equipment needed for home ccna lab

what equipment is needed for the current ccna exam.. i have heard 1900 switch and 2500 series routers. recently seen something saying that its a 2950 switch and no mention of the router.. does anyone have any info on what is needed to have correct setup for 801 cert

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The exams use the 2950, but since they are often too expensive to buy for personal use/study, many go with the 1900 (make sure it is the Enterprise Edition) cause it is much cheaper (about the same as a 2500 router, around $100)

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keenon

when you say enterprise is that referencing the IOS ver or hardware ver?

Webmaster

It's actually the IOS (you can upgrade a standard to an enterprise edition), but the model/type is different. Ie. 1924-EN (meaning a 1900 switch with 24 ports running enterprise edition. (a standard edition has several major limitations such as no VLAN capabilities)

keenon

where can i download a version of this ios

Webmaster

At www.cisco.com, for a price much higher than a used -EN series switch.

cellophanecore

whats the min amount of DRAM and Flash space needed to run the EN version?

Webmaster

By default, the EN series have the same amount of flash (1MB) and DRAM (2MB) so I assume that is the minimum...
I don't know if this is the case for all versions though.

dagr8tim

Webmaster wrote:

The exams use the 2950, but since they are often too expensive to buy for personal use/study, many go with the 1900 (make sure it is the Enterprise Edition) cause it is much cheaper (about the same as a 2500 router, around $100)

Is that from like ebay or ordered from somewhere? I've been out of messing with my CCNA since last march when I failed the CCNA with an 809. I'm about ready to make a fresh start at it.

keenon

i'm ordering parts from eaby and other resellers that i have dealt with that will offer me good prices( like it matters when it comes to cisco gear being that all of it is high) and i'm lucky b/c the place i'm contracting at has almost any ios ver i could want so i've ordered a 1900 and have the EN ios for it as well .. i was told as well a 2500 will run version 12 ios only if it has enough memory i think 16mb b/c the ios is almost 12mb by itself

keenon

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i have added 2 2501 routers ver 12 ios, 1 1924-EN and todds book. does anyone think that i need to add anything else to my lab?

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keenon wrote:

what equipment is needed for the current ccna exam.. i have heard 1900 switch and 2500 series routers. recently seen something saying that its a 2950 switch and no mention of the router.. does anyone have any info on what is needed to have correct setup for 801 cert

swtlrich

Using IOS Hunter freeware from vital-tech.com, I was able to do a net hunt and download of many available Catalyst 1900 IOS images, including some EN versions.

keenon

i have a friend that has access to any cisco ios so i'm good on that i'm trying to change my routers out 2501 and 2502 .. i would like to have 2 2600 instead

cybervex

using ios hunter which filename do i need to download for 12.2 ios for a 2501?