Need help w/home lab

Qdot

Hello everyone this is my first post to the forum i've been "lurking" for a week or two now. Im studying for my CCNA at the moment and am looking to build a lab. One of my good female friends works for a local Ebay store that has a good amount of cisco equipment. All items are currently on auction so i have to make my decision about what i want within the next 24 hours. THe good thing about this is the prices that she will sell the equipment to me for is a great deal i know because i have been shopping around. I also wont have to pay shipping and shes going to knock off the sales tax for me as well.

Heres where your input comes in. I dont know what to purchase. I started studying about 3 weeks and am not sure about what equipment would be best. Any insight you guys could give me would be very much appreciated. Heres the list:

new cisco router

Unit type: Cisco 851W
Ports: One WAN uplink port, four LAN ports, B/G Wireless

Comes with switch, power cord, two network cables and console cable, SDM CD and antenna.

new cisco switch 2960

Unit type: Cisco WS-C2960-24TT-L
Ports: Twenty Four ethernet 10/100 ports, Two gigabit ethernet ports

Comes with switch and power cord, mounting brackets and console cable. Unit is new and has been unboxed but has not been used.

sh ver
Cisco IOS Software, C2960 Software (C2960-LANBASE-M), Version 12.2(35)SE5, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1986-2007 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Thu 19-Jul-07 20:06 by nachen
Image text-base: 0x00003000, data-base: 0x00D40000

ROM: Bootstrap program is C2960 boot loader
BOOTLDR: C2960 Boot Loader (C2960-HBOOT-M) Version 12.2(25r)SEE1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Switch uptime is 19 minutes
System returned to ROM by power-on
System image file is "flash:c2960-lanbase-mz.122-35.SE5/c2960-lanbase-mz.122-35.SE
5.bin"

cisco WS-C2960-24TT-L (PowerPC405) processor (revision D0) with 61440K/4088K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FOC1141W5W7
Last reset from power-on
1 Virtual Ethernet interface
24 FastEthernet interfaces
2 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces
The password-recovery mechanism is enabled.
64K bytes of flash-simulated non-volatile configuration memory.
Base ethernet MAC Address : 00:1E:14:B0:52:80
Motherboard assembly number : 73-10390-04
Power supply part number : 341-0097-02
Motherboard serial number : FOC11413626
Power supply serial number : AZS113900WP
Model revision number : D0
Motherboard revision number : A0
Model number : WS-C2960-24TT-L
System serial number : FOC1141W5W7
Top Assembly Part Number : 800-27221-03
Top Assembly Revision Number : B0
Version ID : V03
CLEI Code Number : COM3L00BRB
Hardware Board Revision Number : 0x01


Switch Ports Model SW Version SW Image

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* 1 26 WS-C2960-24TT-L 12.2(35)SE5 C2960-LANBASE-M


Configuration register is 0xF

used cisco switch 2950

Unit type: Cisco WS-C2950C-24
Ports: Twenty Four ethernet 10/100 ports, Two Fiber uplink ports

Comes with switch and power cord and console cable. Unit is used and was taken from a working environment. Although our consigner has had no problems with this and we don't anticipate any problems, the unit is sold as is.

Switch#sh ver
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) C2950 Software (C2950-I6Q4L2-M), Version 12.1(11)EA1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1986-2002 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Wed 28-Aug-02 10:25 by antonino
Image text-base: 0x80010000, data-base: 0x80528000

ROM: Bootstrap program is CALHOUN boot loader

Switch uptime is 4 minutes
System returned to ROM by power-on
System image file is "flash:/c2950-i6q4l2-mz.121-11.EA1.bin"

cisco WS-C2950C-24 (RC32300) processor (revision G0) with 20402K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FHK0638W1GE
Last reset from system-reset
Running Enhanced Image
26 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)

