From: Darby Weaver (darbyweaver@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Mar 11 2007 - 17:23:11 ART
True enough and what you need to learn - you can
easily learn in a few dedicated sessions.
--- Daniel_Steyn@Dell.com wrote:
> Hey Cecil,
>
> I'd actually recommend that you rent some rack time
> from one of the
> major bootcamps/rack rental folks. You'll have
> access to 4 3560s for a
> pretty good rate. The "competition" such as the
> Dell PowerConnect line
> of gear is very affordable, but I would not
> recommend it - the commands
> are just different enough to confuse you and mess
> with your head. You
> also won't have access to any of the cisco-specific
> commands.
>
> Daniel
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com
> [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Darby Weaver
> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 1:38 PM
> To: Cecil Wilson; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: How do I prepare for the new 4 switch
> format?
>
> Recall the "Triangle" or Spanning-Tree Manipulation.
>
> You can get a couple of cheap switches and practice
> these techniches.
>
> 2912-XL's can be had for under $50.00
>
>
> But you may like the DEll competition to Cisco for
> about $100-200.00 -
> more IOS-like and cheaper - same functions...
>
> I even bought an Avaya Switch to play with.
>
> Nortel can be had for basically shipping.
>
> You want to be able to manipulate Spanning-Tree and
> you want to be able
> to play with the various Etherchannel commands.
>
>
> You can do this on two Cisco switches - just get two
> others so you can
> manipulate paths.
>
> You'll be fine and the competition is extremely
> cheap.
>
> I learned alot obout Spanning-Tree recently on
> Foundry for instance (not
> as cheap) but the commands and concepts were almost
> identical in most
> cases to Cisco.
>
>
> --- Cecil Wilson <Cecil.Wilson@flextronics.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello GS
> >
> > I have been preparing for the CCIE lab, and
> is scheduled for
> >
> > April. My concerns are: I have been practicing
> with
> > 2 3550 swithes,
> >
> > the format has been change to 4 3560
> >
> > (which I can NOT afford, at this point)
> >
> > Any suggestions on the best way to prepare for
> the 4 switch format?
> >
> > Thanks for all input
> >
> >
> >
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