From: A.G. Ananth Sarma (GMail) (ananth.sarma@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Mar 19 2007 - 13:48:55 ART
Hi Tony,
Thanks for the excellent suggestions. I really appreciate it.
What are the good companies who rent rack-time on -line?
Regards,
Ananth
On 3/19/07, Tony Schaffran <groupstudy@cconlinelabs.com> wrote:
>
> 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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