Re: Notes on salaries [7:51052]

2002-08-09 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""Howard C. Berkowitz"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > At 6:02 PM + 8/9/02, Robert D. Cluett wrote: > >I like this statement > > > >"Times have changed, he said. Six years ago the technology was complex. > >Certification was important because it told an em

Re: CCIE Power Sessions [7:47966]

2002-08-10 Thread Chuck's Long Road
here it is once again. http://www.cisco.com/networkers/nw02/presos/pws/docs/PS-570.pdf another reason why one should save ALL of my posts. :-> Chuck ""Shahid Muhammad Shafi"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Recently someone post the exact link for 2002 CCIE Po

OT: GBIC's - Cisco and otherwise [7:51148]

2002-08-10 Thread Chuck's Long Road
I took a bit of a risk, and purchased some GBIC;s off That Auction Site. Of the four, three are Cisco branded, and the fourth is labeled "Agilent" ( used to be HP ) I had done a bit of investigation prior to purchase. I see that the Auction Site has listings for Agilent, IBM, and Extreme GBIC's,

Re: How to get the Cisco Doc CD [7:51164]

2002-08-10 Thread Chuck's Long Road
depends on what is meant by "technical documentation" the doc CD contains a lot of information, both hardware and software, for all the product lines. as an example, check out this link http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/core/7200vx/index.htm the doc cd contains al this as well as

Re: How to get the Cisco Doc CD [7:51164]

2002-08-10 Thread Chuck's Long Road
funny you should mention it - but mine just started acting up last week, and I have March 2002!!! the workaround is that when you get this link: http://127.0.0.1:8080/expired.htm you change the /expired.htm file to /home.htm and it works just fine. HTH ""Cisco Study"" wrote in message [EMAI

Re: every sub-area is same area number: was Re: two ABRs for a [7:51209]

2002-08-11 Thread Chuck's Long Road
nothing bad will happen unless you have overlapping subnets. idle curiousity - in a situation like this, why OSPF as opposed to EIGRP or RIPv2 or ODR, for that matter? ""bergenpeak"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Ran across some text in Doyle's V1 that confirms

OT: 802.1t extensions to spanning tree [7:51280]

2002-08-12 Thread Chuck's Long Road
Having done a bit of research here on CCO, I am curious about something. the information regarding number of vlans supported in the Cisco Products Quick Reference Guide seem to have been hastily done. For example, the 6000 series states 4000 vlans are supported, the 4000 series states 1000 vlans

Off Topic - First Look - Troubleshooting Campus Networks [7:51290]

2002-08-12 Thread Chuck's Long Road
Folks, it is always a pleasure to read a well written technical book, and Troubleshooting Campus Networks is no exception. Priscilla Oppenheimer and co-author Joseph Bardwell have created an outstanding book, one which will occupy a place of honor on my bookshelf, right next to Top Down Network De

Re: ADSL routers [7:51250]

2002-08-12 Thread Chuck's Long Road
define "full" the 827 can do many things, including 3DES and firewall feature set, but supports only RIP and EIGRP. no fun finding that out the hard way. :-> I like your idea about the 26xx with the DSL WIC. I've used the DSL WICs in production for customer networks ( on the 1720 series ) and ha

Off Topic: joint study of a particular topic - 802.1q tunnels [7:51309]

2002-08-13 Thread Chuck's Long Road
I'm looking to do some testing of 802.1q tunnels, and I find my humble lab is unable to meet the requirements. I believe I can accomplish what I want with 4x26xx or better routers (capable of 802.1q trunking on their Ethernet ports) and two Cat 3550 switches in a topology like this: router80

PING - Sacramento CA Cisco Study Group Info [7:51320]

2002-08-13 Thread Chuck's Long Road
any members here? anyone have an e-mail or a contact - I've misplaced / lost previous information I had thanks Chuck -- TANSTAAFL "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch" Robert A. Heinlein may his soul grumble in peace Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=51

Re: Off Topic - First Look - Troubleshooting Campu [7:51301]

2002-08-13 Thread Chuck's Long Road
; > > Larry Letterman > > Cisco Systems > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of > > Chuck's Long Road > > Sent: Monday, Au

