Which Device?

joey74055

I have the opportunity to chose one of these devices from my employer for free! My employer is letting me have just one of them so I need help deciding which one I should take. I am a newbie studying for my CCNA but plan on getting CCNA:SEC and CCNA:Voice once I get the CCNA. This is what I already have:

1 3640 2FE2W with WIC2T
1 2520
1 2610XM with WIC2T

These are my options from my employer (I can only get one):

Cisco 1760 with
1 WIC1DSUT1
1 VIC2FXS
1 VIC2FXS
1 VIC2FXO


Cisco 1751 with
1 WIC1DSUT1
1 VIC2FXS
1 VIC2FXO

Cisco 2610 with
2 WIC1DSUT1
1 NM-HDV with 1 VWIC1MFT-T1

Cisco PIX-515

Cisco IDS-4215

I want to get the best device for the long run.
Thanks for your help in advance.

kryolla

for the long run all of these are end of life except the IDS which Im not sure. Do you plan on studying voice. Anyways I would get the 2610 due it having a NM slot and you have 2 T1 cards so you can move one over to your other router and make a T1 cross over cable and use it as your point to point link

ColbyG

I'd take the 1760. They're not great, kind of slow, but you can do a lot with them.

msethk

I'd take the 2610 for studying the CCNA...

joey74055

Well I was doing some pricing on ebay and it appears that money-wise, if I were putting myself in the shoes that I was going to have to buy one of these later my conclusion from a pricing perspective was that both the 2610 and 1760 are around the same price for just the router. When I looked at the price of the NM-HDV VWIC 1MFT-T1, that is an expensive item. Looks like you could pick up a couple of FX cards for around 80 bucks a piece. So cost wise it would be cheaper to go with the 2610 with the NM-HDV VWIC 1MFT-T1 and later spend $160 or so on a couple FX cards. On the other hand, if I go with the 1760 later on I would have to spend $200 to get the VWIC 1MFT-T1. Can the VWIC 1MFT-T1 run without the NM-HDV because the 1760 does not have a NM slot. Also, what do you all think about the PIX-515? Should I go with it over the routers? Like I said earlier my plan is CCNA, CCNA:Secutiry then CCNA:Voice.

joey74055

Thanks for the advice. I went ahead with the 1760 since I already had a 2610XM. At least now I have a voice router with 2 FXS cards and an FXO card.