Cisco 881 routers and 3550 switches for CCNA?

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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sucanushie

Send me a few 3550's will ya

MacNobody

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.

bbarrick

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.

MacNobody

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.

bbarrick

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.

Zartanasaurus

The 881s will work. Your only issue should be lack of serial ports for frame-relay labs. 2811 would work better for lab purposes.

MacNobody

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.