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| [CCNA] Building a CSDN
I'd like to get a CCNA, and I figure, the best way to do that is to do some Cisco stuff myself. One thing I'd like to do is build a Cisco self-defending network for my home. I realize that it's useless for a home - but it's certainly far from useless for education.
The setup I'm thinking about:
3662 w/ ADSL WIC -> ASA 5505 -> Catalyst 2960G
What do you think? |
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| Exactly. But it IS useful for your home network. 
I run a 3725 with a WIC-1ADSL, a pair of 3524XL switches, an AP1220-B/G access point, and a Juniper/Netscreen 5GT firewall. I also run CallManager Express on my router with a few 7960 phones integrated into my home phone line. When you don't work with certain technologies every day in your job, it is certainly helpful to build your knowledge and teach you how to use it practically for your own uses.
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I'm looking at a 2620, since a 3662 is quite out of my budget. (My budget's already being raped buy the 2960G, haha.)
How noisy are both units? (2620 and 2960G) I've got a Catalyst 2948G that I simply can't use because the noise bugs the hell out of me. I even tried putting it in a cabinet, but it still bugs me. |
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| Similar fans across all those units which means similar noise level. I mount all my stuff on a rack in the basement in my unfinished storage space and have my house fully wired with multiple CAT5 drops for voice and data in every room. It is nice and quiet down there and I don't have to listen to it. |
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Nice.  I'm getting CAT6a wiring done in about a week. 10 gigabit transmission - just planing for the future! |
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Can the 2620 support a subnet of IPs on the WAN side? |
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Just bought a 2650.  |
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Oh, and an WIC-1ADSL card. Just need to get a Catalyst now. Can anyone recommend a 1000BASE-T (gigabit Ethernet over copper) Catalyst that's fairly quiet? I know Cisco has some 8 port models which should be quiet, but I'm not sure what the best one would be.
IOS preferred, but CatOS is OK. |
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You can see an older picture of my equipment rack and info about my setup at the following URL...need to get a more current picture out there.
»www.thewaystation.com/techref/ho···rk.shtml
I cabled and terminated the whole house myself with matched Belkin CAT5e cable and an Ortronics CAT5e patch panel. I only have a single copper Gigabit connection using that cabling anyway for the desktop in my Den. My NAS box just locally connects using Gig copper. So not like I am really making much use of Gig yet anyway.
I will probably go CAT6 in the next house. I expect as the kids start getting older that we will have more than a couple workstations/laptops in the house with more need to do backups and move data around.
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As stated above:
2650 -> ASA 5505 -> Catalyst 2960G
NAT will be done on the 2650. (Not NAT with PAT, just NAT - I have a block of static IPs, and each computer gets its own IP.) The *only* thing I want the ASA to do is security. Basically, I want *all* security done on the ASA... the 2650 can forward all ports, etc.
I assume the ASA would need to be in transparent mode. What about the 2650? |
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Tucson, AZ | Well, I figure... ASA = security, 2650 = routing. IMHO, the 2650 is the best tool for the job. Thoughts? |
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By the way, I'd like to use PPPoA rather than PPPoE (which I'm currently using) which makes it a necessity to use NAT/DHCP on the router. |
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