From: amilabs@optonline.net
Date: Sat Oct 19 2002 - 22:10:08 GMT-3
Welcome to AMILABS
AMILABS is an online network and general Computer Science research resource
that is available from your office or home. The labs purpose is to provide
you the tools and resources necessary to prepare for industry certifications
like Ciscos CCNA through CCIE or test a network/application change before
committing such changes on your own production network. The lab can also be
used for testing network, application, protocol and security technologies or
learning new networking, protocol, server and application technologies. The
lab can help you in upgrading your skills or act as a test bed for a
solution you have been planning. So, welcome aboard and enjoy your research
or training experience. Remember, have fun
What is AMILABS?
AMI LABS is a data communications and general Computer Science laboratory
that is available for students and professionals to study various networking
and computer industry technologies. The lab consists of Cisco routers and
switches, AT&T CSU/DSUs, Agilent, IBM and other vendors networking products.
The lab also contains various servers running Microsoft and Linux operating
systems. The lab provides a SCRATCH PAD environment for a student or
professional to learn new or sharpen existing skills plus provide a general
research environment. The lab grew out of AMIs Consulting business research
arm and Cisco certification requirements and can be used for your CCNA
through CCIE preparation. The lab can also help you prepare for Microsoft,
Linux, and any other general industry certification such as a the Red Hat
Certified Engineer or CISSP security exam. The lab also lends itself for
testing hacking exploits on the operating system and protocol levels.
Lab uses
Stating that this labs uses are limitless is a little much. However,
depending on your imagination and needs, you can use this lab to accomplish
many things. Some uses are listed below:
7 Cisco certification preparation CCNA through CCIE
7 Testing Cisco based network configuration changes before committing on a
production network.
7 Researching and testing Cisco based network configuration and IOS options
7 Researching and testing general networking and application protocols
7 Computer and network operating systems research and testing
7 Security and hacking exploit research and testing
7 Application analysis research and testing
7 Application development and testing
7 Stress testing of routers, switches and servers for operational guidance,
planning and experimentation with advance networking topics such as QoS,
encryption, IPv6, IPSEC and VPNs.
7 Learning environment for Computer Science and networking subjects for
university students.
7 Learning environment on tools such as protocol analyzers, compliers,
debuggers, traffic generators, network management applications et. al.
7 Learn to use the protocol analyzer to analyze VOIP or run a BERT test on a
T-1 line.
7 Application and traffic analysis and management for technologies such as
VOIP and Multicasting.
7 Testing new applications, OS or IOS versions
7 By using Cisco routers and protocol analyzers students can really
understand the mechanics of how protocols such as BGP, OSPF, Frame-Relay and
others really work by not only looking at the Cisco debugging output but
also by reviewing real-time packet traces of the protocols in action. This
combination of tools helps to enforce your learning or research experience.
7 Enhanced VOIP testing and analysis with the combination of Cisco routers
and protocol analyzers by Agilent. The student or researcher can initiate a
VOIP call from the server and trace it while generating traffic plus analyze
the RTP session and QoS capabilities if implemented. This capability is
available on LAN and WAN segments.
7 For the programmers out there develop IP based applications using LIBNET a
high level packet creation API. You can create any kind of ICMP, IP, TCP,
UDP packet and inject onto the lab network for stimuli analysis. You can
also create RIP, OSPF and possibly EIGRP and BGP packets.
7 And much more.
For those of you using this lab for any Cisco certification this lab can do
just about 95% of all the exercises in the Doyle I,II, Caslow, Halabi, Solie
and most of the Cisco Press, Sybex and McGraw-Hill books and CCO examples.
This lab has everything you need for the new CCIE changes as of November
4th., except an ATM switch. The Catalyst 5505 and Token-Ring are still
available for those who want to learn some of the older equipment or need to
test something but cannot do it on their production networks that still may
have Token-Ring and or Catalyst 5ks. But remember, this lab can be used for
more than just Cisco certification. The protocol analyzers, Windows and
Linux servers are also useful for traffic/protocol analysis, application
impact analysis, network programming, network modeling and security research
and testing.
The Lab
The lab consists of the following components.
Please review the network diagrams included in this brochure.
Networking components:
Cisco Routers
2501 2 Serials 1 Ethernet
2503 1 Bri 2 Serials 1 Ethernet
2504 1 Bri 2 Serials 1 Ethernet
2513 2 Serials 1 Ethernet 1 Token-Ring
2509 2 Serials 1 Ethernet 8 TTY lines
2620 With 2 Voip FX interfaces and 4 serials plus Fast Ethernet
2620 With 2Voip FX interfaces and 2 Serial plus Fast Ethernet
4500 With 2 Token-Ring, 4 serials and 2 Ethernet interfaces
AGS+ With 2 Ethernet, 4 Token-Ring and 14 Serial interfaces*
*The AGS+ is available upon request only
All routers are loaded with the maximum of flash and system memory.
