Re: Hardware Req's

Oh, I guess I should mention that using a compression utility could potentially cause problems in production environments. Use your best judgement. I only use it for lab purposes. If you're in a production environment, have the company shell out the dough-ray-me for the extra flash if required

Re: Hardware Req's

16MB of Flash is nice, but I don't believe required for a lab. You can get virtually any IOS image on 8MB of flash by using a compression utility. Personally, I'd recommend 8MB Flash and 16MB RAM. The RAM is cheaper and if you're running any kind of Enterprise IOS or one that does Firewall, etc,

Hardware Req's

Can someone tell me the minimum hardware requirements for IOS 12.x with ip/ipx/at routing on a 2501? im looking to buy a couple routers for a home lab but i dont know what is the minumum that i should get. Cisco site says "recommended" 16mb flash and 8 dram, but for a home lab would it still wor