From: Narbik Kocharians (narbikk@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Mar 19 2007 - 12:47:49 ART
I totally agree with Tony, but could some one tell me as far as the CCIE R&S
is concerned, what is it that 3640s don't support? I think they support 99 -
100 percent of what is specified in the test.
For one or two commands i will not spend 10K.
But as Tony mentioned for 10K you can have a rack 365/24 so why worry about
anything?
On 3/19/07, Bill Mckenzie <bmckenzie@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I can see benefits from both sides but the main problem I see with renting
> rack time is that you are tied to a specific schedule (vendor's time
> slots)
> and many people are competing for the
> same "better hour times" and when having your own rack, you can practice
> a
> couple hours here...a couple there. Besides that, it's all personal
> preference.
>
>
>
> Bill Mckenzie, CCIE#16725, CCVP
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Tony Schaffran" <groupstudy@cconlinelabs.com>
> >Reply-To: "Tony Schaffran" <groupstudy@cconlinelabs.com>
> >To: <ananth.sarma@gmail.com>
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> >Subject: RE: LAb Equipment ...
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> >Ananth,
> >
> >Save yourself a lot of time and frustration gathering sub standard
> >equipment
> >and dealing with ebay fraud.
> >
> >Unless you just want to be intimately familiar with troubleshooting
> memory
> >and module hardware issues.
> >
> >If it is the CCIE certification that is your end goal, do like Martin
> >suggested and invest your $10K in quality rack time. For that cost, you
> >could get well over 1 year of rack time every single day if you wanted to
> >spend that much.
> >
> >Some people think that after you purchase the equipment yourself and pass
> >the lab, then you can resell the equipment to get your investment back,
> but
> >just how much do you think those 2600's and 3600's will be work in
> another
> >year or two?
> >
> >Whatever you decide, good luck with your studies.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >
> >Tony Schaffran
> >Network Analyst
> >CCIE #11071
> >CCNP, CCNA, CCDA,
> >NNCDS, NNCSS, CNE, MCSE
> >
> >www.cconlinelabs.com
> >Your #1 choice for online Cisco rack rentals.
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> >Martin Kiefer
> >Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 2:46 AM
> >To: ananth.sarma@gmail.com
> >Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> >Subject: RE: LAb Equipment ...
> >
> >Hi.
> >
> >Well, I think the lab is overprized, the 3640 routers are old and you
> need
> >at least 3 more routers in your POD for backbone routers, and (as one
> >mentioned) one for frame-relay switch. The FR switch can easily be one of
> >the BB routers.
> >
> >I would look on ebay for some 2600 XM routers. They can be found at a
> >reasonable price going from 500 USD and up to around a 1000 USD depends
> on
> >the amount of cards and memory.
> >
> >Then of course you will need 4 switches in a combination of 3550 and
> 3560s.
> >The 3560s might be the biggest post on the budget, for some reason
> ebay.com
> >3560s costs a fortune compared to the ones in Europe.
> >
> >Finally you need the terminal server, cables and maybe wic-cards but all
> of
> >those things can be found cheap on ebay.
> >
> >You will probably end up paying a bit more for the lab than the 10K. But
> >you
> >will have a better and more up to date lab and when you are done with it,
> >it's more easy to sell again so you won't lose that much money on it.
> >
> >One last thing to have in mind, you can actually get a lot of rack time
> for
> >those 10K out there. Just look around and you won't have all the problems
> >with getting the gear.
> >
> >Best regards
> >Martin Kiefer
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
> Of
> > > ananth.sarma@gmail.com
> > > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 1:43 AM
> > > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > > Subject: LAb Equipment ...
> > >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > I recently attended a CCIE bootcamp of 1 month long in India which was
> > > nice.
> > > One good thing is that they allow us to practise on the pods during
> the
> > > nights indefinitely FOC!!
> > >
> > >
> > > I am planning to buy a POD to practice until my lab exam. ( 6 months
> > > from now!)
> > >
> > > Can you give me some good suggestions in selecting/buying the Routers
> > > and Switches?
> > >
> > > I found a good deal in E-bay costing $10k which includes around 6 x
> > > 3640, 2 x 3560, 2x 3550, 1 x 26xx Access Server along with cables and
> > > ports.
> > >
> > > Is it a worthwhile investment? I have heard about on-line labs but
> > > never tried them.
> > >
> > > Tough I enjoyed the bootcamp, needed to brush up on some areas and I
> > > was slow on the labs. I tend to slow down while focusing on the
> > > solutions mainly on Route-maps creation and Redistribution. Your
> > > valuable suggestions are welcome. How do I speed up on the lab?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Ananth G Sarma
> > >
> > >
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-- Narbik Kocharians CCIE# 12410 (R&S, SP, Security) CCSI# 30832 Network Learning, Inc. (CCIE class Instructor) www.ccbootcamp.com (CCIE Training)
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