06-15-2023 04:07 AM
Hello everyone, I am studying up for the CCNA test and would like to get a lab started to play around with a cisco router. Does anyone have a particular enterprise router model they would recommend?
I was looking at a Cisco 2811 for around $60, but I am worried that it may be too outdated. I am not looking for anything new, just something used and still relevant.
06-15-2023 09:20 AM
I would suggest looking at CML instead of building a physical lab with obsolete hardware. You can have more nodes in your topology and they will run much newer versions IOS/XE/XR/NXOS. A network consisting of a single switch or router is not much of a network as L2/L3 network protocols really need to run between two or more devices.
07-07-2023 06:37 AM
if 2800 router comes with IOS 15.x is good; if not, you can upgrade it after adding more RAM. Originally those came with 12.4.
However, I would start with Packet tracer - Netacademy Sim made for CCNA courses and widely use for training. Also, there is CML and GNS3.
Regards, ML
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