RE: Regarding CCIE Lab

I use 3 Adaptec ANA-62044 NICs for a total of 12 ports. They are 64 bit PCI
cards but run in standard 32 bit PCI slots. On one of the cards I cut off
with a saw the extended connector as some chipsets on the motherboard
prevented the card to be inserted correctly. Those Adaptec's run on Ubuntu
9.x "out of the box", but do not work on Vista, there is no drivers...

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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Scott Morris
Sent: 1-Jan-10 18:01
To: Faisal Ilyas
Cc: Anthony Sequeira; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Regarding CCIE Lab

They work fine. You can have multiple NICs.

I set up a Mac Mini to do this. The built in ethernet was my
control/access port. Then I had four USB hubs and a total of twelve
10/100 USB NICs off of them to use with Dynamips.

One PC, four 3560 switches. It worked. Not nearly as cool as real
routers, but it was functional. :) In my case it was a "to prove I
could" thing, not a necessary thing.

*Scott Morris*, CCIE/x4/ (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) #4713,

JNCIE-M #153, JNCIS-ER, CISSP, et al.

JNCI-M, JNCI-ER

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Faisal Ilyas wrote:
> Actually, I did see all what you have told me ... but my concern is the
> connectivity part, how i will connect GNS3 to 3560 switches, a pc cant
have
> that much Ethernet ports and if i try to purchase usb to ethernet ports
then
> how they will gonna work.
>
> If someone has experienced what i am saying then kindly share ... i will
> really appreciate that.
>
>
> Regards,
> M. Faisal.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 1:12 AM, Anthony Sequeira <asequeira_at_ine.com>
wrote:
>
>
>> Hi M. Faisal!
>>
>> If you go to www.google.com/images and search on Dynamips Rack - you will
>> see a picture of a sweet server and switch rack one of our students
built.
>>
>> That image will take you to a thread on our forum that talks about
building
>> it.
>>
>> I would post the link directly, but I believe the GS software prohibits
it.
>>
>> On Jan 1, 2010, at 4:34 PM, Faisal Ilyas wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Salam,
>>>
>>> I am moving to prep a lab for CCIE R&S, I am ready to purchase 4 x 3560
>>> switches, but i have heard people have made routing & Framerelay part
>>> through GNS, can someone suggest me regarding that, i will appreciate
>>>
>> that.
>>
>>> Regards,
>>> M. Faisal.
>>>
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