From: Scott Morris (swm@emanon.com)
Date: Mon Jul 19 2004 - 10:59:38 GMT-3
There are many things that can be learned from using multiple vendor's
equipment. Although many of those 'learned' things are the frustrations
that arise when different vendors implement support for the same RFC is
different manners. Even worse when the simply don't interoperate!
But all in all, it can be a rewarding and exciting venture to not put all
your eggs in one basket! (Also can drive you crazy when 'thinking' in one
vendors command set while trying to implement another!)
Hehehh... All in the name of fun. :)
Scott Morris, CCIE4 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) #4713, CISSP,
JNCIP, et al.
IPExpert CCIE Program Manager
IPExpert Sr. Technical Instructor
swm@emanon.com/smorris@ipexpert.net
http://www.ipexpert.net
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
robbie
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 12:51 PM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Slightly OT: Question about differing vendor equipment.
This is a slightly off-topic question, but I think that it does have some
small degree of relevance. How many of you are familiar with other vendor
equipment that performs the same tasks as some of the equipment on the Cisco
lab? Do you feel that the familiarity with this other vendor equipment has
better prepared you for the 'theory' side of understanding the technologies,
and not just the practical?
I'm asking this because I'm quite proficient with other network vendor
equipment (specifically, Netscreen/Extreme/Ascend/Adtran), and I think that
I've come to a better understanding (overall) of the subjects discussed in
the labs and the R&S written, simply because of having to learn the concepts
and apply them to different platforms. Does anyone else have any similar
experiences to share?
Just curious,
Robbie
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