Two words.... Rack Rental. Or Proctor Labs. :) You can actually do a good chunk of things with the core technologies on your gear. Even switching things, the 3550 is still on the lab, they've just added more! (3560 is a bit different mostly in QoS). But spanning-tree is still spanning-tree no matter how you slice it. Do much of your core studies on your gear. Make notes of things that don't work. Target studying them with rented rack time. You can rent LOTS of time and still save money over purchasing equipment! :) Best of luck, and glad to have you back!
Scott Morris, CCIE4 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) #4713, JNCIE-M #153, JNCIS-ER, CISSP, et al. CCSI/JNCI-M/JNCI-ER VP - Technical Training - IPexpert, Inc. IPexpert Sr. Technical Instructor A Cisco Learning Partner - We Accept Learning Credits! [EMAIL PROTECTED] Telephone: +1.810.326.1444 Fax: +1.810.454.0130 http://www.ipexpert.com _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dale Kling Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 6:04 PM To: OnlineStudyList Subject: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Here we go again Hi everybody and it feels good to be back. I haven't studied for the CCIE in over 5 years, this time I plan on finishing it. I have a couple questions I'm hoping that one of you can answer to get me started on the right foot. I bought the IPexpert lab deal, too good to pass up IMO. I have an old school rack, I'm talking 2500s, a couple 2600s, ISDN smiulator, etc. Looking at the lab book diagram, looks like I'm outdated and those 2811s and 3800s aren't cheap. Realistically how far I can go with my old CCIE rack? I just loaded 12.3(24) IP PLUS on all the 2500s. I think buying 50 sessions may be the way to go, but I've already dragged my rack and all my gear out of the attic, rack mounted it, cabled it, upgraded, frame relayed it, and started playing with the CORE prots. One difference I noticed is my old IE workbooks required two 3550s, looks like 4 now, interesting.... Any wisdom is greatly appreciated and hope to get the workbook soon and knock this out fast. Thanks in advance. Dale Kling
