Re: Laptop for Dynamips

From: Cisco-Engineer.com Team (ciscosurplus@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Mar 07 2008 - 06:06:21 ARST

My Advice is no to use Vista at all, the CPU under Vista is under a lot more
strain,

I have a dual core AMD laptop when Im on the road with 2GB of RAM, I got so
frustrated with Vista I ended up dual booting it specifically for dynamips.

Some people have managed ok with Vista, but if you have a look around gregs
hacki forum, there is even this post suggests a toaster makes a better
companion than Vista.

7200emu.hacki.at/viewtopic.php?t=4048&highlight=toaster

On 07/03/2008, ccie-lab <ccie.lab@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Sorry, to clarify my question - I meant to ask if the Vista OS is better
> than the XP OS for running dynamips.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Borghese" <pborghese@groupstudy.com>
>
> To: "'ccie-lab'" <ccie.lab@verizon.net>; "'Cisco Nuts'"
> <cisconuts@hotmail.com>; <cisco@groupstudy.com>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 12:08 AM
> Subject: RE: Laptop for Dynamips
>
>
> >I am not sure I fully understand your question, but I will try and
> answer.
> > If you run dynamips under Vista you will have a performance hit over
> > running
> > it under Linux. But even with the hit, you should be able to run 10
> > routers
> > OK.
> >
> > Make sure you are using the correct IdlePC value and your configuration
> > has
> > ghostios=True, and sparcemem=True. Also, adjust your ram so it is the
> > minimum needed. You can usually get away with much less ram then what
> > Cisco
> > specifies.
> >
> > As for the virtual pod software. The reason I was developing the
> virtual
> > pod disk was to allow Windows users access to Dynamips by using a linux
> > boot
> > CD. Since the dynamips author ported the program to Windows, it is not
> > really needed. I have been considering porting the management interface
> > to
> > Windows as a number of people told me that was a nice feature.
> >
> > Take care,
> >
> > Paul Borghese
> > Certification Science
> > CCIE in six weeks ... guaranteed
> > http://www.certscience.com
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ccie-lab [mailto:ccie.lab@verizon.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 11:54 PM
> > To: Paul Borghese; 'Cisco Nuts'; cisco@groupstudy.com;
> > ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: Re: Laptop for Dynamips
> >
> > Paul,
> > Are these results due to the Vista OS? I have a Dell 2 Core with 4GB
> and
> > am
> >
> > sluggish at 10 routers.
> > Should I consider the Vista.
> > PS: what is the status of the development with the virtual pod?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Paul Borghese" <pborghese@groupstudy.com>
> > To: "'Cisco Nuts'" <cisconuts@hotmail.com>; <cisco@groupstudy.com>;
> > <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 5:07 PM
> > Subject: RE: Laptop for Dynamips
> >
> >
> >> That should work fantastic.
> >>
> >> I have a Inspiron 6400 with 2 GB running Vista and have no problems
> >> running
> >> 10+ routers. I usually run dynamips on one core and the other core is
> >> left
> >> for whatever else I want to do on the pc.
> >>
> >> Take care
> >>
> >> Paul Borghese
> >> Certification Sciences
> >> CCIE in six weeks ... Guaranteed!
> >> http://www.certscience.com/CCIE
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> >> Cisco Nuts
> >> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 2:38 PM
> >> To: cisco@groupstudy.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com; cisconuts@hotmail.com
> >> Subject: Laptop for Dynamips
> >>
> >> Hi:
> >>
> >> Does any one have good experience using a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop for
> >> Dynamips?
> >>
> >> Intel Core 2 Duo T5450 1.66GHz with 4GB of Memory.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> CN
> >>
> >>
> >>
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-- 
Thanks

Graham Clarke

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