Re: AUX port suitable replacement for ISDN Sim?

2001-02-02 Thread Cthulu
Won't help with mastering ISDN, but certainly could be good practice for DDR concepts. Try this sample config at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/123/4.html HTH, Charles ""Albert Lu"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi all, > > I've been

Re: what is the average age of people in this stuff?

2001-02-27 Thread Cthulu
Some shoe polish to age up and down the scale may help. If you are perceived as too young, apply some white shoe polish around your temples, and then complain about the youth of today, and how, in your day, you were luck to have 16 bits to play with. If you are perceived as too old, darken your

ISDN and other TELCO topics... good source of info!

2001-01-06 Thread Cthulu
Hi, all, While searching for a supercheap ISDN simulator (haven't found it yet), I stumbled across the Adtran website, and found that Adtran has several nice primers on ISDN, and other telco topics. Go to: http://www.adtran.com/ and click "Technology Overview". I was impressed by the simple an

Re: Why dont I see SNMP discussion on this board ??

2001-01-07 Thread Cthulu
I'll start with the obvious: SNMP stands for Simple Network Management Protocol, which is a misnomer because it is not simple excepting for the fact that it has four commands I know of: set, get, trap, and the other one I forget. A better name would Tree-Like Database-Structure Underlying Manag

ISDN Simulator

2001-01-07 Thread Cthulu
Hi, all I know this has been discussed, and after spending my free time this weekend searching high and low for a reasonably priced ISDN simulator, I am forced to conclude there is no such beast. EBAY is a bust thus far, and the best price I have found is for a Teltone (www.teltone.com) ISDN

Re: MCNS and PIx

2001-01-11 Thread Cthulu
It does. ""ML"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 93jfh0$4e6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:93jfh0$4e6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Can anyone give me an idea if the MCNS course teaches PIX configuration or > if you have to take both the MCNS and Adv Pix? > > Thanks ML > > >

Re: CCIE Written, 2nd try

2001-01-11 Thread Cthulu
Why doesn't anyone take my advice, and NOT study for this exam? Try this: buy the Giles book, laugh, and then stick it on the top of your bookshelf, taking it down only to kill bees, nasty bees! Then buy Caslow's and Doyle's books, and that weird CD from Cisco with the movies, (as Jerry Lewis)

Re: ISDN Simulator (Original poster UPDATE)

2001-01-11 Thread Cthulu
>From our very own groupstudy site: http://www.groupstudy.com/links/autolink/generator.php?cat=products Thanks, Paul B.!!! Charles "Abu Salmaan Sheikh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Cthulu wrote: > >

Re: Boson vs. Colt ??????

2001-01-12 Thread Cthulu
Jennifer, Apologies for Mr. Skinner's personal attack; it was uncalled for, and I was angered when I read it. Please do not take Mr. Skinner's remarks to heart; after reading this message, you will feel some measure of sympathy for him. I recently tracked him to his current location at the Lo

Re: BOSON CRACK - Don't do it!!

2001-01-12 Thread Cthulu
Natasha, Ethics and honesty aside, that is a good point you made. Any yabob with access to BackOrifice and its components such as silk rope can very easily modify the executeable to perform certain tasks and to listen on certain ports. Thanks for reminding us about that. Charles "Natasha" <[

ISDN D channel packet switchin

2001-01-23 Thread Cthulu
Hi, all I am reading the 2nd edition of Caslow's book, and am on the ISDN chapter. In one sentence, he states that the D channel may be used for packet switching. I have read other texts that have said the same thing, but I have yet to find one that expounds on it. This seems quite contrary to

Re: ISDN D channel packet switchin

2001-01-23 Thread Cthulu
;Ganésh > > > >-Original Message- > >From: Brian Lodwick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 8:44 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Re: ISDN D channel packet switchin > > > > > >Cthulu, &g

