Cisco 2610 vs 2620 suggestions

psraj

I am getting a good price on a couple of 2610s with BRI modules, should I buy this for CCNA lab? If not I was thinking of getting a 2620, for the price of two 2610s. I see that 2610 has only a 10Mbit ethernet as opposed to 2620 which has a fastethernet. Is ther any other differences that may lack key features? I read some where that 2610 is a LAN-LAn router wheras 2620 is a LAN-WAN router? Whats the difference? Can I add a WIC module to 2610 and and use it for WAN-LAN routing?

phreak

BRI is not covered on the exam anymore.

mgeorge

psraj wrote:

I am getting a good price on a couple of 2610s with BRI modules, should I buy this for CCNA lab? If not I was thinking of getting a 2620, for the price of two 2610s. I see that 2610 has only a 10Mbit ethernet as opposed to 2620 which has a fastethernet. Is ther any other differences that may lack key features? I read some where that 2610 is a LAN-LAn router wheras 2620 is a LAN-WAN router? Whats the difference? Can I add a WIC module to 2610 and and use it for WAN-LAN routing?

Well let big owe mg get his gears goin here

Cisco 2610-2613
40Mhz MPC860 motorola processor
1-2 10Mb RJ-45 Ethernet
performance up to 15Kpps

Cisco 2620-2621
50Mhz MPC860 motorola processor
1-2 10/100Mb RJ-45 Ethernet
performance up to 25Kpps

Cisco 2650-2651
80Mhz MPC860 motorola processor
1-2 10/100Mb RJ-45 Ethernet
performance up to 37Kpps

Cisco 2691
160Mhz RISC 7000 Processor
2 Fixed 10/100 ethernet ports
performance up to 70Kpps
*this router has 2 AIM slots

Kpps = Kilo Packets per Second

All 2600 Series routers include an integraded AIM slot (inside the router)

The 2600XM's have greater performance in Kpps, extended ram, max 256D/48D
same processor but newer revision for greater performance
If ya want I can add the differences off the 2600XM's as well

All the 2600 series routers are both LAN/WAN

psraj

Thank you for the response guys. I already have 3 * 2501 routers. I am planning to get the 2600 so that I can try out Inter vlan routing. Do you think it is worth the investment?

tech-airman

psraj wrote:

Thank you for the response guys. I already have 3 * 2501 routers. I am planning to get the 2600 so that I can try out Inter vlan routing. Do you think it is worth the investment?

psraj,

Based on your current studies, what are the requirements for "Inter vlan routing?"

mgeorge

a 2610 with IP Plus 12.2(15)T or later can perform intervlan routing.

12.3 mainline ip plus does it as well

either way you need a 2610 with 16MB flash and 64MB RAM

Also you can run IP base 12.4(17a) (but your router will be really sluggish and unstable)

if you can, try to get a 2650 (which are like 100 bucks) off ebay, they can support 128MB Dram & 32MB flash, this way you can actually run 12.4 adv enterprise services but keep in mind 12.4 is not designed for the non XM series routers, it can be sluggish, lock up or totally crash

hope this helps