Post Your Lab (PICS)

Mooseboost

Finally getting around to posting my lab. Currently using it for CCNP studies and so far it has done me well. I use a mix of this lab and GNS3, which so far has met all of my needs. Going to add an ASA when I go for security.

PSP: Don't mind the weights LOL. Have no way to bolt this to the floor in my apartment. I need to figure out another way to counter-weight because I would really like to use my dumbbells again.

theodoxa

Mooseboost wrote: »

PSP: Don't mind the weights LOL. Have no way to bolt this to the floor in my apartment. I need to figure out another way to counter-weight because I would really like to use my dumbbells again.

When I moved a couple years ago, I found a cheap used 4 Post 32U rack on Craigslist to replace the 2 poster I had previously.

Mooseboost

theodoxa wrote: »

When I moved a couple years ago, I found a cheap used 4 Post 32U rack on Craigslist to replace the 2 poster I had previously.

Ideally this is what I want. I have been holding off until I move though. I currently live on the 3rd floor of an apartment complex with very narrow halls and stairways that makes moving anything up here a PITA.

mgmguy1

Wow, Snadam I don't think I have ever seen a Juniper rack before ! If you don't mind me asking how much did it cost you ?

theodoxa

My Current Setup



1 x LiveWire PDU
1 x DigiCM32 Console Server
1 x Cisco 1921/K9 (IP Base + Security + Data Licenses)
2 x Catalyst 2960-24TT-L
2 x Catalyst 3560-24TS-S
1 x Catalyst 3750-24FS-S
1 x VMware ESXi 6.0 Server

theodoxa

My Extra Stuff



5 x Cisco 1841
1 x Cisco 2801
1 x Cisco 2811
1 x Cisco 2821
1 x Cisco 1861
1 x Cisco UC520W
3 x Cisco 1751
1 x Cisco 1604-R
2 x Cisco WAP-4410N
1 x eMachines Laptop (Windows Server 2008 R2: Domain Controller, Root CA, RADIUS Server)
1 x Cisco ASA 5505-BUN/K9
1 x Cisco 881
1 x Cisco 881G
1 x Cisco 1811W
2 x Catalyst 3550-24PWR
1 x Catalyst 2960-24TT-L
2 x Catalyst 3750-24TS-S
1 x Catalyst 3560-24PS-E
3 x Cisco 1760
1 x Cisco 2811 (Damaged Case)
3 x 1000Base-T GBICs
2 x 1000Base-SX GBICs
1 x Compaq Laptop (Windows 2000 Professional, Hyperterminal)


Not Pictured

9 x Cisco 1760
1 x Cisco 3745
2 x Catalyst 3550-48-SMI
1 x Cisco 881W
1 x Catalyst 3560-24PS-S (No Console Output)
1 x Catalyst 3560-48PS-S (Defective Flash)
2 x Catalyst 2950-24

Nafe92014

Heres a photo of my lab I am currently using for my CCENT/CCNA studies.

With the extra gap in the top, I may mount a Synology RS814 NAS Server for backups.

pearljam

1 2950
3 1841
2 3350
1 3560
1 3550
1 2501
1 2811
3 2821

Got me through ICND1 and on to ICND2. (Yea it's a bit overboard but I don't care)

theodoxa

My Current Setup

1 x LiveWire PDU
1 x Digi CM32
2 x Cisco Catalyst 2960-24TT-L
4 x Cisco Catalyst 3560-24TS (IP Services)
1 x Dell PowerEdge 1950 (Produces Too Much Heat and Sounds Like a Jet Engine, So It Sits Unused)
1 x Custom Built Server (QC Intel Core i5, 24 GB of RAM, ESXi 6.0, 10 x CSR-1000V, DC, CA, RADIUS)

The rest is infrastructure (Firewall, VPN, etc...). The TiVo is not part of my lab. I just needed somewhere to hook it up to the network.

GDaines

theodoxa wrote: »

My Extra Stuff

5 x Cisco 1841
1 x Cisco 2801
1 x Cisco 2811
1 x Cisco 2821
1 x Cisco 1861
1 x Cisco UC520W
3 x Cisco 1751
1 x Cisco 1604-R
2 x Cisco WAP-4410N
1 x eMachines Laptop (Windows Server 2008 R2: Domain Controller, Root CA, RADIUS Server)
1 x Cisco ASA 5505-BUN/K9
1 x Cisco 881
1 x Cisco 881G
1 x Cisco 1811W
2 x Catalyst 3550-24PWR
1 x Catalyst 2960-24TT-L
2 x Catalyst 3750-24TS-S
1 x Catalyst 3560-24PS-E
3 x Cisco 1760
1 x Cisco 2811 (Damaged Case)
3 x 1000Base-T GBICs
2 x 1000Base-SX GBICs
1 x Compaq Laptop (Windows 2000 Professional, Hyperterminal)