Re: ISDN D channel packet switchin

2001-01-23 Thread Cthulu
results were??? http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/133/x25_dbchannel.html HTH, Charles ""Cthulu"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 94kmc4$jie$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:94kmc4$jie$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Brian, > > Thanks for keeping this thread alive

Re: ISDN D channel packet switchin

2001-01-23 Thread Cthulu
My last post on this, I promise! Very nice explanation and intro doc here: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/133/x25_over_isdn.html ""Cthulu"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 94kmc4$jie$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:94kmc4$jie$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Bria

Re: ECP for CCIE prep ?? [7:852]

2001-04-17 Thread Cthulu
Chuck, D**n it, you ruined the class for me... no brain dump!?! Oh, man, I will never pass now! LOL Seriously, do they give you any labs, references, manuals, etc. that you can take back with you and practice on your own, or is the Caslow book the only hardcopy materials you get out of the clas

Study Techniques [7:1033]

2001-04-17 Thread Cthulu
Hey, all, I was wrong in my previous posting... I actually have 4 months, not 3. This is a longish post, so delete if not to your liking. I'd be interested in hearing how others are preparing. Anyways, a friend (whom I call the Professor) and I are both preparing for the lab in lock-step (as

"Priority-queuing-weighted-fair-queuing" [7:1853]

2001-04-25 Thread Cthulu
Hi,all, I just finished Caslow, 2nd ed. In the chapter on queuing, he very briefly mentions a beast called "priority-queuing weighted fair queuing". The two alone, I get; however, I am unable to find any info on the Cisco site about the merger (if you can call it that) that results in "PQ-WFQ

Re: "Priority-queuing-weighted-fair-queuing" [7:1853]

2001-04-25 Thread Cthulu
===== > > > -Original Message- > > From: Cthulu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 4:01 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: "Priority-queuing-weighted-fair-queuing" [7:1853] > > > >

Re: AGS and 2500 router [7:4269]

2001-05-12 Thread Cthulu
You may also need to pop the hood on the AGS and ensure that you move the jumpers to set it to DTE or DCE as desired. Here's a starting point: http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/core/cisagspl/agscfig/34084. htm You can also do searches for DCE DTE jumpers AGS and find more infomrat

Re: OSPF process ID [7:5436]

2001-05-22 Thread Cthulu
Do you have any active (up/up) interfaces with an IP address assigned? Try creating a loopback interface, assign it an IP, and then re-try... HTH, Charles ""Brian Lodwick"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Well that is not the error message I got, mine said: >

Technology Religion (was Re: last word: UNIX guys look down on [7:6852]

2001-06-01 Thread Cthulu
Can we please kill this post?I frankly don't give two rat *sses whether UNIX is better than NT 'cause it has triple decker jet engines and a a self flushing toilet, or that NT can burp the alphabet while connected to a 2501 via token ring or that Cisco once gave Nortel a wedgie in grade school

Re: Comments on my Home Lab! [7:7108]

2001-06-04 Thread Cthulu
JC, Oh, boy, an opportunity for comment. OK, here goes: "Your lab dresses in the manner of a male prostitute." Kidding! Kidding!You need more routers, at least two with ISDN, and possibly token ring (and MAU). I would also look at getting an ISDN simulator... I bit that bullet recently,

Re: Cisco May Bid for Marconi [7:7024]

2001-06-04 Thread Cthulu
You know, that is the way business is done these days. 1. Fire 1/3 or more of your workforce due to a bad economy. 2. Shortly after, buy a competing company during bad economy. 3. Goto step 1. Charles ""KY"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Noted the officials

Re: Got A Side Job and am baffled by one client...... [7:9612]

2001-06-23 Thread Cthulu
Do it by the layers. 1. Check nic, cable, and other physical layer (1) issues. 2. Check layer 2 ( arp, mac, etc) 3. Check layer 3 (ping IP address , not host name, start with self, then local workstation, then server, etc). Ping local router, than ISP router. Once that is done, then try ping

