OT: Cisco 1601 with 4 MB Flash Memory Card

May 03, 2005 2 Replies
M

I'm sorry about this being here, but there appears to be no other ciso related newsgroup on the feed I have.



I have been given a couple of Cisco 1601 units, but just the units themselves, the serial connector and power cord. I have been trying to get information from the Cisco web site on how I go about testing these units out, but so far I have come up with nothing that will help me.



Am I wasting my time here guys? I only took them as I though this would be a great way of learning ciso hardware for free, but without any cd of utils etc, I am at a complete loss on how to get these units talking...



Any help or pointers would be really appreciated.



Gordon


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If the 1601 units you have are also labeled "LAN Extender" then they are of a variety that was "simplified" and scaled back for cost savings and actually relied on specific models of hub routers from which to boot up - the venerable Cisco 4000 series routers with LAN Extender capable IOS being one of these. If these are labeled as I mentioned then they are of very limited use in learning IOS unless you invest in more gear - and LAN Extender technology is pretty much a quaint footnote in obsolesence at this point.

FWIW, Robert

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