Re: Tacacs+/Radius

2001-01-29 Thread John Nemeth
On Jun 21, 5:24am, "Kevin Wigle" wrote: } } Our lab tech is really an anti-NT type of guy. He doesn't want any } production servers using NT. My type of guy... } And he also would prefer Radius over Tacacs+. Does anyone have a source of } freeware Radius for unix? His preferred platform

RE: Resume Length (was: Certifications on resumes)

2001-01-29 Thread John Nemeth
All you people should bickering about resumes should go and read everything there is at http://www.asktheheadhunter.com/ . Resumes are irrelevent! _ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Non

Re: BPX going out of style?

2001-02-10 Thread John Nemeth
From what I see, there seems to be a lot of emphasis on GigE and the very rapidly upcoming 10GigE combined with QOS now adays. ATM really doesn't seem to work that well with data (TCP/IP) and has a very high overhead. Ethernet is getting fast enough that when combined with QOS it can easily

Re: VLANs on Catalyst 1900 Switches

2001-02-13 Thread John Nemeth
On Jun 28, 11:46am, Tom Lisa wrote: } } It sounds like your switches are configured for bridge groups rather than VLANS. This } can be reset by going to the Main Menu and selecting S (System Sub-Menu). Then select } option T (Reset to VLANS) to enable VLAN configuration. Option T changes to

Re: BPX going out of style?

2001-02-14 Thread John Nemeth
On Jul 3, 3:55am, "Howard C. Berkowitz" wrote: } } Photonic switching, where traffic is rerouted based at the high-speed } stream level rather than the packet or cell level, isn't here in } production, but it is coming rapidly. Photonic switching will } complement, not replace, routing. Ple

Re: BPX going out of style?

2001-02-14 Thread John Nemeth
On Jul 6, 1:28pm, "Brian Lodwick" wrote: } } I have heard many tales of how ATM will explode soon, will be partenered } perfectly with DSL, and everyone will implement it, but I just haven't seen } it. I like the idea of improving technologies your engineering and support } staff are familiar

RE: VTY LINES NON EXISTENT!!!!

2001-02-14 Thread John Nemeth
On Jul 6, 7:16am, "Leigh Anne Chisholm" wrote: } } You'll notice that when you access your Catalyst switch via the console } port, that without issuing any sort of password, you're immediately able to } access several commands on the switch -- you've immediately got access to } "user mode". In

Re: alternative to Cisco routers

2001-02-14 Thread John Nemeth
On Jul 6, 12:56pm, "Howard C. Berkowitz" wrote: } } I am having this horrible pang of sympathy, then, trying to picture } you making a very reasonable demand of the TAC to escalate the } problem. Let's put it this way. Legal Seafoods, one of the best } chains (admittedly small--Massachusetts

Re: alternative to Cisco routers

2001-02-14 Thread John Nemeth
On Jul 6, 12:09pm, "Howard C. Berkowitz" wrote: } } To be honest, I hate to see product bashing on this list. I cringe } when I see people starting out with "I have this bug in my production } network." My first reaction is "and what did the TAC say about it?" } } If the response is "I don't

Re: alternative to Cisco routers

2001-02-14 Thread John Nemeth
On Jul 6, 4:09pm, "Howard C. Berkowitz" wrote: } } >This is all well and good for the big time players, ISPs, big corps } >yadda yadda yadda, and companies with cash to burn like so much old toilet } >paper. The Small and Midsized Business market (SMB) almost always can } >accomplish what they wa

Re: alternative to Cisco routers

2001-02-14 Thread John Nemeth
On Jul 6, 4:37pm, "Mask Of Zorro" wrote: } >From: "Howard C. Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> } >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] } >Subject: Re: alternative to Cisco routers } >Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 21:34:15 -0500 } > } > >This is all well and good for the big time players, ISPs, big corps } > >yadda yadda

Re: alternative to Cisco routers

2001-02-14 Thread John Nemeth
On Jul 6, 2:30pm, "dre" wrote: } } I disagree, Linux is a bad choice! A Cisco 3640 } router would cost about the same and I'd like to see Gee, I'd sure like to know where you get your routers... } you get a full BGP table with Linux for the same } hardware cost. plus, linux doesn't have

Re: CCIE R&S Going to be Replaced..!!