Serial Patch Panel [7:24199]

2001-10-25 Thread Cthulu
Pardons if this has been posted and answered. I have been out of the group for a long time... I need to find a decently priced serial patch panel so that I can get away from recabling the routers each time I do my labs. Anyone have any good leads? TIA, Charles Message Posted at: http://w

Re: Router Flight Cases

2000-11-28 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
ws:8vsj17$jao$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hey Man isnt that my AGS, HA HA, I think I left mine back at the old site. > > ML > "Cthulu, CCIE Candidate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > 8vbhjf$84i$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:8vbhjf$84i$[EMAIL PROTECTED]..

Re: Headaches

2000-11-28 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
I used to get headaches due to the CIA beaming EMP at me. After I wrapped my head in aluminum foil, I eliminated the headaches and prevented them from erasing the configs on my AGS. Are you, by chance, close to Langley? On a more serious note, you may be more senstive to EM and RF than most fo

Re: CCIE R/S written exam Frivilous Reply

2000-11-28 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Eric, Don't study... studying is bad. My score was actually better when I didn't study. In fact, since we don't have a President, I am issuing a ban on all studying. Anyone reading this message must stop studying and go see Charley's Angles or Little Nicky. If Bush can declare himself Presid

Re: CCIE written qualification

2000-11-29 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Don't study for it. Just take it, and read the questions carefully. Actually, pretend that you have already taken it, and study for the lab instead, then when you feel ready, take the written. Since the lab is much harder, the written will be a breeze. Good luck, Charles ""Songbin Wei"" <[E

Re: Off Topic - Ask Miss Manners - Protocol and Behaviour

2000-12-06 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Chuck, Buddy, you don't need to stand on ceremony with me... geez! And calling me a guru too! High praise! Sure, I will be happy to sign your copy of Top Down Network Design, and that other book I wrote under the pseudonym, Howard Berkowitz. LOL All kidding aside, if I were the author in q

Re: ATM CONFIG

2000-09-14 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Gil, You did not give a lot of info here. What is between the sides; from your email, I got this picture: 7206 ATM-Interface <-->'ACE A RAD' 'ACE A RAD' <--> ATM-Interface Cat Switch What is that "ACE a RAD" thing? Is that your ATM switch?Are you le

Re: Help about a technical interview I had PLEASE!

2000-09-15 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
There is also the possiblity that the CCIE was testing you, to see how you would handle one of your fellow workers spouting wrong information. I have sometimes deliberately and incorrectly stated some wrong information to find out exactly how much someone knew about something, and how they would

Re: OSPF NSSA Type 7 LSA translated into Type 5 LSA

2000-09-17 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Define the NSSA area as NSSA. (on all routers in teh NSSA area; ABR router will do the magic). HTH, Charles More specifics: From http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/software/ios120/12cgcr/np1_c /1cprt1/1cospf.htm#xtocid1066410 Configure OSPF Not So Stubby Area (NSSA) NSSA area

Re: copy config answer who is John Galt

2000-09-20 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Ayn Rand: lots of whiney characters, "oh, the weight of the world is on me. boo hoo." Kind a pre-Woody Allen thing... ""Dale Holmes"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > That's correct... He is that putz from that idiotic book by the moron Ayn > R

Can I picks a PIX?

2000-09-20 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Hi, all, Sorry for the cutesy subject header. I just got aholt of a Pix firewall; t was laying the office and I stumbled over it on my way to the vending machine to pick up some Oreos. After I ate my Oreos (a little stale, thanks for asking), I realized that this was a Pix firewall! I am 100%

Re: Can I picks a PIX?

2000-09-21 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
(inside interface?) TIA, Charles ""Rodgers Moore"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 8qdh7m$94h$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:8qdh7m$94h$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Nope. Besides that would be contrary to good security policy. > > Rodgers Moore > >

Re: Bye

2000-09-21 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
John, Even though you have all the charm of a cranky pit viper with a thorn in its butt, I really wish you would reconsider your decision to leave the group. Your comments bring some relief from the tedium of studying, plus when you focus on the topic, I suspect that you can really provide some g

Re: US DOD. How do they do it?

