yet another lab question

tndfr

guys, please dont hang me for it but i have another lab question:

i already have a 2950, and i am planning to buy two 2924 to form a ccnp switching lab (i also have 4 other router).

my question is, do you think 2924 swtiches are enough to practice ccnp labs? i only chose 2924 because they are dirt cheap.

thank you for your patience

bighornsheep

You might want to avoid anything older than 2950 if you can. 2924 can only do 802.1D STP, BCMSN has alot of focus on 802.1w and 802.1s, might be a nice to have a lab to practice this

tndfr

that's exactly what i was scared of, thank you so much, i am doing BSCI first so i might wait for a good deal on a 2950s instead.

tiersten

You don't want 2924s or any other XL switch for that matter. 2950 or 3550 are the minimum you want.

Slowhand

tndfr wrote: »

my question is, do you think 2924 swtiches are enough to practice ccnp labs? i only chose 2924 because they are dirt cheap.

There's a reason they're cheap. At minimum, get 2950s, but what you really want are 3550s. (Hence the reason the 3550s are still so damned expensive, they're useful for labs.)