From: Tony Schaffran (groupstudy@cconlinelabs.com)
Date: Sat Sep 13 2003 - 12:25:58 GMT-3
Tom,
I have slipped into the world of IP Telephony and I can tell you from my
experience that it is much less enjoyable because of the reasons you have
pointed out. If anyone has worked with Microsoft servers and had to
maintain them, they should know what we are talking about. Yes, the work is
there, but you are being sucked into being a microsoft server administrator.
Been there, done that, didn't like it. That is why I have chosen to be a
CCIE.
Tony Schaffran
Network Analyst
CCIE #11071
CCNP, CCNA, CCDA,
NNCDS, NNCSS, CNE, MCSE
www.cconlinelabs.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Thomas Larus
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 8:23 AM
To: ccie done; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: voice track
I was just wondering if anyone else has found IP Telephony to be a much less
enjoyable area than routing and switching. I know it is a great area for
finding work, but I am speaking here of how enjoyable the work or subject
matter has turned out to be for you.
I am a language person, and enjoy the Cisco IOS because it is intuitive,
powerful and flexible. PIX OS is almost as good, but not quite as
user-friendly because it lacks the magnificent interactive help feature that
tells you the possible options at any stage.
I find building and configuring servers (even using a GUI) a whole lot less
fun. And a lot more tedious. A lot of IP Telephony involves configuring
servers, patching servers, rebuilding servers when there is a serious
problem, carefully dealing with backup and restore and registry issues.
The whole business of running complex applications on top of a Microsoft OS
is a whole lot more risky than using features that are built into IOS. When
something goes wrong on a router, I feel more confident about being able to
find a solution. With Microsoft, a misplaced DLL or one wrong registry
value (among thousands) can hang or crash everything, and very few people
would know exactly how to fix it.
Now the hardware and IOS side of Voice can be a lot of fun. QOS features
necessary for Voice to work properly are fascinating.
Anyone else feel the same way?
Tom Larus, CCIE #10,014 (Routing and Switching)
----- Original Message -----
From: "ccie done" <ccie1@lycos.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 5:50 AM
Subject: voice track
> hello list :)
> after long break time one must come back :)
>
> i am wondering if anyone here intersted in the new voice track ..seems
> to
be a nice track and trend coming up ..is there a plan to have separate list
for that track ??
>
> since im strating to build my voice-track setup ..is there a big
difference between the 6503 and the 5500 previously used in the R&S exam ??
or 5500 will do the job .
>
>
>
> anyone interested to discuss about the voice ..just answer
>
>
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