2000-09-21 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
You have got to be kidding! What defence organization is this again? "Hi, I am friendly, please tell me your secrets! Also, can I have your credit card number as I have never seen a Visa card before?" Those folks that work in, for, around, over, under, and about DoD networks are sworn to prote

Re: US DOD. How do they do it?

2000-09-21 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
May I suggest that in the future you take better steps to cover yourself? Do you really work at SITA-Societe Internationale de Telecommunications Aeronautiques? Au revoir! Charles ""Cthulu, CCIE Candidate"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 8qeduj$3ss$[EMAIL P

Re: Can I picks a PIX?

2000-09-22 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
> Would you ever want a router interface to pick up an IP address via DHCP? > Why or why not? CR: On a real world, production network, no. However, in a lab setting, just for the heck and convenience of it, it would be cool to have the routers get an IP address always reserved for them from a lo

Re: OSPF AREA Confusion

2000-09-23 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
If I read your message correctly, you have: Internal Routers(2) Area 1 ABRArea0 ABR Area 2 Internal Routers(2) A router in area 1 now has a link to area 2 (in other words, it has an interface in area 1 and 2). What you want will happen automatically. Remember that OSPF enabled route

Re: US DOD. How do they do it? UPDATED

2000-09-23 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
d. > > Interestingly, there are some efforts underway (and some commands have > done > > it) to go on the economy for internet service since its very slow on > NIPRNET > > sometimes and we are charged from our budget for the bandwidth used. > > My disclaimer is that I don

Re: OSPF AREA Confusion

2000-09-24 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
d for calling me on it! Charles >From: "Edward Moss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "\"Cthulu, CCIE Candidate\"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: OSPF AREA Confusion >Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 19:05:36 -0500 > >I dont think the statement is q

Re: Archives down so I have a few questions regarding PIX Firewall

2000-09-25 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Archives down so I have a few questions regarding PIX FirewallJoey, I am looking for the same book, but have yet to find it. As you may recall from last week, I had a PIX firewall dropped in my lap gratis. Up to that time, I have had zero experience/exposure to the PIX, yet after a few days, I

Migrating from EIGRP to OSPF

2000-09-26 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Hi, all, Does anyhone have any links, documents, etc. about migrating from EIGRP to OSPF? Any gotchas in the process? Basically, I am looking for recommendations/comments on the most efficient way to do this such that the change is not visible on the network. Given that the AD of EIGRP is lowe

Re: ATM Config

2000-09-26 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Also, don't forget to ensure that PVC switching is configured correctly on the LS1010; Something like this on each LS1010 interface that the routers are connected to. atm-pvc 44 102 interface atm 1/1/1 200 This is the same thing you did with the frame relay route command. HTH, Charles ""sd

Re: Migrating from EIGRP to OSPF

2000-09-26 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > Cthulu, CCIE Candidate It's Not Dagon > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 11:29 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Migrating from EIGRP to OSPF > > Hey, Brian

Re: Migrating from EIGRP to OSPF - Bad News!

2000-09-27 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
ck Larrieu"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 006001c02840$5db16a20$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:006001c02840$5db16a20$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Well, I couldn't resist. I had the router pod set up for a RIP to EIGRP > migration test yesterday. I am not sure that the

IP Classless (from Q&A Forum at Cisco)

2000-09-27 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
I got this off teh Q&A forum, and thought the group would enjoy reading it... Question: What is the function of command ip classless in such a network OSPF is used as the routing protocol. Would it be possible to explain it by giving an example? Answer: The ip classless command makes the router