2001-02-14 Thread John Nemeth
On Jul 6, 7:38pm, "Rodgers Moore" wrote: } } Witches or not, think about this. Cisco is end of lifing the 2500 series } this year. So it is reasonable to expect that all of the routers in the lab Hmm, I haven't heard this. But, it doesn't surprise me. I thought these things should have

RE: alternative to Cisco routers

2001-02-14 Thread John Nemeth
On Jul 7, 4:07am, "Fowler, Robert J." wrote: } } However it might be a good choice for someone who is building a home lab. It } is much cheaper to piece together some computers and throw zebra on it than } to buy several routers. I've never used Zebra but it sounds like if you had } some existin

Re: alternative to Cisco routers

2001-02-14 Thread John Nemeth
On May 31, 7:43pm, anthony kim wrote: } --- "Howard C. Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: } > >paper. The Small and Midsized Business market (SMB) almost always } > can } > >accomplish what they want with free Unix or Linux for layer 3 and } > >cheap stackable switches with or without 802.1q s

RE: alternative to Cisco routers

2001-02-14 Thread John Nemeth
On May 31, 8:23pm, anthony kim wrote: } --- John Nemeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: } > On Jul 7, 4:07am, "Fowler, Robert J." wrote: } > } } > } However it might be a good choice for someone who is building a } > home lab. It } > } is much cheaper to piece to

Re: alternative to Cisco routers

2001-02-14 Thread John Nemeth
On May 31, 9:53pm, anthony kim wrote: } } Intersting thread. I didn't know cisco defined a small business so } strictly. Is that an exam question? :) It came from the SMB sales essential course, which is a reseller course. However, it closely co-incides with other definitions I've seen. }

RE: alternative to Cisco routers

2001-02-14 Thread John Nemeth
On May 31, 9:58pm, anthony kim wrote: } --- John Nemeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: } > } } > } Is a real router a device which routes layer 3 packets? Or a } > device } > } "specifically designed" to route layer 3 packets. Your statement } > } implies the latte

RE: Hub-to-Switch connection problem

2000-12-01 Thread John Nemeth
On Apr 23, 3:52am, Mayo Joseph W CONT NSSG wrote: } } The hub and switch are both at the same OSI layer 2. The rule is still } correct. Really!?! When did hubs get promoted to layer 2??? Hint, a hub simply amplifies and repeats the analog signal on the wire with no knowledge of how t

Re: Hub-to-Switch connection problem

2000-12-01 Thread John Nemeth
On Apr 23, 2:06am, "Bradley J. Wilson" wrote: } } The users who were directly connected to the switch had no problem accessing } the network and Internet. The users on the hub were dead in the water. We } tried swapping out the cable between the hub and switch, tried plugging } either end into

RE: eXtreme ,juniper, Foundary and Cisco

2000-12-12 Thread John Nemeth
On Mar 29, 10:18am, Brian wrote: } } We had a need to upgrade our workcloset switches. } } We needed 72 10/100 ports, gigabit capibility, dual power. } } Cat 5000, 3 24 port 10/100 blades, gigabit, Supervisor, and dual power, } came to like $65000 or some crazy number like that. total switch f

RE: A question

2001-01-06 Thread John Nemeth
On May 28, 9:48am, "Howard C. Berkowitz" wrote: } >Chuck Larrieu mentioned, } } >I believe the 169.250.0.0 is a Microsoft reserved address. Microsoft, if } >memory serves, uses it in conjunction with their automatic network } >configuration A search of the RFC's did not reveal anything. } } As

RE: A question regarding private addressing

2001-01-06 Thread John Nemeth
On May 28, 10:03am, Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: } } Microsoft stole this from AppleTalk. Ironically, Apple doesn't care and in MS made a draft RFC about it, which has expired, and there is a new draft by Apple (see my previous note). } fact has been using the Automatic Private IP Address

RE: A question regarding private addressing

2001-01-06 Thread John Nemeth
On May 29, 5:24am, Craig Columbus wrote: } } OK. I can accept that Microsoft (or Apple for that matter) would do } something like this and then expect the world to revolve around Actually, as Howard mentioned, neither of these companies initiated the protocol, but that's a minor point.

RE: CCNP Security

2001-01-07 Thread John Nemeth
On May 30, 1:15am, "Chuck Larrieu" wrote: } } In terms of the access list parts, I still believe that the Gild Held / } Keith Huntley book Cisco Access List Field Guide is an excellent source. } Hhmmm. can't find it on Amazon. Out of print? Bad news! Really?!? I found it pretty muc

RE: crossover or straight cable?