Not Pictured

9 x Cisco 1760
1 x Cisco 3745
2 x Catalyst 3550-48-SMI
1 x Cisco 881W
1 x Catalyst 3560-24PS-S (No Console Output)
1 x Catalyst 3560-48PS-S (Defective Flash)
2 x Catalyst 2950-24

Damn, you really need to sell something! And here was me wondering if adding two more switches to give me five each switches and routers was a bit much.

cabishop

Hi,

Posting my home lab which I have accumulated over the years.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0Mqv_rhMAVpa0RzSVBqNDdFOFU/view?usp=sharing

Primary gear:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0Mqv_rhMAVpMXFGcEhGek9Ecjg/view?usp=sharing

Secondary gear:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0Mqv_rhMAVpSGl5d1U1M0txeFE/view?usp=sharing

Top to bottom:

2 x 7940
1 x 7960 w/ 7914
1 x 7970
1 x APC AP7921
2 x 3750
1 x 3560
2 x 3560-PoE
3 x 1841
1 x 2610 w/ NM-32A
1 x APC AP7921
3 x 2610
2 x 2610XM
1 x 3845
4 x 2620XM
1 x 2801

Not pictured:

2 x 2610
2 x 3550
4 x 2950
1 x 887
1 x 3660
1 x 887W

Regards,
cabishop

RipCord

Received my rack today, so i was able to get everything setup.

3x 2821
2x 3750

RipCord

Added another 3750

theodoxa

GDaines wrote: »

Damn, you really need to sell something! And here was me wondering if adding two more switches to give me five each switches and routers was a bit much.

I've accumulated way too much equipment over time. I'm hoping to sell off most everything except about 4-6 routers, 6 switches, 2 Servers, 4 Firewalls, and 6 Wireless APs.

MAC_Addy

Bump! Anyone else got any good/updated pictures of their lab? Unfortunately I had to sell mine a while back.

hurricane1091

So, I have a lab at work. It's beyond excessive. I've used it for the CCNP and on-going CCIE, but I use it often to lab out real-world scenarios for work before we do things/change things (QoS, DMVPN, BFD, just to name a few).

I don't even know what's all here at this point. Top router is a terminal server, which is great. All in all there's like 5 3945s, 2 3650s, 5 3560s (1 is just a lab gateway), 3 2811s, and a 3750. A phone, and a computer. I have firewalls I could add in (and probably will at some point).

https://s24.postimg.org/5yollpuk5/IMG_20161220_163929.jpg

Netwurk

Here's part of my lab

wseyller

https://ibb.co/hWQo6F

dontstop

On wheels and fully mobile. When I'm labbing I can put it outside of my room so I can maintain silence

_Nicolas_

I can barely configure the switches............still studying

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MAC_Addy

I wish I didn't sell my rack a few years ago! Getting back into the CCNP studies and have some switches coming my way. Does anyone know of where I can get a decently priced network (wall mount) rack from? I'm looking for 12u or 16u.

CiscoNet Solutions

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Neil86

I thought I'd bump this, I enjoy seeing labs:

6 routers (3x-2610xm, 3x-1841), 6 switches (2x-2960, 2x-2950, 2x-3560), 1141 WAP, ASA 5505

Mobile rack with 10-port rackable PDU. All craigslist finds, I think I'm under $500 total. The 1841's are the most recent, and actually running on IOS 15. I need more wic-2t's.





Hoping to see what others have too!

diffie

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[FONT=&amp]6x-Switches (2x-2950, 2x-3550POE, 1x-3560, 1x-3750) [/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]1x-ASA 5505[/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]3x-Cisco 7960 IP phones[/FONT]
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[FONT=&amp]Movable Rack with 2x-APC AP9211 AP9606 (8-ports). [/FONT]

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the_dude7

Damn these are some impressive sets of equipment.

Any recs for a basic setup for a beginner? I just need 2 switches and 2 routers right? And they can be stacked. I was thinking of initially looking for each individual device on something like Craiglist, something old and cheap, but I feel like that would both take too long and be risky. I'm tempted to just get one of those ready made setups off of eBay or Amazon. Although I get that I'm losing out on a bit of experience in actively hunting down for my own equipment.

Another big problem: I currently live in a very small studio apartment not much bigger than a dorm, which is already overcrowded with a bunch of stuff and a lot of other electronic equipment. I have quite limited space and I have numerous power strips/surge protectors that are all full of things (unrelated to networking), including four computers. In this confined space I feel like all this equipment is generating some excess heat, as it is always ridiculously hot even without any heating on, and even if it's cold outside. Buying all these routing devices I think will only add to that problem. But my lease ain't up for another four months. I do want to actually graduate from sims to working with real equipment now that I got my cert.

diffie

the_dude7 wrote: »

Damn these are some impressive sets of equipment.