Re: Printing Flashcards

2000-09-27 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Title: Printing Flashcards Haven't tried them myself, but here are some...   http://www.rosecitysoftware.com/AcadFlashcards/     http://www.123flashme.com/   HTH,   Charles     ""Fowler, Joey"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message E37739B46CE9D311A76700508B6CAF293CA94E@CORN">news:E37739B4

Re: final thoughts - Migrating from EIGRP to OSPF ( new results )

2000-09-29 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
directly connected, Serial0 > O IA 192.168.1.0/24 [85/129] via 192.168.254.2, 00:01:23, Serial0 > O IA 192.168.2.0/24 [85/129] via 192.168.254.2, 00:01:24, Serial0 > O IA 192.168.3.0/24 [85/129] via 192.168.254.2, 00:01:24, Serial0 > Router# > > This is a lot cleaner than what I

Scripts!!!! and no budget!!!

2000-10-03 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Hi, all, I am currently on an interesting assignment where I have to pull routing information and address information off of about 200-300 routers or switches with router on a stick installed...without using ANY form of network management software, and using only USER level access. The informati

Guidelines for Deploying OSPF: Some structure to the design process?

2000-10-26 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Hi, all, What do y'all think about the following as a general rule of thumb for deploying OSPF? I pulled this information together from a variety of sources, including Cisco TAC, this group, and the vending machine man who gave me 50 cents back. I think following these guidelines would result i

Re: Guidelines for Deploying OSPF: Some structure to the design process?

2000-10-27 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Also, running other routing protocols and redistribution, distribution lists, access lists, static routes, etc. may also influence this up/down the scale. Otherwise, a good start... why haven't you gotten your CCIE yet if you are so smart? Flames to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HTH, Charles

Re: Need some guidance on OSPF Stub area, inverse mask and loopback

2000-10-27 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Daniel, With OSPF, if you can spare the addresses, loopbacks are always a good idea. 1) Stub areas do LSAs 1/2 internally, and do NOT get external routes (5) injected into them. ABR of the stub area will generate 3/4 for its area, stub or not. . 2) Good question! My guess is if the ASBR is

Re: My Layer 2 knowledge sucks

2000-10-27 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
I found Radia P's book to be a little whiney and dry. Try Virtual LANs: Construction, Operation, Utilization by Marina Smith, then if you are still thirsting for knowledge, try Radia P.Get the concepts with Ethernet, surely the easiest way to grasp L2 stuff, then you can master the concepts t

Re: BCRAN questions

2000-10-27 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
John, You are right about OSPF; I am OSPF obsessed this week, so did not pay much attention to the others. Charles "John lay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi Guys, > > > While I am studying for the BCRAN, I found the following question > w

Re: Guidelines for Deploying OSPF: Some structure to the designprocess?

2000-10-28 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
(snipped for brevity) The virtual vs. real Charles predates the OSI model, therefore can not be fit into any of layers. BTW, thanks for reply; I am trying to derive a formula for that will build the optimal OSPF design for whatever situation; such as (X routers) x (Y networks) + (Available C

Re: AGS+.....no console connection

2000-10-30 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
OK, My AGS+ arrives tomorrow; offhand, not having all the information does not prevent me from shooting off my mouth so here goes: >From Cisco: Either the console port or the auxiliary port must be connected to an asynchronous device in order to communicate with the AGS+. The console port is

Re: Calling all techies in New York

2000-11-02 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Um, Andi, This is a "Cisco" list; any "Cisco" stuff in this project? If not, then is just networking Windows PCs, hardly a challenging or interesting project for most of the folks on this list...I know I experienced QWERTY forehead when I read your post. If there is more to this project than y

The Cabinet Out of Space (need equipment cabinet recommendation)

2000-11-02 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Hi, all, Apologies in advance to HP Lovecraft for mangling one of his story titles in the subject header ;) As some of you may know, 10,000 pounds of my household goods arrived this week at my new home in Dallass, Texas! My new home is slightly smaller than my old one, and as a result,