2001-01-17 Thread John Nemeth
On May 3, 7:42pm, Sampy Ren wrote: } } The rule to follow about cross-over or straight } cabling confusion is this : } } If you are connecting same layer devices, use a } cross-over cable (as in switch to a switch-layer 2 to } layer 2 or a router to a router -layer 3 to layer 3). } } If you are

Re: Remote Telnet access via dial-up

2001-01-19 Thread John Nemeth
On Jun 10, 11:13am, Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: Yes. I would have the head of anybody that tried that stunt. At the very least, he should have been using ssh. However, even that would have been dicey. As far as the lack of an analogue phone line, that problem is easily solved (depe

Re: Seally Question!!!!

2001-01-19 Thread John Nemeth
On Mar 15, 10:37am, "Joseph Kiang" wrote: } } What's the difference between NetBIOS and NetBEUI??? NetBIOS is a networking API, similar to Berkeley sockets and winsocks. It is approximately layer 4. NetBEUI is a networking protocol. It is a very simple one where hosts are identified by 14

Re: Seally Question!!!!

2001-01-19 Thread John Nemeth
On Jun 11, 12:14am, Adam Hickey wrote: } } A little further clarification. } } NetBEUI is a networking protocol which uses NetBIOS at its core. Thus its } name is an acronym for NetBIOS Extended User Interface. Usually I think of "core" as being the innermost or lowest layer of somethin

Re: Sprint wire management class

2000-09-15 Thread John Nemeth
On Feb 4, 3:16pm, "Richard A. Holland" wrote: } } So the instructor proceeds to talk a bit about networking, and refers to } Toke Ring as 802.4. 802.4 Is token passing using a bus topology, yet he } refered to 802.4 as token passing in a ring. Anybody else take classes from } "leading vendors o

Re: Why 8 wires in RJ-45?

2000-09-20 Thread John Nemeth
On Feb 8, 5:12pm, "CCIE TB" wrote: } } In TP cables we have eight wires. Only four are used. Why we need the other } four. The same thing applies to DB-25 and other types of cables. We don't } use all of the wires. Why? Because the standard actually comes from the telephony industry, whe

RE: cross-over roll-over : Here is THE simplest rule

2000-11-09 Thread John Nemeth
On Mar 8, 3:01am, Bernard wrote: } } The rule is: } connecting devices of the same OSI layer, use cross-over cable. } connecting devices of different layers, use straight through. Hubs are at layer 1 and switches are at layer 2. If you're connecting a hub to a switch, you need to use a cro

Re: CCIE 350-001: prep kit question.

2000-11-09 Thread John Nemeth
On Mar 8, 5:00am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: } } CCIE 350-001: prep kit } } page 332 "netBIOS is not routable, but NetBEUI is" } } Is this right? I thought that NetBEUI was unroutable? No. First off, NetBIOS is not a network protocol, it is an API (i.e. a way for an application program t

Re: NT1 needed

2000-11-09 Thread John Nemeth
On Feb 5, 4:46am, Brian wrote: } } Does anyone know of an NT1 model that will allow the connection of 2 S/T } interfaces (2 different routers) so that each can use a single chennel of } the single ISDN line connected to it (like a splitter). The S/T bus is a parallel bus. You can connect

Re: NT1 needed

2000-11-09 Thread John Nemeth
On Apr 1, 3:29am, "Mike Momb" wrote: } } I have seen this done where six ISDN phones were connected to a BRI but only two could be used at one time. Yes, that is because there are only two B channels. } >>> John Nemeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/09 5:34 AM >&

Re: happy independence day

2000-07-14 Thread John Nemeth
On Nov 24, 10:48am, "Oladele Ayuba" wrote: } } I'm in Nigeria but I was really expecting to see a lot of Independence day } posts! The same thing that happened to engineers in school (college) is Silly question, but considering that Independence Day posts are grossly off topic for this

Re: Layer 3 VS. Layer 2

2000-07-14 Thread John Nemeth
On Nov 24, 3:40pm, Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: } } And don't forget Layer 1 switching (sometimes called routing)! ;-) See } http://www.techreview.com/articles/july00/fairley.htm for a well-written } article on optical switching. The information I've gotten on this to date, called it "lam

Re: Deferred Packets

2000-07-18 Thread John Nemeth
On Nov 3, 5:28am, Erick wrote: } } > On a 10-half ethernet connection between two } > routers, we are seeing deferred } > packets happening as well as the normal usual } > collisions. Are deferred } > packets just normal as well? Is it expected in } > ethernet media? Thanks in Yes, it is no

Re: Windows based sniffer

2000-07-19 Thread John Nemeth
On Dec 5, 3:23am, Oscar Rau wrote: } } I am looking for a good windows based sniffer. I heard about Network Generals } sniffer but I could not find the link to it. If you have the URL, would you please } pass it on to me? If there other good sniffer products please let me know. It would be