Re: First thing I would do... [7:51304]

2002-08-14 Thread Chuck's Long Road
throwing money is the obvious and easy thing to do. OTOH, lots of businesses seem to have extra money, recession of no. Besides, what do you expect as a solution from the telcos? ;-> A comment of two below -- coming soon: www.chuckslongroad.info ""Chris Charlebois"" wrote in message [EMAIL P

Re: CCIE R&S Lab-books [7:51403]

2002-08-14 Thread Chuck's Long Road
yes - there are two of them - the Configuration Guide, and the Command Reference. They can be obtained for free from the Cisco web site. seeing as the switches have not yet been introduced into the Lab, it is unlikely that anyone has any clue as to what the new topology will look like. you may w

Re: BW Limit. [7:51407]

2002-08-14 Thread Chuck's Long Road
no problemo. your English is far better than any language you speak natively, I guarantee it! in any case, I've sanitized this one, but it is a working config at a live customer site: there is some good QoS documentation to be found on CCO, particualrly in the 3550 switch Configuration Guide, wh

Re: Cabling techniques between 4006 & 2550 [7:51411]

2002-08-14 Thread Chuck's Long Road
2950 switches? all Cisco GBIC's ( and in fact all GBIC's in general ) are SC connectors. there are such thing as SC-ST patch cables, in case your contractor terminates the fiber as ST. Multimode fiber has a distance limitation of 1800 feet or so. You can use LX GBIC's in conjunction with mode co

Re: BW Limit. [7:51407]

2002-08-14 Thread Chuck's Long Road
for that matter, your English is better than mine. I can't tell the difference between "you" and "I" below. I meant to say your English is far better than any second language "I" speak. sorry - did not mean to denigrate. Chuck -- coming soon: www.chuc

Re: Cisco "Franken" Pix Firewall [7:51412]

2002-08-14 Thread Chuck's Long Road
First of all, congratulations on your parlaying your experiment into a paying job. That's great!! Second of all naw I think I'll skip the "second of all" . I doubt that anyone wants to go down that "mine is better than yours" road again. Hope your story serves as an inspiration to jo

Re: Problem of using Cat.3500XL with Gigastack in spanning tree [7:51454]

2002-08-15 Thread Chuck's Long Road
Some comments below: ""dovelet"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi all, > > I have a question about Cisco Catalyst 3500XL switch with Gigastack in > Spanning Tree, and I hope someone can help me. I have a network like this: > > [Root] > SW1 - Gigastack (1)---

Re: Problem of using Cat.3500XL with Gigastack in [7:51454]

2002-08-15 Thread Chuck's Long Road
specifically. Use the "spanning-tree stack-port" command on the gigabit interfaces. There is mention of the introduction of a new switch in the documentation of this feature. CL: hope all is well n your neighborhood. These fires have been pretty scary to a lot of people. > > Prisci

Re: ATM Network Simulation [7:51319]

2002-08-15 Thread Chuck's Long Road
one smart alecky answer is yes - frame relay. Caslow calls frame relay the basis of understanding of x.25, ATM, and SMDS. Not that x.25 or SMDS are relevant any more. Although there are any number of particulars that are different, ATM fundamentals are exactly the same as frame relay fundamentals

Re: Autonomous System for EIGRP [7:51509]

2002-08-16 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""Thomas"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi All, > > For EIGRP routing protocol, it requires the Autonomous System number. Like > BGP, I am not sure if they have private and public range of AS that can be > applied to EIGRP? If so, what's the range for private A

Redistrution over NMBA thoughts [7:51532]

2002-08-16 Thread Chuck's Long Road
for lack of imagination, if nothing else, I'm spending this morning practicing redistribution over various routers connected via a frame relay cloud. nothing exciting, nothing new, but I wanted to refresh my memory on certain behaviours. so I have set up the classic cloud topology as appears in

Re: Switch plan [7:51476]

2002-08-16 Thread Chuck's Long Road
idle curousity ( I sure seem to be idle today :-> ) what is the single point of failure against which this switch redundancy is protecting? router failure? if so, if doesn't matter how many ports the router has connected to where. If the box goes down, the users are hosed switch failure? if so,

