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

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: CCIE written qualification

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: CCIE R/S written exam Frivilous Reply

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: Headaches

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: Router Flight Cases

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: Router Flight Cases THANK YOU

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

Router Flight Cases

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: R/S Lab Changes

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

Re: Passed the written... again

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] > >

Passed the written... again

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

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

Re: EIGRP over OSPF and BGP

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: Single area with large number networks.

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

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] >

EIGRP over OSPF and BGP

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: yourviews@skysports.com

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

The Cabinet Out of Space (need equipment cabinet recommendation)

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: Calling all techies in New York

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

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

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

(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: BCRAN questions

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: My Layer 2 knowledge sucks

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

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

""Cthulu, CCIE Candidate"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 8t9ukm$ba0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:8t9ukm$ba0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi, all, > > What do y'all think about the following as a general rule of thumb for > deploying OSPF? I pulled thi

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

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

Scripts!!!! and no budget!!!

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

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

Bless you, Chuck! When the Old Ones return, you will spared! Seriously, many thanks for this thread and your extensive experimentation... I am now much smarter for it!! Charles ""Chuck Larrieu"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 00a501c029d4$097bfca0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:00a501c029d4$0

Re: Printing Flashcards

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: Migrating from EIGRP to OSPF - Bad News!

almost always be inserted in the table even if EIGRP is advertising the same network and has a lower AD. HTH, CHarles >From: Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Chuck Larrieu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >CC: "Cthulu, CCIE Candidate It's Not Dagon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

IP Classless (from Q&A Forum at Cisco)

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: Migrating from EIGRP to OSPF - Bad News!

254.4/30 is directly connected, Serial1 > D 192.168.254.0/24 is a summary, 23:15:36, Null0 > D 192.168.254.0/30 [90/2681856] via 192.168.254.5, 23:15:35, Serial1 > C192.168.1.0/24 is directly connected, Loopback1 > C192.168.2.0/24 is directly connected, Loopback2 > C

Re: Migrating from EIGRP to OSPF

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: ATM Config

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

Hey, Brian, Thanks for the info. I have some comments/clarification. >EIGRP carries a lower administrative distance vs. EIGRP. CR: You mean EIGRP (90) has a lower AD than OSPF (110)? So you can >basically turn up OSPF on your routers, and then when it all looks kosher, >what I would do is r

Migrating from EIGRP to OSPF

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

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

Re: OSPF AREA Confusion

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: US DOD. How do they do it? UPDATED

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

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: Can I picks a PIX?

> 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: US DOD. How do they do it?

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: US DOD. How do they do it?

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: Bye

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: Can I picks a PIX?

(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 > >

Can I picks a PIX?

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: copy config answer who is John Galt

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

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

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: Help about a technical interview I had PLEASE!

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: ATM CONFIG

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: cisco switches

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: VirtualCircuit.com site and domain for sale 2k

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 > "

Learning ATM via Frame Relay

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: Decreasing # of CCIE's Worldwide

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

Re: what is dark fiber?

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: good source for ATM technology

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: OSPF

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: ATM - LANE - LES SERVER

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

Does it have to be 255?

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: Questions on CCIE lab

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

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

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

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: Server Configuration Error.

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: How to pronounce?l

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: Ethernet Troubleshooting Woes

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: Sysco cert question

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: BGP minimum

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: access list editing

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: Sample Question Question

s in a few weeks. My new contributing address will still appear as "Cthulu, CCIE Candidate", but will be homed on [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( I don't know why, but the works of H.P. Lovecraft seem appropriate literature for studying Cisco...is that just me?) Take care, Charles -O

re: ACL Question

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

re: OSPF !!!

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

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: Help me catch a Hacker

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: OSPF correction

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: OSPF !!!

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: notebook PC as console

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

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

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: can NAT block DNS broadcast?

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.

re: Free Folio: IOS 12.0

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