2500 Series Routers
2500 Series Routers - This is the most popular router used in home CCIE labs. It runs standard IOS and will require 16 Mb flash and 16 Mb DRAM in order to run the 12.1 Enterprise IOS that you will need to simulate the actual lab. Expected cost $100 to $600, used. What will cost you more is; flash and DRAM and configuration.Generally, the 2501, 2503, 2504, 2509, 2511, and the 2513 routers are the most popular. The 2503 and 2504 will give ISDN connections. The 2509 and 2511 will provide a terminal server with 8 or 16 Async connections. The 2513 has both Token Ring and Ethernet connections. The most popular and most economical is the 2501.