Cisco Switches
Catalyst 3550 24 port Fast Ethernet plus two Gigabit interfaces with EMI
software loaded
(If demand picks up a second 3550 may be added with CWDM modules)
Catalyst 5505 with a Supervisor III module and NFFC II for MLS and Ether
channeling and a 24 port 10/100TX Ethernet module
Catalyst 2924C-XL-EN 22 10/100TX ports 2 10/100FX ports
Catalyst 2924-XL 22 10/100TX ports 2 10/100FX ports
Communication equipment
Blink2 ISDN emulator
Asynchronous Modems for A sync. routing and POTS access for POTS dial
routing
AT&T CSU/DSUs (Future access to these so you can learn how to configure AT&T
CSUs for example, from AMI to B8ZS)
IBM 8230 CAU and LAM and 8828 MAUs
Synoptics 2813 10Base-t Hub
IBM Token-Ring Bridge*
*The Token-Ring Bridge is available upon request only
Power Management
WTI NPS-15 Power Management hub for router and server remote reboot
capabilities.
Servers
The lab also has three servers available for your research and training
needs. There is a main Windows 2000 server and two Red Hat Linux servers.
You can Telnet into these servers to run command line utilities and console
based applications as well as develop console based applications. The severs
are also accessible via a Terminal Sever(A Terminal Server kit is included
with the VPN kit) or VNC so you can access the GUI based
applications(protocol analyzers etc.) and utilities for your research and
studies. Each server has two 10/100 Ethernet, interfaces installed for IP,
IPX, Netbui/Netbios, DLC and other protocols. The server can act as a client
or server for various applications. One such use is Multicast testing.
Token-Ring server interfaces will be added shortly. The second adapter can
also be your sniffer adapter to a switch SPAN port.
IBM eSeries X305 Server Pentium IV 1.8Ghz 40Gb HD with 512 Mb ram running
Windows 2000 Server.
IBM eSeries Pentium III 500 Mhz 20Gb with 296Mb ram running Red Hat Linux
7.2 Server
IBM PC350 running Red Hat Linux 7.0 operating as a Linux Router and
firewall.
Protocol Analyzers
Fully functional standalone Agilent Advisor LAN/WAN protocol analyzer model
J2300E with Fast Ethernet, Token-Ring, T-1 bantam, DDS, ISDN, V.35, RS232,
and RS449 interfaces.
Agilent Advisor Software edition on the Windows server.
Etherpeek on the Windows server.
Analyzer shareware protocol analyzer on the Windows server.
Ethereal software running on the Linux server.
TCPdump running on the Linux servers.
Windows Server
A Windows 2000 server running DNS, DHCP, WINS, Media Services, TFTP, FTP,
Telnet, IIS and all of the other Windows services available under a standard
Windows 2000 server.
Applications on the servers
Adobe Acrobat reader
AG groups EtherPeek
Agilent Advisor protocol analyzer
Agilent Advisor CBTs
Analyzer Shareware protocol analyzer
Astricom BLINK-2 ISDN simulator management application
(The student can run ISDN traces from the Blink application)
CiscoSecure ACS 2.6
CiscoWorks 2000(coming soon)
Cisco CD ROM documentation April 2002
Cisco TFTP server
Hummingbird Exceed software suite
Libnet packet development APIs
Mathsoft MathCAD
Mcaster Multicast shareware utility
Microsoft Office 2000
Microsoft Visio 2000
Microsoft SQL Server 2000
Microsoft Visual C++
Microsoft Visual Basic
Microsoft Visual J++
Modem test utility
Modern Age Books Encyclopedia of Networking
Nantech BGP traffic generator (trial version)
NetScan tools
NetSnoop utility
Netscape communicator
Network Toolbox 2.1
Norton AntiVirus Corporate edition
Phone Dialer Pro( for VOIP testing )
PingPlus utility
Pine Mountain Group PMG tools
Pine Mountain Group documentation resources
Protocols Come Alive protocol simulator from RADCOMM
Real Player
SnagIT
Sybex Cisco exam book practice tests
Tardis 2000 NTP server
Virtual Network Computing VNC server and viewer
Windows 2000 resource kit
Windows Media Server
Windows Media Player
WinZip
WS_FTP server
Various CBTs, tutorials, documentation and standards references
And much more
Linux Server
Full Red Hat 7.2 installation with all packages and RPMs installed.
