From: Cecil Wilson (Cecil.Wilson@flextronics.com)
Date: Sun Mar 11 2007 - 18:19:46 ART
Daniel/Darby
  Thanks for your help
Cecil 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Darby Weaver [mailto:darbyweaver@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 3:23 PM
To: Daniel_Steyn@Dell.com; Cecil Wilson; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: How do I prepare for the new 4 switch format?
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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