From: Donny MATEO (donny.mateo@sg.ca-indosuez.com)
Date: Thu Oct 31 2002 - 01:06:09 GMT-3
I've just read the documentation for cat 3550.
I would suppose they will need at least 2x 3550 to test some of the feature. How would you test the
new version of spanning tree protocol (RSTP and MSTP) with one 3550 ? Sure you can turn it on, but
when it comes to setting different region, setting different instance of ST for certain vlan, and
see whether it flows the right way, I don't think that is possible. It's like what can you observe
in routing protocol when you only have one router ? Turn it on, but no interaction with other router
is pretty useless imho, specially for CCIE level.
Donny
Eric Rogers
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Please respond to
Eric Rogers
What about 1 cat 3550 and another cheaper cat5 or 2900xl. True you won't
have layer 3 available but the layer 2 will be wide open...
-Eric
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Paul,
I was curious about the same thing so I sent an email to ccie@cisco.com a
couple of months ago. They answered the question and confirmed that there
will be 2 3550s in the CCIE Lab racks. I am struggling with this because in
my home lab I dont have any 3550s and they are not cheap so buying two of
them is going to be tough. I believe it is vital to have two 3550s to
practice with because there some things that could get tricky in regards to
Spanning Tree, Trunking and Per VLAN Spanning Tree and other topics that
require two 3550s to practice.
Bruce
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From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
Paul Young
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 5:29 PM
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Subject: Question on lab equipment 2 x 3550?
Hi Group:
I see alot of people who are renting equipment on
the net have lab equipment which contains dual
Catalyst 3550s. Is there a reason for this? Does it
really take 2 3550s to prep for the new lab exam?
If there are alot of scenarios that I need to practice
which require 2x3550s then maybe I should either get 2
Cat3550s or rent time some somone that has it.
Curios mind would like to know, thanks in advance.
Regards,
Paul Young.
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