Re: Deferred Packets

2000-07-25 Thread John Nemeth
On Nov 3, 10:39am, Erick wrote: } Subject: Re: Deferred Packets } > } > } Defered packets occur when the ethernet is too } > busy } > } and the interface can't put the packet out on the } > } wire, so the packet is dropped. This is normal. I } > } > Bzzt, wrong! The packet isn't dropped, i

RE: TCP

2000-07-25 Thread John Nemeth
On Dec 9, 4:01am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: } } Pls. elaborate your point of view It is not a "point of view", but rather part of the TCP spec. You asked what happens to the original piece of data when a duplicate arrives due to the lose of an acknowledgement packet. The short answer is th

RE: Deferred Packets

2000-07-25 Thread John Nemeth
On Dec 9, 7:30am, "Ruslan S Tchinyakov" wrote: } } Packets are counted to be deferred are due to } 15 successive collisions to happen after first send attempt- } the CSMA/CD algorythm version used propose the cut of the back off The first two letters here stand for "Carrier Sense". That me

RE: Deferred Packets

2000-07-25 Thread John Nemeth
On Dec 9, 6:25am, Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: } } This means that it's kind of a useless statistic since deferring because } the medium is already in use is absolutely normal on a shared and/or } half-duplex Ethernet. The threshold where it would be considered abnormal I don't know if

Re: Hang on Cisco Documentation

2000-07-26 Thread John Nemeth
On Dec 9, 5:49pm, "myccie Lian" wrote: } } My PC is Win98 after I installed cisco documentation CD and launch CD. } Sometimes it works that I can access the CD but sometimes when I click } on a } link it appear "Connect: host 127.0.0.1:8080 contacted. Waiting for } reply". } It hang there forev

CPA-2509 (2nd try)

2000-08-14 Thread John Nemeth
I have an opportunity to pick up a CiscoPro 2509. I have physically examined it, but I haven't fired it up yet (I will try to do that soon). The box contained router, power cord, console cable, and docs. This one had the funny multiport plug for the async ports, but didn't include any seri

RE: Great book!

2000-08-17 Thread John Nemeth
On Jan 6, 3:48am, "Sean Odom" wrote: } } The Cisco recommendations are really for medium to large organizations. My } recommendation for a hundred users (not knowing what the future expansion } plans hold are Yes, exact recommendations would definitely depend on future expansion plans.

CCDA study site

2000-08-23 Thread John Nemeth
Does anybody know what is happening with the CCDA study site at http://216.98.236.26/courses/cisco/pdt/ccdastudy/home/home.htm I haven't been able to access it for a couple of weeks and I'm only half way through it. I have read TND, but I want something that is a bit more exam oriented now

Re: Win2k SNMP Traffic

2000-09-08 Thread John Nemeth
On Jan 27, 2:53pm, Deepak Sharma wrote: } } [gibberish snipped] } } So is there any way i can block SNMP traffic on win2k professional from } the routers..cause i still wanna see the pdc and bdc's.but this } is not too important...I just REALLY need to stop those win2k machines } from ap

Re: NAT for ISPs

2000-06-07 Thread John Nemeth
On Oct 28, 6:40am, "Howard C. Berkowitz" wrote: } } Current IP address allocation from ARIN assumes that ISPs will use } private addressing and NAT for single-homed customers. They are } reasonable about exceptions, such as protocols that won't work } through NAT, but the exceptions need to b

Re: ATM

2000-06-07 Thread John Nemeth
On Oct 29, 6:28am, "Mark Holloway" wrote: } } You honestly think ATM is going to take over Gigabit? ATM had its chance in I don't think it has a chance. } business. ATM on the WAN is still growing rapidly, but ATM on the LAN is Actually with technologies such as 10GbE (expected in

Re: Making a switch behave like a hub

2000-06-16 Thread John Nemeth
On Nov 2, 1:40am, "Howard C. Berkowitz" wrote: } } More complex: what problem are you trying to solve? Even in a hub, } the bits that come in on one port are not the same physical bits that } exit on another port. They will be regenerated, so it's arguable if } the frame changes or it's sim

Re: Off Topic Is Star Trek Transport UDP or TCP? WASRE: Making a switch behave like a hub

2000-06-24 Thread John Nemeth
On Nov 7, 4:12am, "Chuck Larrieu" wrote: } } I've often wondered if a molecule or two get lost along the way? Imagine the } error checking routines! Wonder what happens over a slow link? what's the } packet size? What's the window? Who does the error checking, since the end } result is UDP? Or if

