I'm putting together a BCMSN lab for myself. I've only barely begun studying, and VLAN was my weakest subject in CCNA, so I'm unsure what hardware I need to proceed.
So far I've got a whole stack of 2500s, and a 1912 in the mail, but as I understand it I need at least a 2600 for the inter-VLAN routing. (Or I could use a 3550 to do L3 switching? But finding a cheap used 3550 doesn't seem realistic yet.)
Will the 1912 suffice to do the trunking? The Lammle CCNA quotes configurations for a 1900 doing ISL, on a FA uplink port. That same Lammle also refers to 2950 configs, but what about a 2912 / 2924? I have been making use of
In short - which switch(es) can I use to uplink to a router for inter-VLAN? (I'd like to practice with more than just one.)
Now, on to the router. I don't want to assume anything, so I'll just ask: can a 2500 support VLANs?
Or what about a 2610 without any fast ethernet ports? There's one of those in the expert-labs pod, and all of the trunk / VTP commands work on e0/0, yet the Lammle had told me a FE interface would be required.
Finally, what IOS at a minimum should I be running to practice for the current BCMSN? Will 12.0 suffice?
Thanks for any suggestions and comments!