Need Advice thinking of buying Routers/Switches from Ebay

goldenlight

The only thing I bought from ebay is some Smart Serial cables.

I understand if the router or switch can post fully then its good to go. However I have seen many listings that say pulled from working environment and nothing more.

Am I better off buying a Router or switch with a 1yr warranty. Its about doubled the Ebay price, but I will have piece of mind.
I plan on going the CCNP route. So I figure I start buying stuff for the ccnp exams. At this time I am thinking of getting the Cisco 1841 router.

Others routers possibly considering 2620xm,2621xm, 2811. The only thing I see different is that you can add more modules to these routers.

I plan on building this thing slowly probably with in 1yr..

Sounds Good

hijacking this thread a bit.

I'm on the same path for CCNP after CCNA

So far, this is what I have

routers:
2520
1721 (T1 DSU)

switch:
2950g

I'm thinking of adding

router:
1841 or 26xx XM
switch:
3550 or another 2950 t/c/g
3560

thoughts?

also, I have a T1-DSU module on the 1721 and serial ports on my 2520, will this hinder me in any way?

Roguetadhg

I wouldn't have bought any serial cables until I had hardware. I say this because Modules don't have to "serial" cables...

For example my 2600xms have a total of 3x WIC-1DSU-T1 with only 1x WIC-1T. One takes a T1 crossover (RJ-45), while the other takes the serial DB-60

Understanding the 1-Port Serial WAN Interface Card (WIC-1T)* [Cisco WAN Interface Cards] - Cisco Systems

I was building my lab based on INE's CCIE lab - but these might be outdated with the new IOS...

My advice, build to what you need at that moment.