Salvaged some "junk" today

Came home with some routers and switches that were being discarded at work.

2 x 2514 routers (couldn't remember which models were AS so I took a chance)

4 x 2650 routers (already own a 2650XM so I should be good to go)

1 x 3512-xl-en switch (I had no switches and this seemed better than the 2900XLs laying around)

1 x 3550-48-smi (I knew this was a gem. Didn't hesitate to grab it)

1 x 3550-24-fx-smi (Another gem but now I need to figure out what to do with it)

I don't know how it's all going to tie together. (or if it even works) But I'm going to have to invest in some WICs, GBICs and cabling to get it up and running. Definately not complaining though.

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JSK

tiersten wrote: »

Catalyst 1900s are boat anchors in terms of usefulness for any Cisco certification. They're fine as a generic switch but they don't run IOS at all and the enterprise version of the software just has an IOS like interface.

My mistake, I meant 2900's.

I believe they were 2960's to be exact.

alan2308

tiersten wrote: »

Catalyst 1900s are boat anchors in terms of usefulness for any Cisco certification. They're fine as a generic switch but they don't run IOS at all and the enterprise version of the software just has an IOS like interface.

They're good for always being the root bridge in STP.