Quick price!

wizarddeath

Ok my CCNA instructor is helping me find and pick out switches and routers. hes come up with

2620-(fast ether)250$
2610-(standard ether)125
1912-49

424- 30 day warranty no tax or shipping.

Only thing Id have left to buy for my lab would be a 2950, and maybe an old 2501, what do you guys think of his prices?

mikej412

I think my 2620 -- new roms, 64/32 -- was under 200. CiscoKits has a 2620 for $250 I think with 64/16 -- if you have the money and don't want to "shop on eBay" either CiscoKits (with their extras) or the one above isn't too outrageous <I'd hackup a furball if you had said $300>

The 2610 -- you might find a better deal if you bid for a while on eBay, but if the memory is maxed out, that's an okay price.

The 1912.... um, 49 cents isn't bad.

The no tax or shipping makes those 2600s a good buy.... but that 1912.... enterprise IOS 1900 version? If its "menu driven" it would make a nice coffee cup coaster.

Webmaster

And even if it is an 1912-EN, which at least is of some use compared to the standard 1912 with CatOS, I would rather save that $49 for the 2950, or yet another 2501, and if money is not an issue, beer.

wizarddeath

might put it off then and just nab some cisco kits, he seems pretty reasonable if i put everything together.

nuglobe

mikej412 wrote:

<I'd hackup a furball if you had said $300>

$300

What are you refering to when you say 64/16 ?

mikej412

nuglobe wrote:

$300

I outsourced the furball job to my house cats.

nuglobe wrote:

What are you refering to when you say 64/16 ?

DRAM and FLASH memory.

DRAM is the memory were the IOS image is loaded to and run from. Part of it is also used for buffers. It loses its contents when you shut down or lose power.

The FLASH memory is usually slower and more expensive than DRAM, but it retains its contents, even when the router is powered off. The IOS image is stored here and will usually be loaded into DRAM from here.

Since you can boot an image from a TFTP server and DRAM is cheap -- I always max that out first....

wizarddeath

Think im gonna just pick up the 2600's from him, since they seem cheaper then Ebay, first im gonna ask about memory however.