Did I overpay for my used Cisco switches?

[her209]

Bought them used off eBay. Just curious what everyone else paid for theirs?

Also, are Cisco 2600 routers specifically the XM overkill for a lab environment? I'm looking at those because they have dual Fast Ethernet connections. Also, for ram/flash memory sizes, is bigger necessary or would 24/8 suffice for a lab environment?

Note: Yes, I know about DynaMIPS, DynaGen, GN3, etc.

 

[phoenix79]

I paid $80 off the FS/FT forum here last year for mine.

 

[drebo]

It depends what kind of lab environment you're looking at.

If you just want to test various setups and don't care about specific features that may be on one of the specific tests, then I'd go for a router that can run 12.4. That basically means you need 32mb flash and 128mb RAM, which limits you to the 2600XM series...I think the 2650 can also run 12.4.

If you just need routers to set up different test networks, then 2501s can't be beat. I use some of those and some 2600s at work with a 3620 and two NM-4T modules to set up a frame relay that I can easily manipulate my connections by just changing my DLCI numbers instead of having to move cables. Makes it way easy. I know they don't support some features, but they support enough to allow me to test various routing protocols and other reatures.

Cisco Feature Navigator is a great resource for figuring out which features are available in which versions, as well as the hardware requirements for them.

As far as price, that's not a bad one. Though 2950s are layer 2 only...you'll want to get atleast one 3550 in there at some point.

 

[deaner]

Originally posted by: her209
Bought them used off eBay. Just curious what everyone else paid for theirs?
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I think you did well - I paid $85 new from an ebayer about 18 months ago...24-port, 2950.

 

[Jeff7181]

Wait... did you buy 4 for $112 each, or buy 4 for $112 total?

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Wait... did you buy 4 for $112 each, or buy 4 for $112 total?

4 for $112 total.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: drebo
It depends what kind of lab environment you're looking at.

If you just want to test various setups and don't care about specific features that may be on one of the specific tests, then I'd go for a router that can run 12.4. That basically means you need 32mb flash and 128mb RAM, which limits you to the 2600XM series...I think the 2650 can also run 12.4.

If you just need routers to set up different test networks, then 2501s can't be beat. I use some of those and some 2600s at work with a 3620 and two NM-4T modules to set up a frame relay that I can easily manipulate my connections by just changing my DLCI numbers instead of having to move cables. Makes it way easy. I know they don't support some features, but they support enough to allow me to test various routing protocols and other reatures.

Okay, just picked up a Cisco 2621 router with 64MB DRAM and 16MB Flash for $66 shipped. I didn't realize the 2621 non-XM has dual Fast Ethernet as well.

 

[CptCrunch]

Originally posted by: her209

Originally posted by: Jeff7181
Wait... did you buy 4 for $112 each, or buy 4 for $112 total?

4 for $112 total.

i think you did just fine then

 

[Lithium381]

112 total is a killing! good job. you got a good deal on the 2621 too! I paid 150 for mine. Did yours come with any modules?

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: Lithium381
112 total is a killing! good job. you got a good deal on the 2621 too! I paid 150 for mine. Did yours come with any modules?

No, but I don't need any at the moment.

 

[her209]

Is $150 good for a Cisco Catalyst 3550 48 port switch?