Re: 3 vlans and a problem

Maybe, but unveiling the solution as if it were completely simple in his
mind made it seem like he was just looking to show up a few CCIE's on a
news group. I guess I'm not as optimistic as some though.

JM2c,

Keegan

From:
Dale Shaw <dale.shaw_at_gmail.com>
To:
Keegan.Holley_at_sungard.com
Cc:
Johnny B CCIE <jbccie_at_gmail.com>, groupstudy <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
Date:
11/14/2009 07:37 PM
Subject:
Re: 3 vlans and a problem

Hi Keegan,

On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 11:08 AM, <Keegan.Holley_at_sungard.com> wrote:
> A better question would be why are you asking a question if you already
> know the answer?

I saw Johnny B CCIE's post as a welcome change from the sea of stinky
camel diarrhoea we've had flooding the list of late. It encourages
technical discussion. That's what this list is supposed to be about.

In the real world, there are often many ways to solve one problem. In
the CCIE lab, there is _usually_ only one 'correct' way. Sometimes the
key word(s) in the task give it away, and sometimes they do not.
If/when the proctor doesn't illuminate a light bulb above your head,
you have to drink the Kool-Aid and ask yourself ... "What would Cisco
do?" and perhaps "How can I meet the requirements of this L2
configuration task without setting fire to my lab topology and melting
the shared lab infrastructure so that some guy 10 minutes away from
completing his lab in Sydney thinks his world has just come to an
end?"

Anyway, the point is, it's good to think about all possibilities (IRB,
PVLANs, VRF-Lite, bridging patch leads, a splash of solder across an
ASIC, whatever) ... including hair-brained ones.

More of this, I say.

cheers,
Dale

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Received on Sun Nov 15 2009 - 12:16:41 ART