Re: Remote access to rack options

On 10/8/12 7:09 AM, "Tony Singh" <mothafungla_at_gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi Kenneth
>
>Nice blog thanks for sharing for my work I created an sshd tunnel between
>two redhat boxes which then went over an isdn link to another Solaris box
>where one of our applications was hosted, I did similar to tunnel local
>http packets for GUI access to this application and I found myself
>spending a few weeks going through man pages seeing what ports were open
>etc...everyone is different, with trying to prepare for the IE lab there
>really isn't enough time in the day to be doing these things as you need
>to be on cli labbing!
>
>It's a race against time in case the blueprint changes, therefore my
>advice is to not waste time on these things indeed bookmark for after you
>pass the lab & get this easiest workable solution so that you can get
>access to your kit!

While I understand the sentiment, there haven't been any further blueprint
changes announced, and they give what, six months lead time? I think it's
a little overly paranoid to be living in fear of what Cisco might do. I'm
all for contingency planning in the event a blueprint change is announced,
but to be worrying about it every day, yeah not going to happen.

I also think it's valuable to step outside the parameters of lab prep
every once in awhile and use the skills you're learning to tackle a real
world problem. We're not learning these skills so we can go to work and do
labs all day, after all. Being able to get remote access to a remote rack
is a simple, basic task that a CCIE candidate should be able to perform. I
also think it's a rather valuable one. I've found myself on multiple
occasions with a few hours to kill away from home (waiting for a flight,
kids at the dentist, etc), and I had my laptop and a wifi connection
available, so I boot up the rack and get some practice in (I also took the
additional steps of making sure I can power my rack on and off from remote
as well, my power bill thanks me)

However, this is just my opinion. To each their own!

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Received on Mon Oct 08 2012 - 07:32:23 ART