Post Your Lab (PICS)

Hey Everyone,
I couldn't find any other thread similar to this after searching for a while, so I wanted to get one going. It would be great if everyone could post pictures of their current home or work lab (Big or Small). Hopefully we can get the CCNP/CCIE folks to post in here as well.

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ccie2be

alxx wrote: »

nice and shiny !

where did you get the pick cables from ?
I'm getting complaints that mine looks drab and boring (with blue and black cables)

Pink patch cables are some old CAT5e cables I had for years. Havent seen them anymore though.

cyberguypr

alxx wrote: »

nice and shiny !

where did you get the pick cables from ?
I'm getting complaints that mine looks drab and boring (with blue and black cables)

Cheap and colorful cables always available at Monoprice.com

cyberguypr

ccie2be wrote: »

Be nice and give us a rundown of all that gear.

ccie2be

cyberguypr wrote: »

Cheap and colorful cables always available at Monoprice.com

Thx! Been looking for other color patches.

smcquilling

Since this site was so instrumental in researching/purchasing my lab, here are some pics. This is to get me through ccna.

3 x 2950
3 x 1721 (128/32)
1 x 2511
1 x 2611XM

getitngo

My CCNA Lab in Progress.

2509
2610 NW-4A/s
1760 WIC-2T
2610 WIC-2T - on the way
2610 WIC-2T - on the way
2950
2950
2950

Plan on ordering Skeletek C12U 24"
Will post again once lab is completed for CCNA

cisco_nerd

TIA568B wrote: »

My fiance made me a T-Shirt of "There's no place like 127.0.0.1" in the matrix green on black! haha i want that sticker though!

saspro

Top to bottom

Old Compaq PDU
Brush Panel
Cyberoam cr50i
2x Pix 515
1760 w/ Wic-1T & ISDN
2x 2610XM w/ 2x Wic-1T in each, NM-1E in one
2x 2611XM w/ 2x 1Wic-1T, 1x Wic-2T, 1x ISDN
3640 w/ 2x NM-1FE2W, 1x NM-1E, 1x Serial 8A/S
3x 2950
4u of space (junk in there until I get my 3550's etc)
3660 w/ 3x NM-1FE2W, 1x NM-1E, 1x Serial 4A/S, 1x quad ISDN, 3x Wic-1T, 1x Wic-ADSL, 1x ISDN
4u Rack drawer

That should be enough to get me through my exams

alan2308

phoeneous wrote: »

Why do you have a patch panel for a home lab??

Because this is techexams, and that's how we roll.

gramacorp

Yep!

smcquilling

3x1721(128/32), One setup with (2) WIC-2T as a frame relay switch.
1x2611XM
1x2511 Access Server
3x2950

Did i mention the wife love love loves all the noise from the fans. :P

MAC_Addy

phoeneous wrote: »

Why do you have a patch panel for a home lab??

It's what all the cool kids are doing these days.

If you were anything like me (and it seems like a lot of people are the same), you like a nice and tidy rack (no pun intended, wait, maybe a little).

ZeroHunter

MAC_Addy wrote: »

It's what all the cool kids are doing these days.

If you were anything like me (and it seems like a lot of people are the same), you like a nice and tidy rack (no pun intended, wait, maybe a little).

I agree, I have a patch panel in my Cisco Lab Rack, and my Server lab Rack, and did you see this company: 12 Port Cat 5e Patch Panels

Purple Panel.JPG

MAC_Addy

ZeroHunter wrote: »

did you see this company: 12 Port Cat 5e Patch Panels

MMM! Delicious! I might have to buy one. Even though I have a patch panel in my 20u rack - I'm thinking of getting another rack, possibly 16u.

TheShadow

Must not pull trigger..... Oh well $60 demerits to paypal. do not hate the messenger shadow

TIA568B

phoeneous wrote: »

Why do you have a patch panel for a home lab??

