Just the l2protocol-tunnel .   I haven't been spending huge amounts of time
trying to figure out why it's not working - but I can't see R1 from R2 on
the same switch for instance.

Michael

On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Kim Pedersen <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Michael,
>
>  What sort of L2 problems are you still struggling with? If you dont mind
> sharing.
>
> Kim
>
> michael haynes wrote:
>
>> Jason,
>> I'm working off the IPExpert books right now and required 19 connections
>> from my dynamips server to the 2 3550s and 2 3560s I have in my lab.  I
>> originally tried some sun quad PCI cards in my box but they ran into memory
>> limitations on my 64 bit ilnux box - couldn't work in an environment that
>> had more than 2 gigs and I have 8.  Other quad cards were just too expensive
>> for me and usb cards were problematic.
>>  I ended up using a  single gigabit trunk interface to a breakout switch
>> similar to these instructions I wrote up a few months ago:
>>  http://zephon.ccieblog.com/2009/05/17/final-dynamips-setup/
>>  So far the only thing I haven't gotten to work right is the L2protocol
>> tunneling - everything else works great inside dynamips using this setup.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>  On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Jason Marshall <[email protected]<mailto:
>> [email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>    Hi Terry,
>>
>>    Minor hijack (Sorry Kim) -
>>
>>    I appreciate that you can get some additional RJ45 network cards to
>>    enable all the connections from your PC to the switches but I have yet
>>    to find one with enough ports - what did you use please and was this
>>    done under Linux or Windows ?
>>
>>    Jason
>>
>>    -----Original Message-----
>>    From: [email protected]
>>    <mailto:[email protected]>
>>    [mailto:[email protected]
>>    <mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Terry
>>    Vinson
>>    Sent: 09 September 2009 12:56
>>    To: OSL
>>    Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] IPexpert L2 topology ...
>>
>>    Hi Kim,
>>
>>    Given the fact that the Dynamips configs don't support a 3550 or 3560,
>>    but instead it uses the 16 port switch modules the configs can't
>>    match.
>>
>>    The workbook is configured for the real rack equipment.  What I
>>    did was
>>    get four switches and just emulate the routers on dynamips.  It works
>>    great.
>>
>>    The Workbook labs will have to be adjusted to reflect the Dynamips
>>    topology (usually its really simple change a 1 to a 0 or
>>     something that
>>
>>    simple).
>>
>>    Also keep in mind that there is a lot of Layer 2 stuff you can't
>>    do on a
>>
>>    100% dynamips rack.  Till I got my switches I just used real racks for
>>    the Layer 2 stuff.
>>
>>    Terry
>>
>>    Kim Pedersen wrote:
>>    > Hi All,
>>    >
>>    >   A bit OT, but i hope nobody minds.
>>    >
>>    >   Im about to begin doing some labs from the workbooks, and i am
>>    a bit
>>
>>    > confused about the L2 topology. As far as I can see, there are two
>>    > different topologies. One defined in the
>>    > IPexpert_Dynamips_RS-SP_Topology.pdf file, and one in the lab
>>    workbook
>>
>>    > in the intro section. Especially the connections to the
>>    Catalysts are
>>    > different. Is it correct to assume that the L2 in the workbook
>>    is the
>>    > "de facto" way of doing things? Also, the physical cabling stays the
>>    > same in all the workbooks?
>>    >
>>    >   Sorry for the bit OT question.
>>    >
>>    > Sincerely,
>>    > Kim Pedersen
>>    >
>>    >
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