Cisco 7200 Series Router

Taking a look at a Cisco 7206 from 1996. This is the original 7200 series chassis style before the VXR took over in 1998. We'll try to get this thing talking to another Cisco router over a T1 line!

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Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

00:00 Intro
00:36 Physical Overview
03:28 Pulling out the Port Adapters
06:50 Pulling the Input/Output Controller
09:00 Pulling the Network Processing Engine
12:30 FastEthernet Port Adapters
13:58 Fixing Some Bent Port Adapters
16:12 Token Ring Port Adapter
18:05 Powering up the 7206
19:45 Troubleshooting the Input/Output Controller
25:19 Successful IOS Boot
26:54 Troubleshooting Port Adapter Hardware Issues
31:13 Calculating Bandwidth Points
33:55 T1 HWIC for the 2821
35:28 Building a T1 Crossover Cable
39:04 Configuring T1 on the 7206
40:37 T1 Attempt on the 2821
42:20 Setting up T1 on a 2610
44:36 T1 Networking!
45:11 Future Plans and Outro