What Routers/Switches for LAB?

paq7512

I was thinking about buying some 1841's, about 3 of them, would that be enough? Also, should I look into getting 2611xm's or 1760's or are those obsolete? What about building frame-relay and PPP multilink? Wic 1t or 2t? For switches I was thinking two 2950s and two 3550s? Advise?

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paq7512 wrote: »

I was thinking about buying some 1841's, about 3 of them, would that be enough? Also, should I look into getting 2611xm's or 1760's or are those obsolete? What about building frame-relay and PPP multilink? Wic 1t or 2t? For switches I was thinking two 2950s and two 3550s? Advise?

You are on the right track, I use 1841, 3550 and 2950's in my rack. As far as WIC cards, I would suggest loading your 1841's with WIC-2T cards which will give you two Serial interfaces.

Type of router is arguable but switch wise you need the 3550, 3560 for L3 and 2950, 2960's for L2