Will this work for CCNA Lab?

dan87951

I'm tired of going into the lab to find all our 2620 routers full so I'm thinking of buying some 2500 series routers. I just purchased a Cisco 2513. Here is the configuration:

IOS (tm) 3000 Software (IGS-INR-L), Version 11.1(15), RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc1)
Copyright (c) 1986-1997 by cisco Systems, Inc.
Compiled Mon 20-Oct-97 20:41 by richv
Image text-base: 0x0302C258, data-base: 0x00001000

cisco 2500 (68030) processor (revision M) with 2048K/2048K bytes of memory.
Processor board ID 07041536, with hardware revision 00000000
Bridging software.
SuperLAT software copyright 1990 by Meridian Technology Corp).
X.25 software, Version 2.0, NET2, BFE and GOSIP compliant.

1 Console port and 1 AUX port
1 Ethernet/IEEE 802.3 interface(s)
1 Token Ring/IEEE 802.5 interface(s)
2 Serial network interface(s)
32K bytes of non-volatile configuration memory.
8192K bytes of processor board System flash (Read ONLY)

In order to do VLAN stuff will I need a enterprise IOS? Do the 2500 series have smart serial connections like the 2600 series? I need to buy 2 more routers and 3 more switches what models do you recommend?

Thanks for the input

wildfire

If you want to do intervlan routing 2500 is no good! but for CCNA I had 3x2501 routers and 1x1924 swtich and I found that more than sufficient for every aspect except Dail solutions, for which you need a ISDN simulator and such like, Ebay has 2500 series routers for about $100 these days well worth the investment.

Drakonblayde

Personally, I think you'd be better off spending the cash on RouterSim's Network Visualizer 4.0.

Right now, at my Academy, we've lost 4 routers due to bad flash memory..... this have left a big crimp in the classes ability to actually do the lab work. I'm staying ahead of the game thanks to NetVis4.

dan87951

I already have Boson Netsim I like working with the acutal routers than the sims.

kicker22

yeah,
i think someone who has done CCNP or BSCI
should tell us what are the least equipments do we need to have to equip us for BSCI or other CCNP exams..

maybe we should have equip. forum section or something..

I need to know

morad

wildfire

I have done BSCI and BCMSN and am working on BCRAN

Equipment for BSCI I used 3x2501 routers, 1x4500 and 1x2612 router, I had to upgrade the 25xx routers as they didnt support IS-IS. Some people say sims are better, yes they are good put only to a point. I find theres no substitue for hands on practice!
Example Boson netsim has very limited netsim labs, and doesnt support IS-IS. Alot of people sayNetVis4 is good but I prefer the real thing every time. Id say 3 or 4 routers and more than sufficient.

Drakonblayde

For CCNP, I will definetly build my own router lab, no question about that... but for CCNA, I feel it's pretty much overkill and the router sims are plenty good enough. Not everyone who passes CCNA is going to pursue CCNP..... hell, I think Cisco only handed out something like 1500 CCNP's last year...