GNS3 FTW! Set up 2 routers to play with CUBE. Since everybody is leading towards ITSP. Or buy a 1760 router, which is dirt cheap and can run enough to learn everything from BACD, CME, SRST, H.323, MGCP, and SIP.<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Ed Leatherman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ealeatherman@gmail.com">ealeatherman@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Seems like this would work as long as you can get your GNS3 pc tied<br>
into a physical network for some IP phones. not sure how you would<br>
simulate tdm or pots lines tho.<br>
<br>
as an aside, i'm using a GNS3 virtual machine from<br>
<a href="http://rednectar.net/gns3-workbench/" target="_blank">http://rednectar.net/gns3-workbench/</a> to study for ccnp route, its<br>
really handy.<br>
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On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 8:31 PM, Dennis Heim <<a href="mailto:Dennis.Heim@cdw.com">Dennis.Heim@cdw.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> You may also be able to play with some GNS3, but I am not 100% sure.<br>
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> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Cheap CME platform?<br>
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> I taught myself SRST by using TFTP loading. It works fine, just takes a little while (a UPS is your friend).<br>
><br>
> Just make sure your boot loader image supports the network interface you'll be using to connect to your TFTP server.<br>
><br>
> You'll be using an older version, but at least you'll get your feet wet.<br>
><br>
> Alternatively you can find some Cisco routers on eBay.<br>
><br>
> Sent from my iPhone...<br>
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> "There's no place like 127.0.0.1"<br>
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> On Feb 14, 2012, at 5:58 PM, chris <<a href="mailto:tknchris@gmail.com">tknchris@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> Hi,<br>
>><br>
>> 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.<br>
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>> Thanks for any advice you have<br>
>> chris<br>
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