if it is a "ts" model. "ps"/poe models cant run version 15 of the ios. need just 2 for the ccna and 4 for the ccnp

jws86

clarson wrote: »

no the 2950's cant run ios version 15. But, it would still be nice to put on the latest version you can.

the 3560 is a layer 3 switch. get all of them that you can. the 3560 can run ios version 15 if it is a "ts" model. "ps"/poe models cant run version 15 of the ios. need just 2 for the ccna and 4 for the ccnp

Is version 15 a must to just pass CCNA, or can I get by with the latest 12 available?

jws86

clarson wrote: »

no the 2950's cant run ios version 15. But, it would still be nice to put on the latest version you can.

the 3560 is a layer 3 switch. get all of them that you can. the 3560 can run ios version 15 if it is a "ts" model. "ps"/poe models cant run version 15 of the ios. need just 2 for the ccna and 4 for the ccnp

The 3560s are all model WS-C3560-48PS or WS-C3560-24PS. But there are 6 that were just taken out of production for upgrades.

clarson

yes for the ccna you can get by with the latest ios version for the 2950's.

and for the 3560's you want the ipservices feature set. run something like 12.2(55) version of the ios. It isn't the latest, but will be good enough for the ccna and probably good enough for the ccnp