Re: eBGP vs. iBGP (confused; requesting clarification) [7:51558]

2002-08-17 Thread Chuck's Long Road
a comment or two below: ""Ather Iqbal"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hello group, > > Interior Gateway Protocols (IGP) are used to exchange routing information > with routers in the same autonomous system. Examples are OSPF, IGRP, EIGRP, > RIP (right ?). CL:

Re: bandwidth allocation problem [7:51565]

2002-08-17 Thread Chuck's Long Road
is this a technical question, or an ethical question? ""Deepak Achar"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > hi all > i have doubt > Suppose we have a leased line of 2MB bandwidth between say India and US. > The link is carrying more than 5 clients, using the concept

Re: what to put ???? [7:51574]

2002-08-17 Thread Chuck's Long Road
for those wrestling with the question of certification notations on resumes, how about this for a thought. In a section separate from experience, and separate from fully achieved certifications, a section titled something like: Certifications in progress: CCNP - BCRAN CIPT - Cvoice, DQoS etc e

Distribute-list gateway IOS command [7:51579]

2002-08-17 Thread Chuck's Long Road
Anyone have any information on this one. it appears to be an option. however, there appears to be no documentation regarding this. Router_4(config-router)#distribute-list ? IP access list number IP expanded access list number WORD Access-list name gateway Filtering in

Re: 2500 End-of-Life (CCIE Lab)? [7:51589]

2002-08-18 Thread Chuck's Long Road
I don't know this for a fact, but based on some things I have read in various places, I believe the CCIE Lab is considered a cost center by Cisco systems, and as such has to be run as a business, and show profit. I.e. for internal accounting purposes, the Labs themselves occupy space, and are cha

Re: static routing [7:51599]

2002-08-18 Thread Chuck's Long Road
other than the fact that dynamic routing is kewl, why do you think you need it? I doubt that Cisco is going to drop EIGRP any time soon. My understanding is that Cisco is not supporting IS-IS on any of the lower end switches, but that's a different story. ""Paul"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTE

Re: How to set default route in 3550 [7:51616]

2002-08-18 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""Johnzaggat"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi, > I am basically trying to do following from cat 5000 but instead do it on > 3550: Can any one tell me what would be equavalent commands: > > set int sc0 3 155.1.1.1 255.255.255.0 CL: there is no sc0 on the 3550 t

Re: VOIP ????? [7:51621]

2002-08-18 Thread Chuck's Long Road
hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!! After today's long wrestling match with distribute-lists, I needed a good laugh!!! :-> long live pointy haired bosses everywhere!!! 1) ip telephones will work just fine with a 2950 switch. But because the switch doesn't supply in

This evening's homily [7:51628]

2002-08-18 Thread Chuck's Long Road
Anyone on the list remember the nightly meditations that television stations used to do just before they signed off? After this weekend's long road, I think I'll begin a tradition. Today's meditation: distribute-lists are way more cool than you might think. also way more frustrating, given what

Re: 2500 End-of-Life (CCIE Lab)? [7:51589]

2002-08-19 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""Tim Ross"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Have you been shopping eBay lately? Our personal lab investments are already > trash. CL: all that means is that the lab rat pool has exceeded equilibrium, and that the supply of used stuff exceeds the demand of the ne

Re: 802.1x Security on a 3550 [7:51645]

2002-08-19 Thread Chuck's Long Road
the documentation says it's supported, but since I don't have the means of setting up authentication and testing, I'll have to take someone else's word for it. BTW, all you folks who were dancing in the streets at the announcement of the removal of IPX, IGRP, and Token Ring, hope you are reading

Re: Policy Routing Question [7:51689]

2002-08-19 Thread Chuck's Long Road
you pretty much understand how it works. You might be muddying the waters a bit by bringing BGP into the picture comment below: ""John Matney"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > I've been reading the Cisco CCN

Re: Practice Labs [7:51766]

2002-08-20 Thread Chuck's Long Road
Fatkid labs are definitely worth at least what you pay for them www.fatkid.com HTH -- coming soon: www.chuckslongroad.info ""Olatunde Kalejaiye"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi all, > > which practice lab out there is really worth the price tag attached to

