CISCO Questions (Hardware)

crashuk said:
ccna does have OSPF
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umm, no!

Not unless it's changed very recently, certainly didn't when i did it. RIP and IGRP certainly buts thats nowhere near the complexity. OSPF is conceptually pretty complex, i don't think cisco would ever put it in ccna.

and in fact i've just looked at the cisco website, certainly no ospf.
 
My take on this... sims... why bother?

Sims can never replicate what you'll learn with real hardware. You tend to experiment, things don't work, you then spend an hour or two working out what was wrong.

That's troubleshooting in action and lets you learn a concept.

Kit is so cheap at the mo for associate and pro levels that it's not worth not doing... if that makes sense.

After you finish you can resell it at basically no loss. What's to lose?
 
They go new for £300, so you have to wonder at the mentality of someone that would buy one, not use it, and then sell it for half that.
Either that, or they discovered the "issues" it seems to have with some DSLAMs (though that's easily fixed if the retailer has a clue).
 
That's a brill price as they're usually going for about £300 brand new. However you won't be able to play with the wireless capabilites like a 877w would allow you to.
Don't be drawn to configure it through Cisco's new way, something like SMD or something along those lines. Configure it through the IOS. A man's way ;)

But yeh, if I had the £££ I would place a bid.

Edit: I've just realised. Why don't you buy two 2501's and a Catalyst switch for that amount of money? :eek:
It'll be more value for money because the 2501's will do what the 877's do and you'll have a catalyst switch for any router rips you do.
Furthermore, I bet you'll have about £30 spare which means you can buy another switch and make more bigger complex labs.

It's your money though :)
 
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arh dont confuse me dude. :p

Ill take a look at the 2501's and a Catalyst switch. But I can only really do that if I get outbid on this one.

Goes to take a look at 2501 and see what the hell they are.

The 2501's do look cool. Oh well. Im sure the 877 will keep me ocupied for a while.
 
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Okay. 2500 series are routers that were used about 4-5 years ago but don't let that put you off as major large scale businesses are still using them. They are upgradebale to the latest IOS that they can support.
Like I said, they funtion the same way as a 877 but only a little slower and that's about it.
Furthermore you'll get serial interfaces, AUI's (to add ethernet, fibre, co-axial etc), and a AUX as well as a regular console port.
Pair it with a similar 2500 series router and a few cheap catalyst switches and you've got yourself a very powerful lab.
It'll have much more function than a single 877.
 
They don't go for much do they nowadays?
Bearing in mind the amount he'll save going for two 2501's and a Catalyst Switch buying a seperate ADSL modem will be something that'll be worth the buy. It'll easily fit in the £150 - £160 price range. Two 2501's will come to about £60 - £70!
 
Well my bid is still ok at the moment which isn't a problem. The 877 will be my main adsl router so after my initial play it won't be touched. Once I get some more dosh ill take a look at buildint a lab as above.

Im not doing my CCNA at the moment, I started it but then moved to sheffield before I finished the first year. Im about to go back to uni for my final year and therefore may start my CCNA once more.
 
I think i'll quickly bring to your attention in your opening post you asked for wireless and this model (the one you are bidding for) is not the wireless one.
The wireless one is the 877w.
:)

Edit: But you can easily add wireless capability by adding a wireless access point. So ignore me :)
 
Ha ha pwned :D

Edit: Feel free to add me to MSN if you want to talk about anything network related. I won't promise to sort out your problems but I consider myself to know a lot about networking considering i'm a 17 yr old ;)
 
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