From: John Hooper (homith@homith.com)
Date: Mon Nov 06 2006 - 21:10:38 ART
G'Day Group,
Thank for all your replies. As mentioned, Dynagen is
a terrific simulator, I woke up from my head in the could and realsed there
is no benifit for me to get rid of hardware that I already have that does
the job very well. I value everyones imput into this and will be sticking
with actual equipment. Thanks again,
John
>I am in the process of going to a hardware lab from dynamips. While
>dynamips
> is an
> absolutely amazing tool, it is hardware intensive and I have found I spend
> more time
> on labs testing physical connectivity issues then doing the lab. In a
> small
> environment,
> it's perfect for testing scenarios or seeing what new code would do to
> your
> config, I
> even just used to find a bug in IOS...an invaluable tool.
>
> But it take a good hour of prep to get a lab set up with configs and
> working
> through
> all the weird issues. I've decided that hardware lab is the way to
> go...I'm
> currently
> running dynamips across two high end machines, and was looking at the
> hardware to
> put it all on one machine...costs as much a real lab...so I'm opting for
> the
> real lab.
>
> I'll continue to use dynamips for work and testing scenarios or even quick
> lab practice,
> but for real lab practice, going to use the real hardware.
>
> my 2cents...
>
> -Ryan
>
>
>
>
>
> On 11/6/06, Brian McGahan <bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yes, I would not recommend it as a replacement for a home lab if
>> you already have one. There are enough bugs in the IOS already not to
>> have to deal with dynamips ones too ;) It is good for Service Provider
>> studying though because the cost of 7200 VXRs is really too much just
>> for home lab purposes. But like Scott said since we only have Ethernet
>> and Serial in the R&S lab now you can build a home lab without switches
>> for pretty cheap. Dynamips is however *much* better than the router
>> "simulators" that are out there for CCNA/CCNP and studies though.
>>
>> Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593 (R&S/SP)
>> bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com
>>
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>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
>> Of
>> > Martin Kiefer
>> > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 3:23 PM
>> > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>> > Subject: RE: Dynagen For Total Rack Replacement
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I would not go down that road now that you allready have the routers.
>> I
>> > think dynamips/dynagen should be considered a beta product. You can
>> > still run into all kinds of problems with dynagen because of buggy
>> > software.
>> >
>> > I only consider this a neat tool when you do not wish to spend a lot
>> of
>> > money on equipment.
>> >
>> > Best regards
>> > Martin
>> >
>> > PS: In my knowlegde, i think that BM allready told you this ;-)
>> >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On
>> > > Behalf Of Homith (John Hooper)
>> > > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 9:34 PM
>> > > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>> > > Subject: Dynagen For Total Rack Replacement
>> > >
>> > > Good Morning Group,
>> > > I have seen more and more
>> > > interest in Dynagen.
>> > > I have really asked myself if this product could be used for
>> > > a total solution for any CCIE R&S preparation. I, like many
>> > > of you, have invested a large amount of money in hardware for
>> > > our studies which ends up depreciating in value as time goes
>> > > by. I have actually thought of selling all my routers and
>> > > replacing them with Dynagen. I would keep the switches and
>> > > port Dynagen to multiple network cards hanging off a Dynagen
>> > > box to physical switches. With products like this, can anyone
>> > > really foresee the need to operate expensive hardware at home
>> > > ? Just interested anyone's thoughts on this.
>> > >
>> > > Cheers
>> > >
>> > > John
>> > >
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