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  • ZeroHunterZeroHunter Member Posts: 148
    chmorin wrote: »
    Where did you get the enclosed rack?

    Are you talking about this one:

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    If so, believe it or not its one of the Wall Mount Units, I just took the wall mount part off and use it as a floor mount unit and printer stand.

    the name/brand is: Middle Atlantic EWR-8-17

    I got it from a friend, who had it sitting in his back yard 'still new in the box' albeit, the box was ruined and the unit needed a complete wipe down as it had started to get that chalky effect that things that are left in the elements to long sometimes get. Thank goodness for powered coating!

    The other super nice thing, I got it for 20$
    As a little side note that server rack has a little over 20Terabytes of personal storage in it.
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  • chmorinchmorin Member Posts: 1,446 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Considering its on ebay for 180 + 60 shipping, all I have to say is lucky bastard. =)
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  • ZeroHunterZeroHunter Member Posts: 148
    chmorin wrote: »
    Considering its on ebay for 180 + 60 shipping, all I have to say is lucky bastard. =)

    I have had good luck with CraigsList for that type of thing, I just got an Intellinet Wall-mount Rack 18U for a buddy for 100.oo$ its like new.

    The funny thing with the wall-mount units is that most people think you have to put it on the wall, but they make great floor mounted units. The only problem as a general rule, is that they are NOT 30"'s deep.

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  • JollycorkJollycork Member Posts: 149
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    Never could keep the hands steady, to much coffee, but there's the spaghetti mess and most of the lab. The servers are below the 8 port lower patch panel. That old 2514 is being replaced with another 2610XM. The 3rd 2950 and second 1760 is above the 1760 along with another 8 port patch panel. [crappy cell phone couldn't get em in]. I will say, that old 2511 was the best investment made in the beginning, besides the 7' relay rack. I use the 3640 for a bunch of roles. Right now it's simply NAT stub router to the Internet, but use it to run CME as a remote site off the 1760s. [note: just did a reload on the 1760 when I took the pic so the FXS and FXO ports show amber in case anyone wonders]
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  • ZeroHunterZeroHunter Member Posts: 148
    phoeneous wrote: »
    Dude, you take my replies way too literally. Nice rack by the way.

    Yes, it would seem so, it also seems that we are at the opposite ends of the spectrum. Clearly you are of the more artistic type "on a fretboard" were I am a straight engineer all day everyday "having a BS in Mech Eng."

    But is it not what life is about to have all kinds?
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  • chmorinchmorin Member Posts: 1,446 ■■■■■□□□□□
    phoeneous wrote: »
    Dude, you take my replies way too literally. Nice rack by the way.

    HAAHAHAAHAHAhahahahhahahaha... haha...hah... ha-

    I don't think he understood how funny that actually is.
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  • DevilWAHDevilWAH Member Posts: 2,997 ■■■■■■■■□□
    I have starting to build a rack at home now. I don't think work realise that at work the test racks 2509 access server, and most of the routers all belong to me.. In fact some of the live network stuff belongs to me as well! wonder how long before they notice when I take it all out :)

    All I need is to get hold of 2 or 3 3550's and I will be good to go.
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  • PhildoBagginsPhildoBaggins Member Posts: 276
    I need a couple table top racks before the months out I will have 10 routers and 9 switches.....my desk is getting stupid cluttered lol.

    Where is a good place to buy them? I wouldnt want to spend more than 50 bucks per rack
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  • NetwurkNetwurk Member Posts: 1,155 ■■■■■□□□□□
    This isn't a thread to argue about stuff

    MORE PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • ZeroHunterZeroHunter Member Posts: 148
    Netwurk wrote: »
    This isn't a thread to argue about stuff

    MORE PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    Who's arguing? But I Agree more Lab photos. I love hardware.
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  • Carpe JugulemCarpe Jugulem Member Posts: 17 ■□□□□□□□□□
    I just got my lab installed, but haven't powered up yet... I'll get some pics here shortly...
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Senior Member Posts: 0 ■■■■□□□□□□
    I have to get some routers and a rack then i'll post pictures of my lab :D
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  • ZeroHunterZeroHunter Member Posts: 148
    I did not like the way the 5/6' power cords fit in my rack, I had to bundle them all up at the bottom and it was a mess!

