Lab Equipment

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Although lab equipment is not needed to benefit from this book, having your own equipment is highly recommended. By being able to follow the commands outlined in this book, you will experience for yourself the process of configuring a network from the ground up. If you choose to obtain your own equipment, Table 1-3 lists all the needed equipment for this lab network.

Table 1-3. Lab Equipment

Hardware:	Quantity
Catalyst 1900 series switch	1
Cisco 2501	3
Cisco 2504	2
Cisco 2514	1
Cisco 2523	1
Cisco 2511	1
Black Box ISDN Simulator	1
Cables:
Cat 5 straight-through cables with RJ-45 connectors (for ISDN ports)	2
Cat 5 Ethernet cables with RJ-45 connectors	6
Token Ring DB9toType 1 interface cable	2
Standard power cables	9
V.35 DTE-DCE back-to-back cables (DB60 to DB60)	4
Octal cable (For terminal server 2511)	1
Miscellaneous:
Ethernet AUItoRJ-45 Transceiver	6
Token Ring MAU	2
Power strips [1]	***

^[1] *** Purchase as many power strips as needed to safely plug in all your devices

To purchase the equipment, you can contact your local Cisco reseller. Also, many companies offer used or refurbished equipment at discounted rates. eBay, Iqsales.com, and others are great sources for used Cisco equipment available on the Internet.

With that being said, we are confident that through this book your internetworking skills and your ability to configure, maintain, and troubleshoot Cisco internetworking devices will increase tremendously. Begin by reviewing the hardware components of Cisco devices and Cisco IOS Software.

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