Re: Silly distribute-list question [7:51771]

2002-08-20 Thread Chuck's Long Road
actually, this won't work at all, considering... -- coming soon: www.chuckslongroad.info ""Michael Williams"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hey. if I create a distribute list saying: > > distribute-list 10 deny 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255 access-list 10 de

Re: my posts [7:51786]

2002-08-20 Thread Chuck's Long Road
This question seems to come up often enough that it might be worth a public answer. John, I'm one of the moderators of the list. I use the newsreader access, and I saw your post hit the newsgroup at 2:11 California time. I know from long experience that it can take anywhere from a few seconds to

Re: Broadcast ports [7:51807]

2002-08-20 Thread Chuck's Long Road
interesting. not that I really WANT to get back into server stuff, but nevertheless. comment or two below: ""Elijah Savage III"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Not thinking clearly I was not thinking on my last question forget I > asked. I know I will have

Re: Broadcast ports [7:51805]

2002-08-20 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""Priscilla Oppenheimer"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > No wonder you are a bit lost. They aren't using our networking terminology > quite correctly. There's no such thing as a broadcast port and hence you > can't open it. Perhaps what they mean is that you need

Tonight's Homily - Distribute-list gateway [7:51814]

2002-08-20 Thread Chuck's Long Road
Another day on the Long Road. Another mystery solved. distribute-list gateway A search on CCO turns up only this link - utterly useless http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/ong/on_15300/ons15304/304cmr ef/33eapp.htm but persistence pays off. the command seems to behave the way I ha

Re: TTL decrement [7:51860]

2002-08-21 Thread Chuck's Long Road
Well, according to RFC, TTL decrement is 1 and that's the law. it doesn't mean some bad boys out there do things to make TTL adjustments possible. I checked the obvious suspect - route-map set statements - and did not find anything. I quickly looked elsewhere in the global config did not reveal

Tonight's Homily - Studying, Writing, and Teamwork [7:51886]

2002-08-21 Thread Chuck's Long Road
Slightly different points for tonight's closing thoughts. I'm hard at work writing a study guide for one of those places that sells certification training materials. As I work, I find myself thinking about all those training materials, all those study guides, all those books out there. As critica

VLAN Tunneling Practice [7:52053]

2002-08-25 Thread Chuck's Long Road
To bring this topic to a conclusion, here are the basic ideas for a vlan tunneling lab exercise Customer A and Customer B each use the same provider to carry network traffic between their respective sites. Necessary Equipment To properly perform this Lab exercise, the following equipment is req

Re: IOS SLB [7:52089]

2002-08-26 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""Brian Zeitz"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Is there any way to make IOS SLB work on a 3550? I think that if these > switches are going to be tested in the CCIE exam, they should allow the > feature to be used. Ill IOS SLB only work on a 6500 and 7000 series? >

Re: 2500 Memory Question. [7:52097]

2002-08-26 Thread Chuck's Long Road
z ""Robert D. Cluett"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > All, > > Am I reading this correctly? Is this stating that I do have 16MB Flash / > 16MB DRAM but need to unpartition the flash? If so, how do I unparitions > Flash Memory? Thanks in advance! Router_3(confi

Tonight's Homily - Test Writing and Preparing for Tests [7:52116]

2002-08-26 Thread Chuck's Long Road
This evening's study time was spent writing a Study Lab exercise. As some of you know, I'm writing a Study Guide for on of those places that sells study materials. Part of the deal is writing a couple of lab exercises so that those who plunk down their hard earned dough walk away with some sense

Re: No longer 4 digits [7:52146]

2002-08-27 Thread Chuck's Long Road
this topic of fascination for many often leads to a bit of confusion as well http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/625/ccie/ccie_program/ccie_present.html shows the number of CCIE's world wide as of 7/31/02 The first CCIE number issued was 1025. Over the years, some have retired, some have neglecte

Re: No longer 4 digits [7:52146] 2nd Terry Slattery quote [7:52161]

2002-08-27 Thread Chuck's Long Road
irst came out and about 100 of > > us took the > > test and only 2 passed. He chuckled stating his intention was to make > > it difficult so as to require studying. > > > > Dave > > > > Chuck's Long Road wrote: > > > > > > this top