The sad thing is I got the patch panel and the rack before I started my CCNA.

alxx

Looking through the thread not many people with fibre connections

Just got a 3550-fx so need to get a few patches to connect it to my 2950 switches

Need a couple of mtrj to mtrj for the fx to 2950fx's , then an sc to sc for the gbic to 2950sx

I'd love to properly tidy up the cable mess at work in our server rack but I'm not the admin so not allowed to touch it
(had a power outage today and our admin hadn't plugged our main switch or a couple of servers into the ups only dirty power
also using ancient dumb power board not a proper rack pdu )

MAC_Addy

Here's some pictures of my progress, these are a few weeks old. I have configured my console server and am making the cables tonight. I shall get some more pictures and post them tomorrow.

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ITVince

What does everyone's wives have to say about this? LOL

ITVince

wolfinsheepsclothing wrote: »

Starting small...

This looks like what I need to start off with, what equipment is that? Looks like 2 routers and 1 switch? I like that rack, where's this from? Anyone know the answers to this?

MAC_Addy

ITVince wrote: »

What does everyone's wives have to say about this? LOL

She's not my wife yet, but next year she will be. She hates it. But she knows that in the end it'll make lots of moolah - which she doesn't seem to mind.

I didn't go out and buy this all at once. I've been putting this lab together since March of this year.

ITVince

MAC_Addy wrote: »

She's not my wife yet, but next year she will be. She hates it. But she knows that in the end it'll make lots of moolah - which she doesn't seem to mind.

I didn't go out and buy this all at once. I've been putting this lab together since March of this year.

We're in the same boat, i'm not married yet but I will be in May!

and...she has no clue what I do...and she seems to think I dont have a clue either

MAC_Addy

ITVince wrote: »

We're in the same boat, i'm not married yet but I will be in May! and...she has no clue what I do...and she seems to think I dont have a clue either

Ah, mine thought the exact same thing until I told her to go in and 'break' my network. I told her I could have it back up and running within an hour. She unplugged some serial cables, moved some ethernet cables around. I did indeed have everything back and running within 30 minutes. She doesn't doubt me now.

I'll have to get some better pictures tonight of my current configuration.

alan2308

ITVince wrote: »

What does everyone's wives have to say about this? LOL

Sorry, this is a family friendly forum.

alxx

smcquilling wrote: »

3x1721(128/32), One setup with (2) WIC-2T as a frame relay switch.
1x2611XM
1x2511 Access Server
3x2950

Did i mention the wife love love loves all the noise from the fans. :P

In that case you should get a few 3660's and an old hp oscilliscope (54xxx series)

saspro

ITVince wrote: »

I like that rack, where's this from? Anyone know the answers to this?

Looks like the Adam Hall desktop rack.
I got mine from ebay for about £8 brand new

MAC_Addy

Here's some updated pictures of my rack. I need to get a 12 port power strip to go in there now. Then I can run power to all my devices.

What does everyone's wives have to say about this? LOL

Are you insinuating that only boys get to work with labs?
I'm not sure of the other women, but I would have to say I want my own:

skeletor front stack from top

- 18" rotating monitor
- belkin 4 port a-b switch
- cisco 2912: also doubles as a trackball shelf
- cisco 2501: also double as a kb shelf
- intel atom 330 dual core 1.6ghz rack mount 1u server
- dell poweredge 860 1u rack mount server
- hp proliant dl360 g4p 1u rack mount server

skeletor rear stack from top

- 8 outlet power strip: with individual lighted switches
- 8 outlet power strip: with individual lighted switches
- cisco 2950c
- cisco 2950
- cisco 2950
- cisco 2924m: with 100fx modules
- cisco mc3810
- cisco 2621
- cisco 2621
- cisco 3745
- cisco 3640
- cisco 3640
- adtran atlas 550

ITVince

Very nice, well I was just assumming that 90% of those on here are usually men. But you know what happens when you assume

brad-

Ive been working on this setup, top to bottom:
2610xm w/ WIC-1T (DTE)
2610xm w/ WIC-1T (DTE)
2610 w/ Serial 4A/S (both DCE's)
2950
2950

If I had it to do over again i would probably just do 1 XM model, and i'd probably go with the smaller/thinner cable standard.