Part One - Purchasing Your First Router This series will begin with Part One and new parts will be added over a period of time. Part One will begin with basics and each part will add new pieces of equipment to the lab or explain how to set up the equipment.
If you are working on your CCNA, you need to get some hands-on experience with routers, and if possible, switches. Let抯 start with routers. You should purchase at least one router to start getting some hands-on experience. Usually, one of the best places to find routers at a decent price is www.ebay.com. Go to the eBay site and just type the word 揷isco?in the search window and it will bring up all the Cisco items currently up for bid. If you want to bid on an item, you抣l have to register. It doesn抰 cost anything to register. If you use an anonymous email address (like Hotmail, Yahoo, Lycos, etc.), you抣l have to give them a credit card number. This is to protect you and the other bidders in case someone buys something, pays for it, and doesn抰 receive the item. It抯 also very important that you know exactly what you抮e buying. Make sure you email the seller with any questions before buying. Many people have been disappointed because they didn抰 know exactly what they were getting. Another thing you should probably do is sign up with the PayPal service (www.paypal.com) because the majority of people selling items on eBay use this as a method of receiving payment. There are also thousands of Cisco retailers out on the Internet selling Cisco equipment. This is usually more expensive, however.
OK, so you抮e all registered on eBay and you抮e ready to purchase your first router. Which kind should you get?There are so many to choose from. The most popular first router that many people get is the 2501 model (two serial ports, one Ethernet port). This is fine except that it is usually expensive. Because of its popularity, people normally overbid on the 2501 and pay too much for it. Its list price is actually one of the lowest compared to all the other 2500 series routers, but people continue to pay high prices for it. So, when you bid on any item, don抰 get caught up in 揵idding fever?
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