Re: Question Regarding Study Material

Yes. Dynamps cannot emulate Catalyst switches. But you only need a few
3550s/3560s which can be bought on ebay for pretty cheap.

Dynamips CAN do most MPLS features, more than you would need on the
CCIE R&S: LDP, RSVP-TE, FRR, VPNv4, EoMPLS (draft martini based).

The only major MPLS features lacking in dynamips is VPLS which would
only be an issue if you're doing the CCIE SP.

-Yuri

On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 1:15 PM, gaston brait <gbrait_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the info.
> I currently use GNS3
> My two main concerns with GNS3 are MPLS and not being able to emulate catalyst
> switches.
> I have read CCIE R&S Exam Guide Certification Guide and Routing TCP/IP Volume
> I & II
> Will try to find the others.
> Thanks again for the info.
>
> Gaston
>
>
>> Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 13:08:46 -0800
>> Subject: Re: Question Regarding Study Material
>> From: yuribank_at_gmail.com
>> To: gbrait_at_hotmail.com
>> CC: nobody_at_groupstudy.com; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
>>
>> What does your current lab look like? You may not need rack-rentals,
>> have you ever used Dynamips/GNS3? Other than being cheap and flexible,
>> recommend dynamips because it makes taking packet captures very easy
>> at any point in the network. That can help a lot do get a deep
>> understanding of how certain protocols work.
>>
>> I don't think anything can really make up for real experience, but
>> good books and getting under the hood with labs can go a long way.
>>
>> My favorite (top 3) books for the CCIE Lab/Written:
>>
>> Routing TCP/IP Volume I & II
>> MPLS Fundamentals
>> CCIE R&S Exam Guide Certification Guide
>>
>> The above are most directly related to the exam topics.
>>
>> Beyond that, I highly recommend that any network engineer own and read
>> the following: (These are not directly related to the R&S).
>>
>> Internetworking with TCP/IP /Comer
>> TCP/IP Illustrated /Stevens
>> Interconnections /Pearlman
>>
>> You see these three mentioned a lot, but its for a damn good reason.
>> I've read them front to back, some multiple times.
>>
>> -Yuri
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 11:27 AM, gaston brait <gbrait_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi group,
>> >
>> > I'm going to sit for the lab on may the 3rd.
>> > I dont have much hands on experience on a production environment (My main
>> > experience for the exam comes from labs and reading)
>> > Is there any book you would recommend that would help me overcome this
> lack of
>> > experience?
>> > I would also appreciate if someone could recommend me a good rack rental,
> I
>> > live in Argentina, so the cheaper the better :p
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance,
>> >
>> > Gaston
>> >
>> >
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