From: Jack Flash (jack.flash@inbox.com)
Date: Fri Mar 21 2008 - 18:12:55 ART
barring the switching, dynamips will get you a long way, or you can
use dynamips + real switches for the full thing.
it can be a bit fiddly and time consuming though
ieaspirant wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a question, which might be rudimentary, response will surely be
> appreciated.
>
> My Situation:
>
> Knowledge-level : Passed written last year, due to the work-environment was
> involved in other technologies (other than the ones in the R/S). Work for ISP,
> so I do do hands-on...
>
> Resources: Have a set-up of routers (low-end) 2501s, No switches. Can do basic
> WAN topology as per IE lab.
>
> Question:
>
> I want to plan well for my preparation for the lab, with this in mind & given
> the above conditions, which option is quantitatively (given the avg no of
> hours, ofcourse, months & days of practise that I'll need) is more logical (as
> most of you gentlemen/ women have gone thru this assessment at one point :
>
> A) Investing more $$ ( & yes, helping out the economy....i hope my wife's not
> around....) in buying the switches & fixing/ upgrading the existing WAN topo
>
> OR
>
> B) Investing $$ in online rack rentals (which again in a way is helping the
> economy....)
>
> How much do the following factors weigh/ matter in each case:
>
> 1) Using online to do labs related to switching & ofcourse, during the end,
> when i'm ready & need to do full-fledged labs i would go online)
>
> 2) Flexibility of doing the practise labs as per my availability & on the fly
>
> 3) Being able to do small customized labs
>
> 4) For you, which option was financially more logical ?
>
> 5) What is a fair estimate to account for reasonable # of practise lab hours
> that I'll need (would it be IE's 30 + some-other-vendors 20 labs = 50 lab * <x>
> hours...........how much time does/ should 1 lab take (i know, this is a little
> subjective, depending upon the level of difficulty & my level of expertise, but
> still, if you could avg it out....say, in your case.....)
>
> As I said your opinion would be greatly valued.
>
> Thanks & good luck !!
>
> -an IE aspirant
>
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