Re: No longer 4 digits [7:52146]

2002-08-27 Thread Chuck's Long Road
of us took the > > test and only 2 passed. He chuckled stating his intention was to make > > it difficult so as to require studying. > > > > Dave > > > > Chuck's Long Road wrote: > > > > > > this topic of fascination for many often lea

Re: No longer 4 digits [7:52146] 2nd Terry Slattery quote [7:52173]

2002-08-27 Thread Chuck's Long Road
or and it was. Imran designed the orgianal program and it's our > > > guess he was the proctor for the 1st CCIE. > > > > > > Imran was pretty tough, I remember talking to him at networkers in > > > Denver when the CCIE recert first came out

Re: No longer 4 digits [7:52146]

2002-08-27 Thread Chuck's Long Road
2146] > > > > > > > > > > > > CCIE 1040 sits next to me and I asked him if Imran (sp?) was his > > > > proctor and it was. Imran designed the orgianal program and it's our > > > > guess he was the proctor for the 1st CCIE.

Re: No longer 4 digits [7:52146] 2nd Terry Slatter [7:52146]

2002-08-27 Thread Chuck's Long Road
gt; CCIE#5796 (R&S / Security) > Network Learning Inc > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.optsys.net (Cisco hardware) > Voice: 702-968-5100 > FAX: 702-968-5104 > > ""Chuck's Long Road"" wrote in message > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > >

Re: Help! Need advice on purchasing ISDN simulator... [7:52179]

2002-08-27 Thread Chuck's Long Road
shop around,. ask advice. caveat emptor. BTW - all you folks who sell equipment - please respond directly, and do not post to the list. thanks. ""scott chapin"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hello all - I need to purchase an ISDN simulator and I came across t

OT: CCIE Lab Speculation - CCIE List [7:52182]

2002-08-27 Thread Chuck's Long Road
I was just browsing the CCIE Lab list to see what was up. Couple of things - 1) the archive needs to be updated. The most recent post was early July 2) it was interesting to see the early comments on the 3550 switch. Having done a bit of reading and a bit of practicing, and having been through

Re: Online Labs [7:52185]

2002-08-27 Thread Chuck's Long Road
I see lots of people selling on-line lab access at That Auction Site ( you know the one I mean ) You may also rent a rack at the following places: www.ccbootcamp.com www.fatkid.com www.ipexpert.net www.gettlabs.com HTH z ""Rasman"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECT

Tonight's Homily - Lessons in Complexity [7:52191]

2002-08-27 Thread Chuck's Long Road
I was able to put the finishing touches on the lab exercise I have been writing for That Study Place. I had a momentary scare, because my final topic was a particular construction that has the look, feel, and taste of a CCIE Lab topic, so I thought it important to cover it in my own work. ( Note

Re: No longer 4 digits [7:52146]

2002-08-28 Thread Chuck's Long Road
rtification has lapsed and he's off doing something else. I > > > > > took > > the > > > > test > > > > > > > > > > from him in August, 1993 and became the second CCIE, #1026. The > > > > > lab > &g

Re: OT: CCIE Lab Speculation - CCIE List [7:52182]

2002-08-28 Thread Chuck's Long Road
first and foremost I am using the materials found at http://www.cisco.com/univercd/home/home.htm based on what I saw last time through, based on what a couple of recently successful people have told me, and based on what I am seeing as I study the 3550 documentation, I believe that my time is be

Tonight's Homily - QoS and The Long Road [7:52266]

2002-08-28 Thread Chuck's Long Road
And I do mean long. I printed out the QoS configuration guide some weeks ago, all 245 pages worth. Add to that the command reference, sitting in a box on the floor. Check the switches. Check the routers. Good to go. CCIE Lab not withstanding, QoS is looking more and more important to my customers

Re: 3550 and 3524 [7:52286]

2002-08-29 Thread Chuck's Long Road
The two switches are similar in command appearance, but way different in terms of functionality. Even a quick look at the documentation as found on CCO should tell you that. yes you will need eye time with the docs and finger time with the 3550 itself. There are far too many things different that

Re: CCIE Security Lab schedule FYI [7:52281]

