Old as houses tbh but it does the job,
1x 2500
2x 2612 with WICs
1x 2900XL
1x lil router/switch
Cables and stuff

I also got me some cat5 and crimping tools so I can get quicker at making patch leads.

Think I need a transceiver wotsit so I can hook it all up to my home bb router.

Quote from: Pete on February 07, 2011, 19:26:34 PM
I also got me some cat5 and crimping tools so I can get quicker at making patch leads.

turns out that's an even more useful skill than you'd think, I once got an NTL customer support guy to start treating me like a human being by crimping ends onto a nearly full 305m box of cable one handed while he was on the phone so that I could plug my upstairs machine directly into the downstares cable modem.

edit: wow, Binary is right! (said with an edit to preserve crazy post count coincidence for a little longer)

Soooo

what are they all? aside from 4 digit numbers?

edit: Whoa!! MG and i have the same post count!

Pete, so do you actually know how to use them? Or you using them for learning? And how much did it cost you?

Edit: and LOL at BS!

Apart from a bunch of numbers they are 3 old cisco routers and an old cisco switch with cables etc. I'm using them for learning, got them set up last night, 4 different networks with RIP v2 so they can talk to each other - am going for CCNA cert..

Cost me lots but I can eBay it all when I'm done.

Sounds good mate, wish I could use that kit, I'd be happy to have one entry level (SOHO) cisco router that I actually knew what I was doing with! Tempted to pick up a SOHO 97 or something, but just think I'll play with it for a day or so and get annoyed I can't do what I want to do with it! I'm not very patient like that and that's why I don't use Linux

I was looking at some cisco 'labs' on ebay last night £350.. doesnt seem too bad considering the cost of some of the devices cisco make.

From what I've read the more expensive kit is more forthe higher up certs. The kit I got was way cheaper. I think I just need another cheap switch so I can do spanning tree.

The 800 series look really good for home use but they're a lot of money :/

If I had space for a lab I could probably blag the kit out of work. I just use boson net sim instead.

Anyone know much about flash memory upgrades? If I got 8mb onboard and one expansion slot can I put a 16mb stick in or does it have to be 8mb to 'match' the onboard stuff?