Re: yourviews@skysports.com

2000-11-03 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Well, now that really sucks! I thought British football was like soccer, but apparently, Erriccson the cell phone company is going to Sweden to improve their British what the h*** are you talking about? Unless they are going to replace the leather sphere with a Cisco AGS in the game, and run

EIGRP over OSPF and BGP

2000-11-13 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Hi, all! By the way, thanks to all who wrote me about where to find a cabinet... got some good leads out of it! Y'all know how I love to post messages addressing weird situation and problems? Usually, it intrigues Chuck L., causing hiim to suspend his studies while he investigates what the heck

Re: EIGRP over OSPF and BGP

2000-11-13 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
vity > anyway, given that mess you have created in the middle! :-> > > Chuck > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > Cthulu, CCIE Candidate > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 5:15 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: Single area with large number networks.

2000-11-14 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
IMHO, B is the best answer as link failures in the area will cause recalculations. D is a possible answer; however, "excessive" is a subjective word: OSPF will generate the number of LSAs necessary to build its tables and the picture of the network: it will not go beyond the number needed to

Re: EIGRP over OSPF and BGP

2000-11-14 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Chuck, OH YES!! It's going to be a good day! LOL Your analysis of the serial/ethernet is right on: this is exactly what I had in mind. This is actually an idea a friend of mine came up with to link EIGRP over disparate and wildly varying routing protocols: he came up with 3 idea

Re: Rumor Alert - Lab Changes - WAS: Flame bait.

2000-11-14 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Song cue! guess who! all these rumors in my life got to take some time some time to get away LOL Charles ""Scott M. Trieste"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 8urngh$gd9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:8urngh$gd9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Chuck, > > Thanks for the heads up. > > -Scott > > ""Chuck L

Passed the written... again

2000-11-16 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Hi, all I took and passed the CCIE written exam again yesterday. I found out last week that I had to retake it in order to schedule my lab; the previous exam I took "expired" due to the time elapse. I did not study, so I can not recommend any reference materials, etc. I will say that since I

Re: Passed the written... again

2000-11-16 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
resented with - to > the sample questions at > http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/625/ccie/certifications/sample_routing.html > > > I'm assuming you tested for R&S, I hope I'm not wrong. (i'm new to this > list) > > > Brad Steinman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >

Re: R/S Lab Changes

2000-11-20 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
MPOA is still on the list of lab things to do and requires ATM LANE; therefore, even though ATM LANE has been removed, you'll still need to know it in order to do MPOA. Right? Any ATM masters that can contradict or support this assertion? Charles ""Don Snider"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in

Router Flight Cases

2000-11-20 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Hi, all, Y'all recall that I posted a few weeks ago for a router cabinet. Well, I got some good leads, and then my circumstances have changed...again. I will be spending alot of time in KC in a corporate apartment for the next 2-8 months, so rack mounting my routers at home won't do me any go

Re: Router Flight Cases THANK YOU

2000-11-20 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
I just wanted to publicly thank everyone that gave me such great leads and recommendations. Wow, great responses!!! Many of you recommended heading to the nearest music store, and there were an equal number of recommendations for www.cabbagecases.com and www.anvildealer.com. I will be makin

Re: access list editing

2000-07-24 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Hi, Ron, On Hyperterminal, set it to capture to a text file, then do the paste. You'll then have a log of everything that scrolls by. Flames to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charles "Ronald Rella" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi everybody. I won

Re: BGP minimum

2000-07-26 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Actually, I think it was Pikachu that said it to Meowth and Team Rocket when they attacked Ash. There is alot of ancient history, literature, and mythology in modern cartoons if you are familar with both. For example, I have always thought that Garfield was a modern rendition of Henry the 8th...