2002-08-29 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""John Dorffler"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I thought I should share some info with the group, especially those > interested in pursuing the Security CCIE. I passed the written last week, > and the system finally updated last night so that I could register fo

Off Topic - Anyone on the list in Monterey, CA? [7:52314]

2002-08-29 Thread Chuck's Long Road
If you live / work in Monterey, CA, can you contact me off line please. thanks very much Chuck Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=52314&t=52314 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.co

Tonight's Homily - Other Important Things [7:52347]

2002-08-29 Thread Chuck's Long Road
Not much studying today. Work was more hectic than usual. After work a special treat. I had the privilege and pleasure of meeting and spending some time with another of the Groupstudy Gang. Over the past couple of years I've met some good folks through this list. Tonight was no exception. It rein

Re: ICQ and blocking the thing-PIX [7:52285]

2002-08-30 Thread Chuck's Long Road
In a complex organization ( complex not meaning size or number of departments, but in the way people need to work ) one might consider third party applications such as Web Sense. A couple of comments below: -- TANSTAAFL "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch" ""Roberts, Larry"" wrote in

Re: 3550 EMI [7:52430]

2002-08-31 Thread Chuck's Long Road
Having spend some time delving into the 3550 recently, I think I would be careful about getting sucked in by the mystique of L3 switching, and pay at least as much attention to a lot of the advanced L2 functionality. Things like VLAN tunneling, RSTP, etherchannel, fallback bridging all are fairly

Re: 3550 EMI [7:52430]

2002-08-31 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""Jim Brown"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Make sure you can enter some commands under the BGP process. Just defining > the process in the config doesn't mean the IOS supports it. > CL: good advice. on the 3550 there are lots of places where you can even enter

Re: 3550 EMI [7:52430]

2002-08-31 Thread Chuck's Long Road
It's probably worth a follow up post - I did post this earlier, but here it is again, from my employer's Cisco Account Team: begin previous post -- Finally, I got an answer from Cisco regarding BGP on the 3550 EMI. Here is the response given to me. Folks with other Cisco

Re: Views on Extreme networks? [7:52432]

2002-08-31 Thread Chuck's Long Road
Extreme is a large player in the service provider market. They also have a line of access switches. They are non blocking wire speed. Some of their low end line is L3 capable. One selling point is an "IOS like" CLI. I've been to a couple of their SE training labs. The stuff seems pretty nice. I c

Re: 3550 EMI [7:52430] - ungarbled reply [7:52450]

2002-08-31 Thread Chuck's Long Road
boy, did my last response get garbled. here is a re-post, with sufficient care taken that the newsgroup server should let it through intact. begin previous post -- Finally, I got an answer from Cisco regarding BGP on the 3550 EMI. Here is the response given to me. Folks wi

Router IOS Upgrade bug in 12.1 images [7:52489]

2002-09-01 Thread Chuck's Long Road
I've done this before, and it's not like it's real tough, but. I am trying to upgrade my IOS images. Neither the Router Software Loader, not the good old copy tftp: flash: is working. RSL gives me some odd message the copy function never asks if I want to erase the current image on the flas

Re: Router IOS Upgrade bug in 12.1 images [7:52489]

2002-09-01 Thread Chuck's Long Road
TECTED]... > Did you try booting directly to rommon and erasing the flash manually > first? > > Dan > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > Chuck's Long Road > Sent: Sunday, September 01, 2002 2:01 PM > T

Re: OSPF Loopback [7:52478]

2002-09-01 Thread Chuck's Long Road
a point-to-multipoint network is a different animal. The RFC requires that such networks be advertised as host routes. Check out RFC 2328 for particulars -- www.chuckslongroad.info still a work in progress, but on line for your enjoyment z ""Robert Mac"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">

Re: What IOS version tested in CCIE [7:52256]

2002-09-02 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""Brad Ellis"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > 12.1(5)T9 enterprise at the moment. > CL: I just finished a bit of research on CCO regarding IOS versions in general. Very interesting. It might be a good idea to check out the capabilities and make a detemination fo

Re: CISCO COMMAND CALLED "Tunnel" [7:52526]

