[ale] [Semi-OT] Networking Equipment

[Michael Potter]

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/networking/practice-cisco-router-configuration-using-a-free-emulator/419

On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 3:47 PM, David Tomaschik
<david at systemoverlord.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> I consider myself a pretty good system administrator and a decent
> developer.  What I am not is a networking guy.  At the risk of
> spreading myself too thin, I want to learn more about the networking
> side of things.  (It helps as a system administrator to know what is
> going on on the stuff your servers are connected to.)  While I know
> the academic/general side of things like VLANs and STP, I haven't had
> any opportunity for practical experience.
>
> I'd like to get my hands dirty, so I'm looking for one (or more) cheap
> managed switches.  Cisco probably preferred, since they have the
> lion's share of the gear out there, but I'm open to other suggestions.
>  I know there are some switches for around $50 on eBay, but most of
> those seem to be ancient and I'm not sure how relevant they are to
> what's out there today.  (i.e., devices that went end-of-sale a decade
> ago.)  Of course, the basics might not have changed too much.  I'm not
> looking to go CCNA or really work as a network guy, just to know
> enough to have a good grasp of the network side and maybe to do some
> small business scale tasks.
>
> Can anyone suggest a source for cheap used networking gear?  Or
> alternatively, suggest models of switches worth looking at on
> eBay/other?
>
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