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HeyHey,

I am interested in the Cisco universe, and I want to learn about network configuration.

I was thinking of buying an older (maybe end of support Switch). To learn with .

Would it be a good idea ?

And can you name me a model that would be fitting ?

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[โ€“] Kazhmyr1@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I picked up an older POE/Gb catalyst on Craigslist for $10, I've fired it up and tinkered with IOS a few times. Should be easy to find eol stuff cheap

[โ€“] kY2iB3yH0mN8wI2h@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

go virtual. there are so many flavor of iOS and other CISCO OS'es that buying an 20 years old switch would only give you really basic stuff