Any recs for a basic setup for a beginner? I just need 2 switches and 2 routers right? And they can be stacked. I was thinking of initially looking for each individual device on something like Craiglist, something old and cheap, but I feel like that would both take too long and be risky. I'm tempted to just get one of those ready made setups off of eBay or Amazon. Although I get that I'm losing out on a bit of experience in actively hunting down for my own equipment.

I started with a kit off eBay, that's where my 2811's came from and the 2950's which dates me.

My equipment definitely when on, creates some heat, as well as eats up some kWh's and my 3750 is LOUD.

My suggestion to you is figure out what you want to do with it, meaning, if you want to play around with voice, you need POE switches, FXO, FXS cards, PVDMs for the routers and phones. Do you want to work with security, then you need an ASA, think through the licensing. In my purchases, I made tons of errors and had (hmmm..didn't realize that moments) but it's about the learning.

You indicated that you have your certs, so do you really just want to ensure you know how to talk a someone through how to swap out a device or remove memory, then you just need to keep it simple and get a 2x-2811 routers (max out the memory), 2x-3560 switches. As your needs, desire and knowledge increase, you can expand. I'm struggling to recall what I can't do with my current setup which is the reason for my recommendation.

Since you are buying multiple devices, consider how you're going to interact with them. The two options I'm familiar with are a terminal server (a dedicate router), or USB to Serial Cable adapters connected to a computer. I went with the USB to Serial route and have a computer, a Mac in my case, which allows for some additional possibilities. I can remote into the Mac connected to my rack, power on or off individual devices and basically do whatever remotely. The theoretically, I can integrate my physical gear and GNS3 but I never dug into that.

the_dude7

diffie wrote: »

I started with a kit off eBay, that's where my 2811's came from and the 2950's which dates me.

My equipment definitely when on, creates some heat, as well as eats up some kWh's and my 3750 is LOUD.

My suggestion to you is figure out what you want to do with it, meaning, if you want to play around with voice, you need POE switches, FXO, FXS cards, PVDMs for the routers and phones. Do you want to work with security, then you need an ASA, think through the licensing. In my purchases, I made tons of errors and had (hmmm..didn't realize that moments) but it's about the learning.

You indicated that you have your certs, so do you really just want to ensure you know how to talk a someone through how to swap out a device or remove memory, then you just need to keep it simple and get a 2x-2811 routers (max out the memory), 2x-3560 switches. As your needs, desire and knowledge increase, you can expand. I'm struggling to recall what I can't do with my current setup which is the reason for my recommendation.

Since you are buying multiple devices, consider how you're going to interact with them. The two options I'm familiar with are a terminal server (a dedicate router), or USB to Serial Cable adapters connected to a computer. I went with the USB to Serial route and have a computer, a Mac in my case, which allows for some additional possibilities. I can remote into the Mac connected to my rack, power on or off individual devices and basically do whatever remotely. The theoretically, I can integrate my physical gear and GNS3 but I never dug into that.

Cool thanks. I actually got some older equipment: two routers (2611 and 2821) and two switches (2960 and 3560) off the instructors for my course, since they had several extra ones that they weren't using. I think that should be enough for a starter home setup. They didn't have the cabling for it though, so I'll have to get that myself. Will also need to install the Putty program I believe.

diffie

the_dude7 wrote: »

Cool thanks. I actually got some older equipment: two routers (2611 and 2821) and two switches (2960 and 3560) off the instructors for my course, since they had several extra ones that they weren't using. I think that should be enough for a starter home setup. They didn't have the cabling for it though, so I'll have to get that myself. Will also need to install the Putty program I believe.

Those components are definitely enough for a starter setup.

If this helps, I bought console cables off Amazon for $1/each with free shipping about 8 months ago. Computer power cables work. Thrift stores sell these for pennies.

Yep..Putty it is free and what I use when on a PC.

the_dude7

diffie wrote: »

Those components are definitely enough for a starter setup.

If this helps, I bought console cables off Amazon for $1/each with free shipping about 8 months ago. Computer power cables work. Thrift stores sell these for pennies.

Yep..Putty it is free and what I use when on a PC.

One of the routers has a WIC T1 Serial module installed (the one requiring a 60 pin, 15x4, cable). I understand this is used for WAN connections. Is there a way you can simulate a "WAN" in your own home lab using two routers with this kind of interface installed, and the right kind of serial cable connecting them? Or would that not work and should I just use say a straight-through Cat 5 or 6 Ethernet patch cable (RJ-45) for connecting the two routers?

awitt11

If you have another router with a WIC T1 Serial, you can get a crossover serial. However, may make sense to get some WIC 1T or 2T. Do some research on interface cards. Cisco uses a fairly standard naming convention. Lots of info to digest but important for making things work. If you use patch cable, you will need to make a T1-crossover.