    This first picture is the mess that came off the LAB RACK
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    I replaced it with these 18" and 36" cords:

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    So here is what the final power cord hook-up looks like, notice that it has no doubling back of the cords everything runs straight and plugs directly in:

    CiscoRackPowerCords_1.jpg

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    I got the Cables from: http://www.cablewholesale.com
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  • earweedearweed Member Posts: 5,192 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Somebody obviously has a lot of time on their hands. You should be spending that time studying instead of rearranging power cords.icon_wink.gif
    No longer work in IT. Play around with stuff sometimes still and fix stuff for friends and relatives.
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  • SomnipotentSomnipotent Member Posts: 384
    earweed wrote: »
    Somebody obviously has a lot of time on their hands. You should be spending that time studying instead of rearranging power cords.icon_wink.gif

    haters gonna hate icon_razz.gif
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  • earweedearweed Member Posts: 5,192 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Just ragging him because his cords look better than mineicon_wink.gif
    No longer work in IT. Play around with stuff sometimes still and fix stuff for friends and relatives.
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  • shodownshodown Member Posts: 2,271
    vid of my lab to lazy for pics lol


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  • Carpe JugulemCarpe Jugulem Member Posts: 17 ■□□□□□□□□□
    shodown wrote: »
    vid of my lab to lazy for pics lol


    Urban Cisco Engineer: Where have I been???

    Nice setup and books, shodown.

    Here's my stuff:

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    My baby boy helping daddy out. :)


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    (Skeletek, Old Vaio Laptop, 2 x 2950s, 3550 EMI, 3 x 2620 XMs)

    Definitely not as clean as a lot of your setups, but I'm pleased with it so far.
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  • SephStormSephStorm Member Posts: 1,731 ■■■■■■■□□□
    @ZeroHuner:

    Who needs SSH anyway?
    http://www.ethicalhacker.net/forums/index.php - sectestanalysis.blogspot.com
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  • PhildoBagginsPhildoBaggins Member Posts: 276
    Moved some stuff around lol. I got a bunch of memory, a WIC, and a NM coming in woo hoo. My little tower of power. Dont make fun of my reserved switches, right now i'm testing some topologies and its easier to get to the console port lol

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  • ZeroHunterZeroHunter Member Posts: 148
    I decided to join the club, what club well "Club Skeletek" of course, put my 12U desktop rack on eBay, and ordered a 16U SkeleTek rack, here is a photo of the work in progress and more to come later:

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    Wont be completely done for a week or more as I am waiting on (2) 3550 Switches.
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  • SephStormSephStorm Member Posts: 1,731 ■■■■■■■□□□
    My turn. I haven't joined Club Skel yet, but give me a year...

    Forgive me if I've posted any of these before. And yes, that is Darth Sidious, Dark Lord of the Sith. You may bow down.

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  • alan2308alan2308 Member Posts: 1,854 ■■■■■■■■□□
    lab2.jpg

    Added a couple 2950's
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  • DevilWAHDevilWAH Member Posts: 2,997 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Well I have just had to walk away from my trusty lab icon_sad.gif leaving it all behind now I have left the company..

    All I have is a poor lonely 2509 terminal server that I decided to save (a few other bits of the lab belonged to me but I thought I would leave them behind for others to play with.

    My new company has a lot of lab equipment they have told me I will have access to, (remotely as well). So I am going to wait untill I have moved in to the new house to start rebuilding at home.

