From: Long Nguyen (longoc@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Sep 21 2008 - 15:44:27 ART
Trained by my big bro for my certs. I'm fortunate enough to have a brother
and a brother in law who are ccie, so any question can be answered right
away. So with no money out of my pocket I get my own CCIE rack. I'm looking
for work, but portland is just not a very big market and no one wants to
take someone with no experience. Oh well, in the mean time I plan on getting
my CCIE. Better now than later.
On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Gary Duncanson <
garyduncanson@btinternet.com> wrote:
> Long,
>
> Remote racks are fine but the flexibility of having gear if you can afford
> it is a bonus. Even with what you have you can cover a lot of things.
>
> Fresh out of college? Did you do other certs while at school. Have you had
> the chance to get any experience in the field. With the right employer they
> might encourage you to do some studying on works time.
>
> Gary
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Long Nguyen" <longoc@gmail.com>
> To: "Narbik Kocharians" <narbikk@gmail.com>; "ccielab" <
> ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 5:30 PM
> Subject: Re: Rack set up question for R & S
>
>
>
> Well I'm a fresh out of college student, bored and motivated to learn the
>> technologies, so I'm going for bang for my buck.
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Narbik Kocharians <narbikk@gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>> Long,
>>>
>>> Your other option is to do all the routing and some switching and from
>>> time
>>> to time just rent a rack for a day or so.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 8:44 AM, Scott M Vermillion <
>>> scott_ccie_list@it-ag.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Long,
>>>>
>>>> Depending on your budget and your approach to lab prep, you could also
>>>> consider the 3560-8PCs (a nine-port switch counting the gig "uplink"
>>>> port).
>>>> They have the full L3 and QoS functionality that you will need for lab
>>>> prep.
>>>> You can buy these new for under $1k each and I'm guessing there's a used
>>>> market by now. Having said that, I'm not entirely convinced that a
>>>> four-switch hardware lab is strictly speaking necessary; rack rentals
>>>> can
>>>> go
>>>> a long way if you are able to work your schedule around those of the
>>>> vendors. I personally built a 4x3560-8PC lab and have no serious
>>>> regrets
>>>> -
>>>> I was able to learn a LOT about L2 via random exploration and
>>>> troubleshooting that I otherwise wouldn't have if I was just trying to
>>>> get
>>>> through the motions of a lab scenario in my allotted rental window. But
>>>> I
>>>> can honestly say that these switches were probably expense #2, second
>>>> only
>>>> to the sum total of my training expenditures...
>>>>
>>>> Prosperous studies!
>>>>
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>>>> Long
>>>> Nguyen
>>>> Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 3:29 AM
>>>> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>>>> Subject: Rack set up question for R & S
>>>>
>>>> I've inherited my brother's CCIE rack and its an older set up with two
>>>> 3550
>>>> switches. I was wondering how crucial it would be for me two be able to
>>>> do
>>>> the labs with 4 switches. I've also inherited his older workbooks for
>>>> the
>>>> two switch set up. Should I pick up some 2950s and get the new learning
>>>> materials, or could I learn enough via the two switches, my work
>>>> experience
>>>> is not very extensive at all.
>>>> --
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Long Nguyen
>>>> CCNP/CCDP
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>> --
>>> Narbik Kocharians
>>> CCSI#30832, CCIE# 12410 (R&S, SP, Security)
>>> www.MicronicsTraining
>>> www.Net-Workbooks.com
>>> Sr. Technical Instructor
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Long Nguyen
>> CCNP/CCDP
>>
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