CCNA Equipment?

Brendan1986

Hey guys, my first post here

I have decided that I will finally take the plunge and order some books in order to study for the CCNA exam.

A friend of mine has two 2509's and two 2511's that he will sell to me for a very good price, however the 2509's would be considerably cheaper. Would I be better off with either model?

Thanks for the advice .

viper75

I think you should be fine with the 2509's if it has 2 serial ports.,

Brendan1986

Thanks for that . Does anybody else have any other comments?

cdad2000

Any router will be better then none, depends on your budget.

Brendan1986

Yeah, I know, but was wondering if the 2509's support everything required for the CCNA. If they do, then sure I will get them. But if the 2511's support something that is in the CCNA that the 2509's don't, and if it is important that I get hands on experience with that particular feature, I will consider getting the 2511's

nethead

The 2509 sounds better as it has 2 ethernet and 2 serial ports (plus some async serial ports) whereas the 2511 only has 1 ethernet port (the other ports are the same). However they are both good routers to get if the price is good.

Brendan1986

Thanks guys, I'm going to get two 2509's (for $30 each )

Jerz

NICE!

tunerX

nethead wrote:

The 2509 sounds better as it has 2 ethernet and 2 serial ports (plus some async serial ports) whereas the 2511 only has 1 ethernet port (the other ports are the same). However they are both good routers to get if the price is good.

The 2509 has 1 ethernet port, 2 sync serial, and 8 async serial.

The 2511 has 1 ethernet port, 2 sync serial, and 16 async serial.

XCommand

Brendan1986 wrote:

Thanks guys, I'm going to get two 2509's (for $30 each )

Cool, I became jealous.
Sell one for me for double price so you'll have your router for free.
I am serious.

nethead

The 2509 has 1 ethernet port, 2 sync serial, and 8 async serial.

The 2511 has 1 ethernet port, 2 sync serial, and 16 async serial

Whoops! you are correct.

Brendan1986

Hehe, thanks for the offer but I think I'll keep these for a bit. Well, at least until I finish my CCNA and decide what I'm going to do after that.

Thanks for all the help, it was much appreciated. I'll probably be back on here with more n00b questions soon anyway lol.

porengo

How much DRAM/Flash are on the 2509's you're getting. Also, what version IOS is loaded on it?

Nocturnal

I would recommend getting at least three routers so you can play with clocking and pinging through a DCE device. BTW, you are getting an awesome deal on the 2509s.

With all of the money you saved, consider getting a used switch. I'm still a little numb hearing about the deal you got on the 2509s.....

There are a lot of good deals on Ebay for DCE to DTE cables; I got two 1-footers for under twenty bucks, including shipping.

Rock on, dude!!

Brendan1986

porengo wrote:

How much DRAM/Flash are on the 2509's you're getting. Also, what version IOS is loaded on it?

He doesn't know how much is installed - the guy just got these given to him, and he doesn't know anything about them.

He also doesn't know what version IOS is installed, either! But hell, for $60 I don't give a rats bum

Nocturnal, I was also thinking about that as well. What type of switch would you recommend?

shadown7

I've got a 1912 switch with seems to work fine for me. You could also get a 1924 which as 24 ports instead of twelve. I think the current CCNA test uses the 2950 switches which are not cheap.


Best of luck