Heh, well, he can identify most networking gear as well. Stuff with a large
number of ports are clearly switches, and small number of ports are routers
(or firewalls, but hard for him to tell the difference until he can read).
I love coming home with some gear to configure for an install later on, and
him running out to meet me and seeing it and saying, "Daddy's got a router!"
--
Jason Roysdon, CCNP+Security/CCDP, MCSE, CNA, Network+, A+
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> Coooool, looks like lots of heart and soul went into the rack and its
> equipment and congrats on the accompishments! I am in the the same
sceanrio
> sort of..... By seeing the pictures, its kind of apparent that providing
for
> the family is what it;s all about (Noah), he;s the pride and joy in the
> photos, as my daughter Bayleigh is in mine. Thays what its all about....
> show us equipment all day but we are working for that sunshine in our
lives
> ..."our families" and we keep on striving... and getting better. I am
hoping
> to hear "Hey what does your Dad do?",....."Oh, he builds bad ass
> networks!"....
>
> Cheers!
>
> George Murphy, CCNP
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jason J. Roysdon"
> To:
> Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 2:27 AM
> Subject: OT: Router rack pictures [7:1470]
>
>
> > I almost forgot to post this (actually, I did forget to post them last
> > night, and almost forgot again tonight).
> >
> > I got the pictures from my rack up. The first two are "before" the
> cleanup,
> > and the last two are "after" rack I cleaned it up.
> >
> > http://jason.artoo.net/2001-04-19/rack.html
> >
> > Can you believe that on the middle shelf between the white upright
> speakers
> > and under the rats-nest of cables is a 2610, 16 port hub, and 827 (with
my
> > Nextel charger on top)? Yeah, so I decided to clean up a bit.
> >
> > The second pair of pictures show (from the bottom up) two Catalyst 3524
> > Inline Power switches, 10mbit 16 port hub (left), 827 ADSL router
(right),
> > wire management (nicely hiding all the patch cables), 2610 router with
two
> > WIC-T1-DI modules, rack-mount 16 port Linksys 10mbit hub, three 6 plug
> surge
> > protectors, (on the back-left post is a 10-port power strip that came
with
> > the rack). Ok, moving to the top of the rack (I know, it's still a bit
> > messy up there, but it leaves me more room in my rack, and that gear
> doesn't
> > change, whereas the rack gear changes as it's due to be installed at
> > different customer sites). On the top of the rack from the right to
left:
> > 486 DX4/100 RH Linux server (with 10mbit Intel NetPort Express
connected
> to
> > two printers), two Linksys 10/100 5 port switches ($25 each after $20
> > rebates), 1605-R router connected to an ADSL Westell bridge on top
(usual
> > internet/firewall access when I don't have the 827), Aironet 350 Access
> > Point on top (Aironet 350 PCMCIA in the laptop works two houses down and
> > covers the entire yard). Ok, behind that, starting from the bottom up
is
> a
> > 4500 with two 100mbit ports and two 10mbit ports, two 2502s, 2501, and
IBM
> > Token Ring concentrator (?) on top. Hmm, oh, and to the left of the
rack
> > you can see a Cisco 7960 IP Phone. Oh, and down at the bottom is my son
> > Noah's computer (ex-server case that's huge, and has only a baby-AT
sized
> > motherboard inside). Noah would be my adorable 3-year and usual excuse
> for
> > why I haven't been studying.
> >
> > Older pictures from a low-res webcam from when I first got the rack
(free,
> > thanks Justin!) with a Compaq 3000 VAC UPS that runs for days with all
> this
> > gear on it:
> > http://jason.artoo.net/rack/
> >
> > Ok, I'm spoiled, I know. I'm trying to convince my boss to add a remote
> > power boot/switch and 2511 terminal server to the lab.
> >
> > If you can handle some more pics, you can see some other stuff I'm proud
> off
> > (family, firepit, and compost bins):
> > http://jason.artoo.net/2001-04-19/
> >
> > I gotta go add comments (cut'n'paste from this post will make it easy).
> > Man, I don't want to install FrontPage again... will I succumb to the
evil
> > that is Micro$oft?
> >
> > --
> > Jason Roysdon, CCNP+Security/CCDP, MCSE, CNA, Network+, A+
> > List email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Homepage: http://jason.artoo.net/
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