My second 2500 in the rack...

Got my second Cisco 2520 today... was surprised NICE AND CLEAN UNIT!! My first was Cisco 2500 was the RJ 2511 Access Server.

There is a known poor performance issue with this model, http://www.cisco.com/en/US/ts/fn/misc/fna-2196-1.html But I received a fixed revision unit -- 800-00590-03A0.

More cables...

Just made additional 4 crossover, 6 rollover, 4 T1 and 10 straight-thru cables. How many more do I need?

I still need some serial cables... that I don't know how to make -=8o)

Planning

Planning... planning...

In the beginning

Started collecting pieces for my Cisco Rack about two weeks ago, June 15 to be exact. I've put in about $1000 for my cisco home lab so far.

For my routers, I now have 2 x Cisco 3640, a Cisco 2650, a Cisco 2611, 4 x Cisco 2610. As for switches I have 3 x Cisco 3600 XL series (C3648). I also got myself a Cisco AS2511RJ to control my routers and switches from one place.

I bought a crimping tool, a wire cutter/stripper, RJ45 Cat5/5e modular plugs, 3 different colors of the snag-less boot cap ends; spent the night measuring and cutting cables -- made all my straight-thru, rollover, crossover and T1 cables I needed until 2:00 AM.

I cleared and reset all the units of the passwords and previous configurations. Now I am studying the basics and familiarizing myself with the CLI on these Cisco devices.