32K bytes of flash-simulated non-volatile configuration memory.
Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:0A:F4:8D:43:C0
Motherboard assembly number: 73-5750-11
Power supply part number: 34-0965-01
Motherboard serial number: FOC06370HBN
Power supply serial number: PHI0634020A
Model revision number: G0
Motherboard revision number: A0
Model number: WS-C2950C-24
System serial number: FHK0638W1GE
Configuration register is 0xF

used cisco 2950 switch

Unit type: Cisco WS-C2950T-24
Ports: Twenty Four ethernet 10/100 ports, Two gigabit ethernet ports

Comes with switch, power cord and console cable. Unit is used and was taken from a working environment. Although our consigner has had no problems with this and we don't anticipate any problems, the unit is sold as is.

sh ver
Switch# sh ver
Cisco Internetwork Operating System Software
IOS (tm) C2950 Software (C2950-I6Q4L2-M), Version 12.1(13)EA1, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1986-2003 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Tue 04-Mar-03 02:14 by yenanh
Image text-base: 0x80010000, data-base: 0x805A8000

ROM: Bootstrap program is CALHOUN boot loader

Switch uptime is 10 minutes
System returned to ROM by power-on
System image file is "flash:/c2950-i6q4l2-mz.121-13.EA1.bin"

cisco WS-C2950T-24 (RC32300) processor (revision H0) with 20839K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FHK0710X126
Last reset from system-reset
Running Enhanced Image
24 FastEthernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
2 Gigabit Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)

32K bytes of flash-simulated non-volatile configuration memory.
Base ethernet MAC Address: 00:0C:85:0C:06:80
Motherboard assembly number: 73-6114-08
Power supply part number: 34-0965-01
Motherboard serial number: FOC07100MPX
Power supply serial number: DAB07081ZB3
Model revision number: H0
Motherboard revision number: A0
Model number: WS-C2950T-24
System serial number: FHK0710X126
Configuration register is 0xF


used cisco router

Unit type: Cisco 851W
Ports: One WAN uplink port, four LAN ports, B/G Wireless

Comes with switch, power cord and console cable, SDM CD and antenna. Unit is used and was taken from a working environment. Although our consigner has had no problems with it and we don't anticipate any problems, this unit is sold as is.

sh ver
Cisco IOS Software, C850 Software (C850-ADVSECURITYK9-M), Version 12.3(YI2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Synched to technology version 12.3(10.3)T2
Technical Support: http://www. cisco. com/techsupport
Copyright (c) 1986-2005 by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Tue 14-Jun-05 20:08 by ealyon

ROM: System Bootstrap, Version 12.3(8r)YI, RELEASE SOFTWARE
ROM: Cisco IOS Software, C850 Software (C850-ADVSECURITYK9-M), Version 12.3(YI2, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)

Router uptime is 1 minute
System returned to ROM by power-on
System image file is "flash:c850-advsecurityk9-mz.123-8.YI2.bin"

Cisco 851W (MPC8272) processor (revision 0x100) with 56320K/9216K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID FHK094312B8
MPC8272 CPU Rev: Part Number 0xC, Mask Number 0x10
5 FastEthernet interfaces
1 802.11 Radio
128K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
20480K bytes of processor board System flash (Intel Strataflash)

Configuration register is 0x2102

tiersten

Get the 2960 and the ethernet 2950 at a minimum in my opinion. All 3 of them are running the enhanced firmware which is nice. If you don't mind it having fiber ports then get the remaining 2950 as well.

As for the router, you'll probably want to get 2-3 of the larger ones that have WAN interfaces like a 2600XM or 1841. Not sure how good a 851W DSL/cable router would be for the CCNA.

Qdot

thanks tiersten... i appreciate your input

dynamik

Depending on the price, hop on those switches. The 851W might be a cheap way to play with wireless and SDM if the price is right. There's no reason to get more than one though.

tiersten

What routers you buy really depends on what you're willing to compromise on and whether you'll be going for anything after the CCNA. People have managed with the very old 2501 routers but they can't run the latest version of IOS which you'll need for CCNP etc...

Qdot

Im going staight for the CCNP right after... and then looking to go for my CCSP afterward...

Qdot

Im going staight for the CCNP right after... and then looking to go for my CCSP afterward...