From: Greg Wendel (gwendel@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Nov 07 2007 - 17:06:07 ART
Arin Richmond from Australia also passed using a combination of
dynamips with physical switches. I am using a combination of dynamips
standalone, dynamips with physical switches,, labs at work and remote
rack rentals in my own preparation for the R&S.
On Nov 7, 2007 11:46 AM, Scott Vermillion <scott_ccie_list@it-ag.com> wrote:
> Of course the other option many of us go for is to integrate physical
> switches with the Dynamips environment. Like I've said before Joe, if your
> friendly rack rental outfit swapped physical routers and a Dynamips server
> (much like switching someone's normal coffee with Folger's Crystals (for
> those of you around and coherent here in the States in the '70s)), how would
> you even know the difference? Hint: you wouldn't.
> Perhaps for a better understanding that I can offer, ask Con Spathas. He's
> the guy who just posted here about his pass on a *first attempt* in Brussels
> after preparing with a *Dynamips lab*...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Patrick J Greene
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 7:47 AM
> To: Joseph Brunner; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: Dynamips Question
>
> Joseph,
> Switching is accomplished with a 16-port switch module in the 3600 router.
> You still have all of the trunking, channeling, and other switching fun you
> can handle.
>
> I am painfully aware of how many points of switching there are.
>
> Thanks,
> Patrick
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Brunner [mailto:joe@affirmedsystems.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 9:40 AM
> To: Patrick J Greene; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: RE: Dynamips Question
>
> I don't understand this...
>
> How can you study with only routers on a Routing & SWITCHING test...
>
> And believe me when you find out how many points of switching there are, you
> may choke
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Patrick J Greene
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 8:50 AM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: OT: Dynamips Question
>
> I have a laptop with a 1.7Ghz Centrino and 2GB of RAM running bare bones XP.
> I was able to bring up the entire IE Lab (14 devices) on 2 Dynamips
> instances but obviously it runs like molasses going uphill in January. The
> CPU stays pegged at 100% and there is still about 125MB of RAM free. I can
> run a browser and wordpad on the laptop without much pain, but when I telnet
> to the routers (from another laptop) it is unusable. I do connect but just
> painfully slow.
>
> Any performance tuning ideas? I would like to keep the environment on the
> laptop because as a consultant I travel a lot. It's nice to have your lab
> portable.
>
> Thanks for the advice.
>
> Patrick
>
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