Cisco 881 routers and 3550 switches for CCNA?

MacNobodyMacNobody Member Posts: 10 ■□□□□□□□□□
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Where I work we have several 881s sitting on a shelf. I can grab a few of these and use them if needed.

I also have access to a few 2811 routers and there are SEVERAL dozen 3550 switches that we are not going to do anything with, they are just sitting in a stack in our basement storage area.

What is the best multi-use lab setup based on this hardware for CCNA?
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  • sucanushiesucanushie Member Posts: 163
    Send me a few 3550's will ya :)
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  • MacNobodyMacNobody Member Posts: 10 ■□□□□□□□□□
    sucanushie wrote: »
    Send me a few 3550's will ya :)

    ;) Gotta inventory them and see what is available before I know what I can work with.


    ;)
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  • bbarrickbbarrick Member Posts: 242 ■■■□□□□□□□
    MacNobody wrote: »
    Where I work we have several 881s sitting on a shelf. I can grab a few of these and use them if needed.

    I also have access to a few 2811 routers and there are SEVERAL dozen 3550 switches that we are not going to do anything with, they are just sitting in a stack in our basement storage area.

    What is the best multi-use lab setup based on this hardware for CCNA?

    I bought a couple of routers/switches after watching this video, maybe it will help you out there.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-CP6w6TAIc

    I'm interested as well, if you have that many laying around, please let us know if they will sell them for a decent price to us newbs who need to learn about these things. :)
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  • MacNobodyMacNobody Member Posts: 10 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Thanks bbarick! I subscribed - love Jeremy's style of teaching - not dry at all!!

    PM me with contact info. I am right next door in AR, and I get to OK monthly to see my mom and attend military drill in Broken Arrow/Tulsa area.
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  • bbarrickbbarrick Member Posts: 242 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Cool, I haven't been up to that area in quite some time but my wife and kids wouldn't mind a road trip. I tried to PM you but it said you don't have it enabled yet. I'm down in Ardmore which is a few hours away from Tulsa.
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  • ZartanasaurusZartanasaurus Member Posts: 2,008 ■■■■■■■■■□
    The 881s will work. Your only issue should be lack of serial ports for frame-relay labs. 2811 would work better for lab purposes.
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  • MacNobodyMacNobody Member Posts: 10 ■□□□□□□□□□
    MacNobody wrote: »
    Thanks bbarick! I subscribed - love Jeremy's style of teaching - not dry at all!!

    PM me with contact info. I am right next door in AR, and I get to OK monthly to see my mom and attend military drill in Broken Arrow/Tulsa area.

    Try again. I just edited profile.

    I am tryingvto send you a PM. I may not understand the forum layout well enough yet, can't find the button.
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