CCIE R&S Home Lab Help and advice needed

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Hi all,

Looking to build a CCIE Lab for the routing and switching side of things,
This is what i intend to buy

Routers

R1 - Cisco 2610XM Fast Ethernet Router 128D/32F Adv Ent 12.4T Dual Serial
R2 - Cisco 2610XM Fast Ethernet Router 128D/32F Adv Ent 12.4T Dual Serial
R3 - Cisco 2611XM Fast Ethernet Router 128D/32F Adv Ent 12.4T Four Serial
R4 - Cisco 2611XM Fast Ethernet Router 128D/32F Adv Ent 12.4T Dual Serial
R5 - Cisco 2611XM Fast Ethernet Router 128D/32F Adv Ent 12.4T Dual Serial
R6 - Cisco 2611XM Fast Ethernet Router 128D/32F Adv Ent 12.4T Serial
BB1 - Cisco 2501 Ethernet Dual Serial Router 16D/16F Ent Plus 12.2
BB2 - Cisco 2501 Ethernet Dual Serial Router 16D/16F Ent Plus 12.2
BB3 - Cisco 2501 Ethernet Dual Serial Router 16D/16F Ent Plus 12.2
FRR - Cisco 2522 Ethernet Ten Serial Frane-Relay Router 16D/16F Ent Plus 12.2
AS - Cisco 2511 Ethernet Dual Serial 16-line Access Server Router 16D/16F Ent Plus 12.2

Switches

SW1 - Cisco 3560-24-TS-S Layer 3 Switch Adv Ip Services K9 12.2
SW2 - Cisco 3560-24-TS-S Layer 3 Switch Adv Ip Services K9 12.2
SW3 - Cisco 3550-24 EMI Image Layer 3 Switch Ip Services K9 12.2
SW4 - Cisco 3550-24 EMI Image Layer 3 Switch Ip Services K9 12.2

However it would be beneficial to have
•1841 series routers - IOS 12.4(T) – Advanced Enterprise Services

•3825 series routers - IOS 12.4(T) – Advanced Enterprise Services

as mentioned in the lab scenario, so what should i replace with the 1841 / 3825 and by which quantity ?



Thanks for the help and any feedback is appreciated

 

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Its ok
worked it out

its here below for anyone intrested ....

R1 2610XM 2 - WIC-1T 128 32
R2 2610XM 2 - WIC-1T 128 32
R3 2611XM 1 - NM-4A/S 128 32
R4 1841 2 - WIC-1T 128 32
R5 1841 2 - WIC-1T 128 32
R6 1841 1 - WIC-1T 128 32
SW1 Catalyst 3560-24TS-E
SW2 Catalyst 3560-24TS-E
SW3 Catalyst 3550-24 EMI
SW4 Catalyst 3550-24 EMI
BB1 / Frame Relay Switch 2522
BB2 2501
BB3 2501
Access Server 2511

 

Well done... lot of kit there...

 

That's a nice setup, how much did all of that cost you?
Also, why are you going straight for the CCIE and not doing CCNA/CCNP first?
What's your current job role?

 

Got all the kit with 12.3 / 12.4 ios for £5000

I know most of the stuff in ccna and ccnp so before i do embark on the ccie i will just take the exams to make sure i know everything fully .... as ill need a solid understanding of all the core cisco learning objectives for the exams

Its all at home still in the boxes .. need to find myself a nice rack and then kit it all out! .. im taking a year out of work to just focus on ccie , might try to find part time work in between to pay for keeping the equiment powered on though ..
Planning to start from this monday .. going through ccent / ccna / ccnp before i get involved fully in the ccie ..

Currently im a network technician in a small corporate enviroment .. however it is very basic and i want a challenge .. spanning trees and vlans are not enough .. want to get involved in some more complex theories and ideas ...

Ill try and get some pictures up soon

 

Very commendable but I just hope you haven't bitten off too much there

 

Nice