Folks:
Two years ago I purchased a Cisco Home Lab from EBAY. The components of the lab is listed below. Now, my goal is to put together a flexible home lab TOPOLOGY that makes use of all my equipment and allows for remote login from across the Internet. Any references/links deeply appreciated. Here are some questions:
- Is this lab good enough for CURRENT cisco certifications from CCNA thru CCNP to CCIE ? I know that Cisco is constantly changing/updating things all the time, * Most of my routers are maxed out at 16Mb Flash & 16 Mb Ram. Is this a major disadvantage for certifications ? If so, how best to overcome any disadvantages ? * How is an Access Server different from a Terminal Server and which of these routers are best suited for these purposes ? * What is the best Topology (Terminal Server, Access Server, Cable Modem Router, etc) to be used with all of my Cisco equipment ? * Which of these routers can best be used for an Access Server, Terminal Server, Firewall, Etc ? * Finally, what is the difference between Routing and Routed protocols ?
Thanks, Jo.
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROUTERS & SWITCH: 1 Cisco 2502 - 2 Serial Ports, 1 Token Ring Port 4 Cisco 2507 - 2 Serial Ports, 1 Ethernet Port 1 Cisco 2511 - 2 Serial Ports, 1 Ethernet Port, 16 Asynchronous Ports, TERMINAL SERVER 2 Cisco 2514 - 2 Serial Ports, 2 Ethernet Ports 1 Cisco 2516 - 2 Serial Ports, 1 Ethernet Port, 1 ISDN BRI Port 1 Cisco 2520 - 4 Serial Ports, 1 Ethernet Port, 1 ISDN BRI Port, FRAME RELAY 1 Cisco 2610 - 1 Ethernet Port, 2 WIC-1T's (2 Serial Ports),
64/16 RAM, includes NM-1V with VIC-2FXS Modules 1 Cisco 2611 - 2 Ethernet, 1 WIC-2T (2 Serial Ports), 1 WIC-1B-U ISDN NT1 Port, 64/16 RAM, includes NM-1V with VIC-2FXS Modules 1 Cisco 3550-24-SMI Switches Layer 3 12.1.13 EMI IOS Image 1 ISDN SimulatorACCESSORIES: All Routers Maxed Out - 16 Mb Flash & 16 Mb Ram 20- Ethernet Cables 8- DCE/DTE Crossover Cables 10- AUI Transceivers 14- AC Power Cords 2- OCTAL Cable 1- Console cable kit
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