Our Cisco Engineer said the "set" based Cat IOS was slotted to phase out
over the next 18 months (this was 6 months ago). Of course, a few months
later I took the new Switching exam & you by the questions you would'a thunk
the IOS based models were being phased out :o)
Phil
----- Original Message -----
From: andyh
To:
Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 4:28 PM
Subject: Re: low-end layer3 Catalyst [7:7093]
> get an old 2900 (non-XL) and a 261X (or other FeE ISL/dot1q aware
router) -
> be aware of the differences between this and "real" MLS and you're 95% of
> the way there. Worked for me.
>
> 2900s are prolly under $1000 now (bought one in the UK a couple of years
> back for #1,250) - and you can resell them on this list oe ebay for cost
>
> anyone care to speculate when the CatOS will be retired from the cets and
> the "native" mode will take over? Anyone more than maybe a year off the
big
> certs, caveat emptor when you buy that Cat5 for your home lab.
>
> A
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ben Hockenhull"
> To:
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 1:00 AM
> Subject: Re: low-end layer3 Catalyst [7:7093]
>
>
> > New on the scene is the Catalyst 3550 series. 10 10/100/1000 TX
> > Autosensing ports and 2 GBIC ports. It does talk at Layer 3, as well.
> > Seems like a nice unit.
> >
> > http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/si/casi/ca3550/index.shtml
> >
> > ben
> >
> > > Cheapest is the Cat 2948G-L3, 48 10/100 ports, about 8K
> > > Also, 4908G-L3, 8 Gigabit ports, about 10.5k
> > > Hope this helps
> > > Sam
> > >
> > > ""Adam Wang"" wrote in message
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > Does anybody know what's the cheapest layer 3 Catalyst
> > > > I can get. Port number doesn't matter.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > Adam
> > > >
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