[cisco-voip] Cheap CME platform?

[Ed Leatherman]

Seems like this would work as long as you can get your GNS3 pc tied
into a physical network for some IP phones. not sure how you would
simulate tdm or pots lines tho.

as an aside, i'm using a GNS3 virtual machine from
http://rednectar.net/gns3-workbench/ to study for ccnp route, its
really handy.

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 8:31 PM, Dennis Heim <Dennis.Heim at cdw.com> wrote:
> You may also be able to play with some GNS3, but I am not 100% sure.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Lelio Fulgenzi
> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 7:27 PM
> To: chris
> Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Cheap CME platform?
>
> I taught myself SRST by using TFTP loading. It works fine, just takes a little while (a UPS is your friend).
>
> Just make sure your boot loader image supports the network interface you'll be using to connect to your TFTP server.
>
> You'll be using an older version, but at least you'll get your feet wet.
>
> Alternatively you can find some Cisco routers on eBay.
>
> Sent from my iPhone...
>
> "There's no place like 127.0.0.1"
>
> On Feb 14, 2012, at 5:58 PM, chris <tknchris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can anyone recommend a cheap platform for cme? I am new to cisco voice and want to learn it. even if its starting out with cme 4.x or something old. i have a 2620xm but i dont have enough flash or ram and it looks to be almost $300 to upgrade it. also have a 1841 but it doesnt appear to be able to run cme. Im hoping i can find something cheaper to run cme on. I also stumbled across the fact that you can boot IOS via TFTP so I was thinking maybe I could squeeze things into a smaller flash by putting some bits on TFTP.
>>
>> Thanks for any advice you have
>> chris
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