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Looking for router and switch..
jahaziel
Uh.. I'm looking to upgrade my house routers and switches.. I would like cisco but not sure what to get. Now I am going to work at a company who supports brocade so maybe that be a good option too.
What routers and switches should I get? Looking for somewhat inexpensive.
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networker050184
Any reason you need high end gear like Brocade or Cisco? I just go cheap at the house without issue.
jahaziel
To learn to be honest. Not looking to spend alot.
Looking at brocade and they have nothing cheap.. So this might not be possible
EV42TMAN
Well that depends on what you want to learn. If you want to go for the CCNA then buy an 1841 or higher off ebay. They are about $100 without the expansion cards. Then for a switch you could pick up a cisco 2950 off ebay as well they are pretty cheap if you get a 10/100 switch.
jahaziel
How about cisco 871?
Cisco 871 Integrated Services ROUTERCISCO871 Sec K9 746320950228 | eBay
mdomino
I'm just going to throw a different opinion out here. I picked up a 2610xm to route traffic just for my one computer so that I could force myself to practice more for the CCNA. I made it less than a day before wiring it to a switch and just turning it on whenever I needed to practice.
You may not notice it in a datacenter/server room but these things are LOUD. I could hear the fans on my router from across the (small) house. It also generated a lot of heat and I'm assuming used a fair amount of power. I wholeheartedly support getting gear to play with and learn on but I'm not sure I would run it 24/7 for those reasons.
And if you want a good home router, go pick up a WRT54G Linksys and throw DD-WRT or Tomato on it and have a kickin rad home setup.
jahaziel
That's True. Maybe Ill just get a regular router like you mentioned
networker050184
Not only are the 2600 routers loud, they can't even handle the bandwidth of a modern home cable connection.
jahaziel
Oh I see.. Well disappointed a bit. At less my wallet will be happy
pert
Yeah my stuff is never on, they are SUPER loud.
thenjduke
I would go with a 2950 for Switch and a 871w for a router. This is basically what I used for my CCNA as well as the Virtual Router which I forget what it is called.
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