Re: CCIE Lab kit for Prep

I'm using Dynamips - with 3 Quad NICs + 4 real switches.

check this link for details and questions on setup:

What's more efficient:1 NIC--> QinQ or multiply
NICs?<http://7200emu.hacki.at/viewtopic.php?t=8201>

On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 6:10 AM, travis newshott <tnewshott_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> I use a combo of GNS3 for all of the routers, paired with 4 3550s to cover
> the majority of the switching topics.
>
> On the 3550s you do have some features that you are missing that you may
> see
> on the lab that are supported on the 3560s. You lose PVLANs entirely, QoS
> commands are different, I've also heard that IPv6 support is not the same
> either.
>
>
> For a budget minded student it's an effective combo. I plan on doing
> several labs on a rack rental towards the end to fine tune the commands for
> the 3560s, as well as mock labs. When doing the labs I also look up the
> commands to use on the 3560s so that way I can eventually write the configs
> in notepad for the 3560s as some practice without the real deal.
>
> Hope that helps...
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Bennet Eapen <bennet.eapen_at_gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > As Jeferson mentioned you could use GNS3 to study bout 80% of the topics
> > mentioned in the blueprint. Or to be more precise you could study
> > everything
> > under the routing topics. Since GNS3 cannot emulate a switch you'll have
> to
> > look at other options. There are a couple of sites that provide free
> online
> > labs. For eg. http://packetlife.net <http://packetlife.net/lab/> or
> > www.firewall.cx <http://www.firewall.cx/cisco-lab-introduction.php>
> >
> >
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