From: Shaun Nicholson (Shaun.Nicholson@xxxxxx)
Date: Thu Jan 04 2001 - 10:53:26 GMT-3
I rented 2 ISDN lines from Bell Atlantic and hooked them up with an NT1.
You could get just one line and use an NT1 to split the two numbers I know some
people in the group have used this method. You should not need to test the PPP
multilink I have never used it since I got my lines hooked up but its only a c
ouple of commands anyway.
Some people use a POTS and two modems system as its basicly the same as ISDN. I
did not like that solution myself however.
I looked into simulators etc and found they were too expensive $2000 about the
going rate.
Another option is to buy an ISDN PBX and set up the PBX to allow dialing betwee
n the internal extensions.
This is a good solution and usually costs under a $1000 much better than an ISD
N simulator as once you have finished your CCIE you can reuse it at home as a P
BX. I only thought of this after I got my lines installed. Try Ebay for the har
dware again.
I thought renting was very expensive for an ISDN simulator as you have to be lo
oking at 6 - 12 months to get your CCIE (currently there is a 6 month waiting l
ist for the lab so if you fail first time as most people do you may have over y
ears rental to pay just to keep your lab running). A lease would probably be a
better option that rental but again I did not like the costs associated.
I know an ISDN can be expensive to rent as well but a lot of telcos do a data o
ption on the rental which is about $10 a month for the line and 20 free hours (
after the 20hours a month it goes up to .1 cent per minute) now for me thats id
eal and I can use the lines if I need a second telephone line and I never go ov
er the 20 hours.
You may want to investigate the PBX solution but at the end of the day you can
always sell the PBX or simulator on Ebay and get most of your money back.
Token ring I have a lend of a TokenRing switch (3900) from work but before that
became available I had 2 maus from ebay that cost a total of $30 for the pair
and 10 TR lan cards and postage. What a bargain. The 3900 is the way to go as i
t is now on the exam list and will start to appear on the lab but again its exp
ensive. On the sugject of the switch I would get a look as it uses the menu opt
ions to configure it and my one tip is the enter key does not select the option
s the space bar does you realy need to get an hour or so with this puppy to fin
d out how to configure it as its a pain in the arse to work on and can be confu
sing with the space and enter keys.
Hope this helps and good luck
Shaun
Robert.McCallum@let-it-be-thus.com on 01/04/2001 06:45:00 AM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com@Internet
cc: (bcc: Shaun Nicholson/MD/KAIPERM)
Subject: ISDN BRI
O.k.
Straight to the point... I have 2 routers with BRI ST ports. What is the
easiest and cheapest method to connect these two babies together?
They also have token ring ports, for these I am currently sourcing MAUs, is
this the easiest way of connecting two token ring ports together?
P.S. Happy Hogmany to all of you!
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