    I have it planned though :) I am thinking my next lab will be a hybrid lab uterlising GNS 3 for much of the routing, leaving more money for getting some decent switches.
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  • cpartincpartin Member Posts: 84 ■■□□□□□□□□
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    Top to bottom:

    Pix 506e
    2501
    2501
    2610
    2610XM
    2611XM

    2950T x3

    Got the 2610XM for $65 shipped, and the 2950T's for $55/ea shipped from Ebay. Paid $275 for the rest (rack included!!!) in a sweet CL deal. After brackets and misc junk I'm about $550 into it but still have WICs and some cables to go. Way overkill for CCENT training but I'm not a fan of doing things halfway. I almost feel like I learned enough just during the buying process to justify the cost of the equipment.
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  • tierstentiersten Member Posts: 4,505
    ZeroHunter wrote: »
    I did not like the way the 5/6' power cords fit in my rack, I had to bundle them all up at the bottom and it was a mess!
    Gah. You know you're a network geek if you really appreciate tidy cabling. Very nice!
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  • ZeroHunterZeroHunter Member Posts: 148
    cpartin wrote: »
    Got the 2610XM for $65 shipped, and the 2950T's for $55/ea shipped from Ebay. Paid $275 for the rest (rack included!!!) in a sweet CL deal. After brackets and misc junk I'm about $550 into it but still have WICs and some cables to go. Way overkill for CCENT training but I'm not a fan of doing things halfway. I almost feel like I learned enough just during the buying process to justify the cost of the equipment.

    Nice setup, but I gotta ask is it ok that I get a mild chubby when I see a nice hardware setups?

    I like those 2950T's, very nice.
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  • DevilWAHDevilWAH Member Posts: 2,997 ■■■■■■■■□□
    DevilWAH wrote: »
    I have starting to build a rack at home now. I don't think work realise that at work the test racks 2509 access server, and most of the routers all belong to me.. In fact some of the live network stuff belongs to me as well! wonder how long before they notice when I take it all out :)

    All I need is to get hold of 2 or 3 3550's and I will be good to go.

    Well I got hold of the list of lab equipment at my new job.

    [FONT=Verdana]Vendor Type Model[/FONT]
 
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Application CiscoWorks[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Nortel Content Device ACEswitch 184[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Content Device 11050[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Riverbed Content Device 1050H[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Riverbed Content Device 550H[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Content Device 11050[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Riverbed Content Device 8500[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Firewall PIX515E[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Firewall ASA5510[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Firewall 3600[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Firewall ASA5510[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Firewall 310B[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Firewall PIX515E[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Nokia Firewall IP350[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 2600[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 2800[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 7200VXR[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 3600[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 3600[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 2600[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 7513[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 2600[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router uBR920[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router uBR7246VXR[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 3600[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 3600[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 2600[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 7505[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 3600[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router GSR12416[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 7200VXR[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 7200VXR[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 3800[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 3800[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 3800[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 2600[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 2600[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 2600[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 2600[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 7206[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 2600[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router 2600[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Router VG200[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Security Appliance VPN3005[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]BlueCoat Security Appliance SG400[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Security Appliance CS1112[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Security Appliance MARS 20[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Security Appliance IDS4215[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Security Appliance ASA-SSM-20[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]HP Server DL360[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]HP Server DL360[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]HP Server DL360[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]HP Server DL360[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]HP Server DL360[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]HP Server DL360[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]HP Server DL360[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Switch 6500[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Switch BPX 8600[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Switch 6500[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Switch 6500[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Switch 6509[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Switch 5505[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Switch Catalyst 4000[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Switch 3550[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Switch C3500XL[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Switch 2900XL[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Cisco Switch 2950[/FONT]


    I think I will put of re-building the home lab for now... 90% of this is never used and I can access the lot from home :) And I am just in the process of adding two brand new F5 load balancers in as part of the new job is to learn that :)

    I would take pictures but not sure that the company would like it icon_sad.gif
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  • tierstentiersten Member Posts: 4,505
    DevilWAH wrote: »
    Cisco Firewall 310B
    There isn't a Cisco ASA/PIX 310B. There is a Fortinet 310B tho...
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  • DevilWAHDevilWAH Member Posts: 2,997 ■■■■■■■■□□
    ahh opps. must have been copying the formatting. or a miss type. All this stuff has been a bit neglected so I am going to see about tidying it all up over the comming months. IT takes up 8 racks, with full coverage of termianl servers and a network infrastructure to connet it all togather.
    • If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. Albert Einstein
    • An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward. So when life is dragging you back with difficulties. It means that its going to launch you into something great. So just focus and keep aiming.
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