Home LAB

Hi everyone, I am interested to build CCNA lab and I have got two cisco router 2516 series and one Cisco switch 2950. two console cables and power cables. What else I need to make a CCNA Level Home Lab?

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mikej412

Check out the Forum FAQ to see what others have used/suggested.

Four routers and 3 switchs is usually enough for the CCNA. 3 routers and 2 switches might get you by.

One of the routers should have a 100mb interface for "router-on-a-stick" (or be a 2610 with the right IOS to support trunking on a 10mb interface). One should be useful as a frame-relay switch (but someone should check this for the updated CCNA -- still doing Frame Relay?). One of them also being a terminal server would be convient.

No 1900 switches.... at least one 2950 (or 2960) if you have the money. The others could be 2924 XL Enterprise switches -- again, with the updated CCNA being the only option soon, someone will have to do some research.

jamesp1983

whats wrong with the 1900s? i just purchased a lab off of ciscokits.com. I can't log in to the switch, all I get is modem AT commands on the screen

Netstudent

You should have done your research before you spent money on gear. 1900's are obsolete and have a different command set than the exam. The test will be based off of modern IOS feature sets. Try your best to get rid of those switches and pick up a couple of 2924's. You need 2 switches minimum, 3 switches to get the full study you will need.

mikej412

jimmypizzle83 wrote:

whats wrong with the 1900s?

http://www.techexams.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18138

jimmypizzle83 wrote:

I can't log in to the switch, all I get is modem AT commands on the screen

Did you set your terminal emulation to the proper COM port -- are you using a laptop (or PC) with a built in modem?

If you power cycle the switch, do you get anything other than modem commands as it boots up?