Pricing and Scheduling
The cost to rent online lab time is $45 per 7 hour block. There will be
three seven hour blocks available per day. A seven hour session seemed to be
just the right amount of time on average for someone to spend on such a
rack. Since 8 to over 12 hours for even a lower cost rack is just not
efficient. This is the case for those studying for any certification, for a
12 or 24 hour block is almost useless because during your sleep time you are
just throwing money away. Lower cost blocks of time, but with fewer routers
and switches for CCNA/DA type students, is available upon request. The 7
hours is enough to have a day of testing or experimenting. The AGS+ is not
included in this price. It is available upon request at $3.00 extra per
session.
So for the CCIE rule of thumb of 300 hours of rack time, the total cost to
you here could be $1,935.00. This is 43 x 7 hour block sessions at $45.00
per 7hr block. You do not have to use all 43 blocks and just use what and
when you need to of course. As you can see $1,935.00 is less than the cost
of just one Cat 3550 switch. So instead of purchasing a lab just use AMI's.
The 7 hour blocks will be scheduled on a first come first serve basis.
AMILABS will try to keep the availability according to your needs however,
if demand increase a fixed three session per day schedule may be
implemented. Since most study material and practice labs are already
available in abundance on the Internet AMILABS will not offer any practice
labs or scenarios. Students can of course store their practice
configurations under their own directory and share them with other students
if so.
To request access to AMILABS please send a request email to
AMILABS@OPTONLINE.NET and include in CAPS LAB REQUEST in the subject
field. Also, include the date and the seven hour time span you would like to
have your access available.
Payment for lab time will initially be accepted by check or money orders
only. Details on where to send payment, refunds, schedule changes, technical
support and access after payment is made will be provided in a response
email. The lab documentation, passwords and VPN kit will follow your
response email.
Thank you for considering AMILABS
All applications and hardware manufactures listed are trade marked from
there respective corporations.
This online lab system is not affiliated with nor endorsed by Cisco Systems
Inc.c.. Cisco, Cisco Systems, Cisco Systems logo, CCNA, CCNP, CCDA, CCDP,
CCIE, Cisco Certified Network Associate, Cisco Certified Network
Professional, Cisco Certified Design Associate, Cisco Certified Design
Professional, and Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert are registered
trademarks of Cisco Systems Inc. This brochure is not associated with nor
endorsed by Cisco Systems, Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
amilabs@optonline.net
Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 4:46 PM
To: Sam.MicroGate@usa.telekom.de; id353@singnet.com.sg;
brian.albert@worldnet.att.net; david_steven2001@yahoo.com;
rich@myhomemail.net; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: Labs
AMILABS for $45.00 email for details..
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
Sam.MicroGate@usa.telekom.de
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 7:55 AM
To: id353@singnet.com.sg; brian.albert@worldnet.att.net;
david_steven2001@yahoo.com; rich@myhomemail.net; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: Labs
I agree with you. Ipexpert labs are really nice but their rack is expensive.
Here a few cheap racks for you to consider.
1- www.ebay.com: I saw some very cheap racks in ebay as low as $20 for per
12 hours.
2- www.cclabs.net
3- www.lamernetworks.com 12 hours for $15.
4- www.ccrouters.com 7:30 hours for $25.
Hope this will help.
Sam
-----Original Message-----
From: Ron [mailto:id353@singnet.com.sg]
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 9:26 AM
To: Brian T. Albert; david_steven2001@yahoo.com; rich@myhomemail.net;
ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: Labs
Ipexpert is too expensive. 50 bucks for 6 hours is too much to bear. you
might want to try looking at cclabs.net. I'm using their stuff right now
with Ipexpert's ver 3.0 workbook and it's works great. Andrew's a nice chap
as well.
Ron
From "Brian T. Albert" <brian.albert@worldnet.att.net> on 18 Oct 2002:
> How many routers do their multiprotocol labs require? Is it more than
> the standard 6 plus 2 backbones and frame relay switch?
>
> Brian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
> LoizosCisco
> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 10:32 PM
> To: Richard Davidson; groupstudy
> Subject: Re: Labs
>
>
> I use IPExpert. They have about 19 mini labs and 16 multiprotocol
> labs. They use 3550, no igrp, no token.
>
>
> --- Richard Davidson <rich@myhomemail.net> wrote:
> > Who sells the best labs with the most relevant
> > content. 3550, EIGRP, no IGRP, no token ring, etc.
> >
> > Rich
>
>
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