Wojtek,
Hi! IF you're putting together a CCIE lab, I would recommend starting with
some 2500 series routers. The 16xx and 17xx are alright, but they dont run
Enterprise IOS code. A good way to start your home lab would be with a
couple of 2501s and another 25xx with at least 4 serial ports that would be
used as your frame-switch. After that, you'd want to add a reverse telnet
device (2509, 2510, 2511, or 2512). From there, you'd probably want to add
a catalyst switch and then some ISDN gear. That should be a good base CCIE
lab. You could rent online rack time for the ATM and Voice portions.
After all is said and done, your budget you can spend on your lab will
really detemine the hardware that is in it. For my CCIE studies, I spent
over $25k for my home lab and rented online rack time for the ATM portion.
You can email me offline for pricing on any router or combination of
routers.
thanks,
-Brad Ellis
CCIE#5796
Network Learning Inc
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> What router would one want to purchase for mostly home use (I will want to
> put together a CCNP/CCIE Lab in the future but for now, I would just like
a
> Cisco router for my home network My choices for now are
>
> 1605R
> 1720/1750
> 2524
> 26XX ?
>
> Is there any reason why the 1605 would not be enough ? I see a number of
> 2524's on EBay , are the a nice router for home ? I would prefer to spend
> as little as possible of course but am willing to spend a little more for
a
> better router.
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