2002-09-02 Thread Chuck's Long Road
check out the following: http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios121/121cgcr/dial _r/drdrtrvi.htm#1020188 watch the wrap interesting. thanks for pointing it out. Chuck -- www.chuckslongroad.info still a work in progress, but on line for your enjoyment z ""Eng. ABDALLAH

Re: which image for IS-IS? [7:52560]

2002-09-02 Thread Chuck's Long Road
I did a quick search using Cisco TAC's Software Advisor: http://www.cisco.com/kobayashi/support/tac/t_index.shtml requires CCO login and found no IS-IS on the lower end ( 16xx and 17xx ) that you mention on the 26xx series you need an Enterprise version or a Service Provider version, so far as

Tonight's Homily - QoS Study and Reflections [7:52582]

2002-09-02 Thread Chuck's Long Road
All in all a reasonably productive long weekend. Hope everyone's was similar. I've managed to get through quite a bit of the Cisco 12.1 IOS QoS configuration guide - 250 pages of well, that's tonight's homily. 250 pages of what exactly? Repetition. I wish I had a dollar for every time the d

Re: Failed in QOS :(( [7:52600]

2002-09-03 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""Ali Khalid Muhammad"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Dear All, > > I failed in QOS exam a few days back coz there is no specific book and as > well paper is new and no one around has taken it. So no idea about it at > all...I have already passed IP Telephony

Resolved: Router IOS Upgrade bug in 12.1 images [7:52489]

2002-09-03 Thread Chuck's Long Road
rc Russell > Sent: 03 September 2002 04:53 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Router IOS Upgrade bug in 12.1 images [7:52489] > > > Is your flash read-only? If so just change the config reg and reboot. > > Marc Russell > > > ""Chuck's Long R

Re: Router IOS Upgrade bug in 12.1 images [7:52489]

2002-09-03 Thread Chuck's Long Road
o relent and do it the hard way - not the way Cisco TAC documentation says, let alone the way I have used several times over the last few months. Good thing troubleshooting is not longer in the Lab - things like this are probably half the reason it was removed! :-> Chuck > > Marc Russe

Re: Router Sims [7:52439]

2002-09-03 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""Tribavan Raina"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > this link is not right avinash.,,would u post the correct link plz.. CL like the man says, it's a link for Cisco employees. on their intranet. > > > Tribavan Raina > > -Original Message- > From: Avinash

Tonight's Homily - Keeping an Even Keel [7:52651]

2002-09-03 Thread Chuck's Long Road
A look at the calendar shows me that I am 90 days away. A long time in some ways. Not much in others. With two Lab attempts behind me, I know all too well that ninety days is not much time. On the other hand, I'm a lot more juiced than before. With the announced removal of some of the trivia, I'm

Re: Help....with 3550 [7:52807]

2002-09-07 Thread Chuck's Long Road
the proper way to do this is to use the "archive" command. check out the documentation at: http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/lan/c3550/1219ea1/3550scg/sw iosfs.htm watch the wrap. this is one of the new ways of doing things. copy tftp flash will work, but then the image doesn't lo

Re: CCIE and voice. [7:52860]

2002-09-08 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""Howard C. Berkowitz"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > At 6:16 PM + 9/7/02, Casey, Paul (6822) wrote: > >Does anyone know the level to at which voice is tested to on the routing and > >swithing lab exam > >I have purchased some fxs cards and can do so much.. B

Re: Token Ring [7:53774]

2002-09-20 Thread Chuck's Long Road
May I offer an alternative explanation? I've done this once in a while myself. Perhaps you have accidentally plugged into either the "ring in" or the "ring out" port? Your router definitely will not like that. Chuck -- www.chuckslongroad.info A Great Man Passes ""Juan Blanco"" wrote in mess

Re: Off Topic - Quietest Cisco Switch [7:53800]

2002-09-21 Thread Chuck's Long Road
they're all VERY quiet when you unplug 'em! :-> seriously, I presume your home lab is not mission critical. Is there any reason it has to run 24x7?Turning things off, and powering up only when you want to put in some serious rack time ( as opposed to reading, then casually trying a couple of thin

Re: Which Version of ATM to Use [7:53737]

