I agree with Carroll, I have been predominantly MS and Novell, but have started to learn Linux. It isn't hard if you have a good grounding in Networking/IP/Network OS's. It is just a matter of finding/learning the commands. Another beauty of a *nix box; you only need two cables for it, power and network. Forget screen, keyboard, mouse... Symon -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Carroll Kong Sent: 31 July 2001 00:32 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Tacacs+ for home Use? and Passed CCIE written today [7:14288] At 06:40 PM 7/30/01 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy Ouellette) wrote: >Hello all. I just passed my CCIE today (very happy). I was not as >difficult as I expected (possibly over studied for it, if that's >possible). Anyways, I am about to embark on the long journey to >complete the CCIE by taking the lab. I have my own home lab and I was >wondering if there is a free version of Tacacs+ out there? I know >cisco has a Unix version they supply but I don't run Unix here at home >(win2k for my lab) and I was wondering if anyone could help. Thanks >for your time! > >Tim Congratulations on passing the CCIE Written! I guess you might be out of luck. Here are some of your options a) continue searching for a free version of TACACS+ for Windows. b) Buy Cisco Secure ACS. c) Get an old machine and install Linux, Solaris x86, FreeBSD, NetBSD, or OpenBSD and grab tacacs+ from http://www.gazi.edu.tr/tacacs/ d) Port the code yourself from Unix to Windows. Obviously there is a certain time host inherent to the last three options. You should certainly weigh out the costs, as ALL of the options have an inherent cost to it, even a). Personally, I think learning Unix is not so bad (maybe I am biased after all of these years) and may only take perhaps a week of your time (if you are a fast learner, one day) if you want to just get TACACS+ on it. You can consider multi-booting, but then you will have to take out more time to make sure you do not fry your machine. I hope you do know a lot about partitioning on x86 hardware. :) It honestly is not that bad, win2k's bootloader is quite friendly with booting the unices. On the side, I do not think TACACS+ is a requirement for the lab. Not that it is a good reason to not learn TACACS+. Every CCIE should learn that eventually, on at least one platform. If you install FreeBSD, you may run into issues compiling the code, I patched it so it can work on it. (not as hard as it sounds, only a small line change). If you choose that route, I can help you patch the code so it will compile on FreeBSD. Good luck! -Carroll Kong Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=14407&t=14407 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
