Re: Advice for a Newbie setting up a lab

[Richard Holland]

This one's easy to answer: dump as much money as possible on routers, token ring equipment, beer, and maybe, if you're married, pay your wife off.   Nah, but really, I would buy a few 2500 series, mix ethernet and token ring, if you have the cash, buy as 2509 and 2511 to use as an terminal server, makes it easier.  You can get away with buying an old AGS+ to hook a bunch of serial connectios up to, or use as a frame-relay switch, but they wont run the newer IOS, I think they run somewhere in the 10.x's, enterprise though if I remember.  A 4000 with a few serial modules makes for a good big daddy router, maybe buy a catalyst switch with the same IOS style that the cat5k's have, these are hell expensive.  Anyway, the real lab has about 6 routers and 1 cat5k, so buy a 4000, some kind of switch, and fill the rest with 2500's.  Also note that Oz, a member of this list, has some deals posted, I'd check them at, he has kits and what not, good resource, we all love Oz.   And don't try to quit smoking, and if you can, have some sex, have fun, Cisco wants you too, they party.   Richard Holland CCNP,CCNA,MCSE ----- Original Message ----- From: Vinton Smith To: cstudy Sent: Monday, June 19, 2000 11:23 PM Subject: Advice for a Newbie setting up a lab Hey all,   I am currently enrolled in a CCNA course and have access to make a lab using  2501 and 2503 routers.  I would like some advice on setting up a lab.  Any advice would be apperciated. Where to get cables from and setting them up etc.   Thanks in advance,   Vinnie