2002-09-21 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""nrf"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Let me just add that while I agree that things like LANE are dying, ATM over > WAN is an extraordinarily important service in the sense that WAN ATM, as > opposed to IP, actually generates profits (and significant profits at

Re: Prefix-list question [7:53806]

2002-09-21 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""JohnZ"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi group, > Can some one explain the difference between to two prefix lists below: > > ip prefix-list r4supernet seq 5 permit 192.100.0.0/18 CL: permits the single subnet 192.100.0.0 255.255.192.0 > > and > > ip prefix-li

Re: Mgmt Inteface - 3550 ??? [7:53813]

2002-09-21 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""Lown Steve"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I have been trying to establish the management interface for the 3550 in one > vlan, say 50 and trying to have connectivity with another vlan , say 60 , by > putting the interface vlan 50 in the same network and subnet

Re: Re: Certification [7:53666]

2002-09-22 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""Mark W. Odette II"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Yeah, but with Sylvan Prometric, and I suspect VUE also, you can't call > and ask about somebody else's info... it's called Confidentiality... To > verify a Cisco certification of someone, I would ask for their

Re: "expanded range" access lists? [7:53859]

2002-09-22 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""B.J. Wilson"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hey Spongebob fans - > > I've noticed a couple of "new" access-list ranges (1300-1999 and CL: works precisely the same way as access-lists 1-99 > 2000-2699), which may not be all that "new," but they're ones I'

OT: gigabit design possibilities [7:53862]

2002-09-22 Thread Chuck's Long Road
One of my coworkers was telling me about a project he is working on. We are positioning a gigabit service, which in this neck of the woods is a point to point technology. The customer has a giant hub site and several hundred remote sites, making provisioning somewhat problematic. Rack space, for

Re: token ring rj45 to db9 cabling [7:53860]

2002-09-22 Thread Chuck's Long Road
so far as I know, the connector is not "really" a db9. It is a token ring media filter Reading the unit I use, on the "db9" side, TX is on wires 5 and 9, while RX is on wires 1 and 6. On the "rj45" side, TX is indicated as wires 3 and 6, while RX is using wires 4 and 5. What happens between the

OT: Router as Frame Relay Switch - PVC types [7:53870]

2002-09-22 Thread Chuck's Long Road
anyone familiar with any nerd knobs when using a Cisco router as a frame-relay switch? My liberal use of the "?" has not revealed what I am looking for - to whit whether PVC type can be configured. I'm looking into frame relay QoS options, and my reading talks about PVC types ( FRF 3.1 or FRF 11

Re: "expanded range" access lists? [7:53859]

2002-09-22 Thread Chuck's Long Road
way towards explaining the attitudes of your ISP service desk ;-> > > Priscilla > > Chuck's Long Road wrote: > > > > ""B.J. Wilson"" wrote in message > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > Hey Spongebob fans

Re: Q of OSPF!! [7:53886]

2002-09-22 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""Rajesh Kumar"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi all, > > I read somewhere about the following questions in OSPF and couldn't get > an answer. I would appreciate if somebody could throw some light on this > : > > 1. Whats is the max. inter area summarization th

Re: token ring rj45 to db9 cabling [7:53860]

2002-09-23 Thread Chuck's Long Road
to > do with the circuitry. I can look in my Token Ring stuff, after I blow > off > the dust, if anyone really wants to know. Assuming I am remembering > this > right. I searched google using media filter token ring. A bunch of > sites > that sell these pop up. Just buy one. T

OT - ISDN viability - WAS: Re: VPDN - ISDN problems [7:53931]

2002-09-23 Thread Chuck's Long Road
I see more complaints / problems / issues with ISDN and DDR in specific and in general, in real world and in test situations. Idle curiousity. Is ISDN really viable in terms of reliability for DDR applications? In any number of mission critical applications, I have seen major vendors, major ente

Re: SIP vs H323 [7:53852]

2002-09-23 Thread Chuck's Long Road
""Priscilla Oppenheimer"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > In what ways was the SIP equipment better? The fact that it comes from a > "www/internet" IETF world, versus H.323 which comes from the ITU, wouldn't > necessarily mean that it's better. In fact, to make a v

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