Re: Sysco cert question

2000-08-02 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Does that mean you use RIP rather than OSPF? Which of these is a liquor vector protocol, and which one is a drink state protocol? For SYSCO exam purposes, does OSPF stand for Oh S**T, Protocol Failure! Flames for my stale humor and crudity to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry! Charles ""Shawn T. Ca

Re: Ethernet Troubleshooting Woes

2000-08-11 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Do both the file servers adn the PCs use same the primary IPX frame encapsulation? Also, try this: Pick a PC, and patch it directly into the NIC of the server (that is, make a cross over cable, and path the drop from the PC to the drop for the server). You'll remove alot of factors from teh equa

Re: How to pronounce?l

2000-08-22 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Here's the way new Texans pronounce it... Tacacs = 'TIE- kax" RADIUS = "Ray Dee Us" HTH, Charles ""Victor Jia"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 8nvea4$noh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:8nvea4$noh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Can anyone tell how to pronounce the words TACACS, RADIUS? Anywhere can I

Re: Server Configuration Error.

2000-08-23 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Paul, We'll overlook it this time...just because you devote your time, money, and resources to giving us a place to come together and share information doesn't mean you can continue to make improvements that benefit us all! Seriously, I appreciate what you do you have helped create a great r

Re: Is there a command to view the OSPF entry in the user mode??

2000-08-23 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
What problem are you trying to solve? The short , by default, answer is that you can't: basically, you need to view the configuration, something that is normally reserved for enable mode. I am assuming that you do not want to use the various show ip ospf commands to reverse engineer what interfa

Re: Help -- How to load balance in OSPF environment?

2000-08-23 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
If you are hoping that 40% of the traffic will go over one interface, and 60% will go over the faster interface, OSPF can not do that (EIGRP/IGRP can with the variance command for unequal loading). However, OSPF will automatically load balance over up to 4 equal cost paths. You can set the OSPF c

Re: Questions on CCIE lab

2000-09-04 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Maybe! Maybe not! Check out: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/625/ccie/certifications/routing.html#4 ""Sharad"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi Friends > > I have a couple of questions about the CCIE lab tests. > 1) How is the Frame rela

Does it have to be 255?

2000-09-05 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Hi, all, I wanted to stimulate some discussion on subnetting here. I was playing around with subnetting today (I was not trying to solve any problem in particular). Anyways, on a router interface, I entered: ip address 192.0.0.1 128.0.0.0 The router happily took it. I could ping the inter

Re: ATM - LANE - LES SERVER

2000-09-05 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
The Charlie Answer: LEC: edge device such as a router with ATM interface. LES: registers clients and keeps a database of clients who have registered. 1 per ELAN. BUS: handles broadcasts, multicasts and "unknown" casts!!! 1 per ELAN. LECS: tells LEC what LES to use.1 per administrative d

Re: OSPF

2000-09-06 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
A WAN can be set up with one 1 area (or in your case, 2 areas). there is no requirement by OSPF that you use a certain number of areas. If you have more than 1 area, 1 of those areas must 0 as 0 is the backbone across which other areas communicate with each other. If you are asking if all the

Re: good source for ATM technology

2000-09-07 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Some good info can be found here: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/121/index.shtml http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/cisintwk/idg4/nd2008.htm There is not too much by the way of books for Cisco ATM; I think certificationzone is working on a whitepaper. HTH, Charles ""Rue Barb the

Re: what is dark fiber?

2000-09-08 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Actually, none of you are right! Here's the only correct and right answer: Dark fiber is when you poke an active SMF strand in your eye and blind yourself in at least 1 eye. Immediately after, you will stumble around in the dark, tripping over the fiber that blinded you, hence the term, "dark f

Re: Decreasing # of CCIE's Worldwide

2000-09-08 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Well, sometimes, it would be nice if that CCIE would put his Zodiac sign AFTER CCIE . I mean, it would make genuflection so much easier! It's nice to know that Cisco is dedicated to keeping the CCIE valuable in terms of technical prowess and marketability. I wonder if they will reassign the

