RE: DTE interface on Frame Relay switch [7:4256]

2001-05-12 Thread Fischer Reinhold
Hi Thomas, i think it is not possible what you are trying to accomplish. You need one Router with at least two serial interfaces dedicated as the frame relay switch. So you need at least 3 Routers with serial interfaces to practice frame relay. Others please correct me if there is a trick to d

Passed the MPLS Exam [7:38556]

2002-03-16 Thread Fischer Reinhold
Hi all, i passed the MPLS Exam toward the CCIP/MPLS Certification last friday and want to share my experiencei with you: The exam has 66 questions, time is 2h15m. The exam topics published on the cisco website match very well the actual exam content. For preparation i have read some RFCs and d

RE: IOS Checksum checker apps [7:38555]

2002-03-16 Thread Fischer Reinhold
Cisco offers a 'more info' Link when you download the IOS image from CCO. It is the next Webpage after the FLASH/DRAM requirements are shown. On this 'more info' page there are different checksums for this ios image shown. For example the MD5 sum can be validated on Linux with the 'md5sum' command

RE: Finding a MAC address [7:38560]

2002-03-16 Thread Fischer Reinhold
The classic way is probably to check the bridge tables in the switches beginning with the switch where the router is connected and trace it down switch by switch until you reach either the host or a hub/repeater/unmanaged switch. I also lookup sometimes the vendor of the device from the mac-addres

RE: Passed the MPLS Exam [7:38556]

2002-03-16 Thread Fischer Reinhold
Larry Perdue wrote: > > Have you taken the Mcast+QoS (640-905) test yet? I plan on > taking it in the > next couple of weeks and haven't found much information on it > other than > what it is on the Cisco Web site. I was curious to know if it > is as hard as > it looks like it could be. > no,

re: Passed the MPLS Exam [7:38556]

2002-03-17 Thread Fischer Reinhold
Tom, i have only practiced MPLS in Frame Mode. 1x4500, 1x4700, 1x3600 as the Provider Backbone, and 4 small routers as CE devices. 2 Backbone routers ('PE') should also do the job but with a third as a pure 'P' router it gets more realistic (no BGP needed on the P router, is not aware of custome