Re: CCIE# 20863

From: Bill Eyer (beyer@optonline.net)
Date: Sat May 24 2008 - 09:39:18 ART


Taj,

The backplane of a 4500 is far faster than a stack of 3750 switches, so
if you have high performance video or other data requirements the 4500
is a better solution. The drawback is cost.

Bill

Tajamal Shah wrote:
> Chaps, need your help, I can't decide.....
>
> Is there any advantage in using 4500 switch over stack of 3750 switches at
> the core of a network?
>
> appreciate your input.
>
> Thanks
>
> Tajamal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
> Salau, Yemi
> Sent: 20 May 2008 11:38
> To: Joseph Brunner; theKonqueror; Cisco certification
> Subject: RE: CCIE# 20863
>
>
> Unbelievable for me, from CCNA to CCIE in 9months! That's really
> impressive/awesome. (I assume you're referring to Sept. 2007)
>
> Well done mate, and keep up the good works. Yea, I reckoned with Joseph,
> ditch the CCNA, but RHCE still rocks in Linux world though....can't
> think of any greater cert in that line, LPI or Linux+? No chance ...
> keep RHCE, then ofcourse keep CCIE.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Yemi Salau
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Joseph Brunner
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 11:24 AM
> To: 'theKonqueror'; 'Cisco certification'
> Subject: RE: CCIE# 20863
>
> Nice...
>
> Drop the two other lame certs from your title, Anakin!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> theKonqueror
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 5:17 AM
> To: Cisco certification
> Subject: CCIE# 20863
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> In my second attempt at Bangalore yesterday, I passed R&S lab. I'd like
> to
> thank my best gal Swapnita, Brians from IE, Scott Morris, and all the
> great
> people at groupstudy for their support.
>
> I started my journey back in September when some of my work involved
> routing
> for SaaS applications, and I enrolled myself in a CCNA class. As the
> instructors answered most of my questions with "It's not part of the
> CCNA
> exam", I decided to go for CCIE. This was the first time I ever touched
> a
> Cisco router. I passed the written exam in November and after that, used
> dynamips for most of the lab preparation.
>
> I came so close to passing in my first attempt, but got a lousy 78%
> instead
> of a CCIE number. After coming back home, I scheduled another lab after
> 30
> days and worked on my weaknesses. I finished my lab yesterday 30 minutes
> after the lunch and had 4 hours to verify everything. Got my result in 4
> hours after leaving the lab.
>
> For all lab candicates, I'd like to add a note, IE mock labs and CCIE
> Assesor are priceless. Go for them before going to real lab. Also, there
> is
> no substitute to real knowledge in the lab. You need to know your stuff
> well
> or else it's just $1400 lunch. And it isn't that great anyways ;)
>
> Time for me to get back to SaaS and Unix. Maybe in a few months I can
> party
> when I'm old enough to drink :P



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