Learning ATM via Frame Relay

2000-09-08 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Hi, all, I attended a Cisco ATM class a few weeks at Global Knowledge (top notch instructor, Mario Bigotti, ask for him by name). I not only learned ATM, and felt very comfortable.. I realized that my knowing frame relay, especially configuing my big *ss AGS+ as a frame relay switch, really he

Re: VirtualCircuit.com site and domain for sale 2k

2000-09-12 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Jesse, I'll give you 50 cents if you take that domain and stick (jet flies overheard). ...and don't send stuff like this to the group again! Love, Charles ""Brad Ellis"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 8pkcso$e7g$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:8pkcso$e7g$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > $5 > > -Brad > "

Re: cisco switches

2000-09-13 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Paraphrasing Blazing Saddles: "Dunno. Somethin' about where switch-switch go. Jason only pawn in game of life. " LOL, Charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > / > Jason is no average dummy. He's got a real live database providing support

re: Free Folio: IOS 12.0

2000-05-10 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Have your customer or mailer number ready. Cisco is gettin' tight with the lovin'! Flames to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charles -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Makarand Yerawadekar) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 4:59 AM Posted To: cisco Conversati

re: can NAT block DNS broadcast?

2000-05-10 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Microsoft sucks! Having said that, we need a little more information. 1. Are all your workstations registering dynamically with the Windows DYNAMIC DNS? Is the mail server registering with this DNS server (actually, this doesn't have anything to do with your problem, I am just curious). 2.

Webster's Dictionary: Network topologies,technologies, and types: what's it all mean?

2000-05-24 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Hi, all At the risk of touching off a word war here, I wanted to see if I could get some verification from the group. This is sort of a Howard B. question in that it has philosophical undertones. What I am trying to accomplish is to cement my understanding of the terms below. I have been

re: notebook PC as console

2000-05-26 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Mind the blimey wrap! This has a legacy parallel, 2 legacy DB serial port, and of course, USB. Should help! http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=1&Section _Id=35&pcount=&Product_Id=21004&Section.Section_Path=%2FUSB%2FHubs%2F# Also, remember that Windows NT does NOT

re: OSPF !!!

2000-06-15 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Elias, I am going to display my awesome lack of OSPF knowledge in public, so bear with me:) The ip ospf cost and ip ospf priority are interface specific commands: unless something drastic has happened at Cisco, you can not enter them under the ospf process configuration mode as implied here.

re: OSPF correction

2000-06-16 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
e router with the highest IP (router ID) address, this is another good reason to use loopbacks with OSPF. >From: "Cthulu, CCIE Candidate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: "Cthulu, CCIE Candidate" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject:

re: Help me catch a Hacker

2000-06-19 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Nabil, I did not bother to backtrack your message, and I am giving you the benefit of the doubt; however, your message has a distinct smell of salmon about it. Either that, or my paranoid sense is tingling (apologies to Spider Man). First: Get an UPS! Preferably one that you can lock. T

re: Difference between OSPF on NBMA Broadcast and Point-to-Multipoint?

2000-06-19 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Hey, Michael, Here I go again... Chuck, correct if I say anything wrong!!!:) I am quoting this from memory... OSPF modifies its behavior based on what it defaults to on an interface. For example, OSPF will default point to point over a point to point link (i.e. HDLC), and will not elect a DR an

re: OSPF !!!

2000-06-20 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Monday, June 19, 2000 9:12 PM Posted To: cisco Conversation: OSPF !!! Subject: Re: OSPF !!! Is there a way to force an election? I have the priorities set correctly as viewed in sho ip ospf nieghbor, however, the highest priority router is not the DR. ""Cthulu,

re: ACL Question

2000-06-26 Thread Cthulu, CCIE Candidate
Try this: Given: 172.88.99.0/32 You want to permit only even-numbered addresse and deny odd number addresses of the subnet ! The following line will permit all even numbered addresses. access-list 1 permit 172.88.99.0 0.0.0.254 ! The following line will deny all odd numbered addresses

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