RE: collision on cut-through switch

2000-06-24 Thread John Nemeth
On Nov 9, 9:48am, Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: } } The 1900 and 2820 Catalyst switches do cut-through. I did find a good white } paper at: } } http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/cisco/mkt/switch/cat/c1928/tech/nwgen_wp.htm } } But it never comes right out and says what happens upon a collisio

Re: Firewalls

2000-06-24 Thread John Nemeth
On Nov 9, 11:47am, David wrote: } } well, simply blocking traffic from outdoors and using NAT is usually OK } for a SOHO or regular user, but in general access lists ARE NOT A } FIREWALL. They don't keep status of connections and do any realtime } inspection of traffic looking for more then just

Re: collision on cut-through switch

2000-06-25 Thread John Nemeth
On Nov 9, 8:23am, Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: } } I got into a discussion with a knowledgeable Sniffer instructor recently. } When he teaches cut-through-switching theory, he warns his students that a } cut-through switch does not really isolate collision domains. Consider this } example: }

Re: Access-lists question??

2000-06-28 Thread John Nemeth
On Nov 5, 11:41am, "Johnny Dedon" wrote: } } Guys, be very careful with advice on access-list on production routers. The } best practice for adding or changing access-list is to remove it from the } interface before modifying it. The implicit deny all can be a real disaster } with typos and the

Re: Cisco Documentation CD

2000-06-28 Thread John Nemeth
On Oct 3, 3:58am, ElephantChild wrote: } On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Bharat Suneja wrote: } } > Please help Cisco!! A lot of us are now using Windows 2000 (it works great } } } Remember you're speaking about a corporation that believes Slowlaris is } the only Unix platform and that NT is a great OS f

Re: Earthquakes?

2000-06-28 Thread John Nemeth
On Nov 10, 9:01am, Shaq Patel wrote: } } How do you make machines in california or where ever reistent and shock } proof, best possible way during an earthquake? This topic is way beyond this list, since it gets into structural engineering. If you really want to do this right, you will ne

Re: CCIE lab equipment - VOIP help needed. [7:1774]

2001-04-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Sep 14, 11:18am, "Jon" wrote: } } Might look at the 827-4v router, as well. It's an Alcatel-DSL modem, with } an ethernet interface and four FXS interfaces. Should be able to buy two Not to mention the DSL port. I've been wondering how one could do DSL in a lab? }-- End of excerpt fro

Re: Cisco IOS Question [7:2545]

2001-05-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Sep 20, 2:21pm, "Jason Roysdon" wrote: } } Actually, IP IOS still costs $15 (at least according to my sales folks). It } may ship with the router, but you're still supposed to purchase the IOS. It depends on how the router is purchased. If it is purchased directly from Cisco then it do

Howard's other books [7:3008]

2001-05-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
We all know about Howard's book, Designing Addressing Architectures for Routing and Switching; but, we rarely hear about his other books. I have just finished this book. It is a very good book, as most people here know; although, I wouldn't recommend it for somebody just starting out. You shoul

RE: Is there any really good IS-IS reference out t [7:5166]

2001-05-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Oct 9, 7:34am, "Irwin Lazar" wrote: } } This URL filter is getting extremely annoying. :-) What URL filter??? Since you're probably on a PC of some sort using a "smart" e-mail program, you're probably not seeing the entire message. I've included the entire message below as I received i

weird BGP question [7:10384]

2001-06-29 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
Here's a weird BGP question I got today. Take a standard dual-homed site using BGP to connect to two upstreams. Is it possible to get BGP to route the first 300G of traffic per month to upstream A and the rest to upstream B? I'm told it's done all the time, but somehow I doubt it. Before

argh! -- darn bookstores [7:10539]

2001-06-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
A site for which I've recently taken over the networking wants to multihome in the next two months, and probably connect to a regional exchange point that is supposed to be setup within a year. This means that it's time to bone up on BGP. So, I wander off to the bookstores. First place is Half P

Howard's new book [7:10735]

2001-07-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
Howard, you have mentioned that you are working on a new book that is aimed at ISPs. Is there a timeframe for this book? Do you need any "beta testers"? Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=10735&t=10735 -- FAQ, list

Re: Off Topic - CCIE LAB and NDA [7:34244]

2002-02-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Jun 25, 7:08pm, "Chuck Larrieu" wrote: } } before I shut down for the evening, a few random thoughts on the CCIE Lab } and NDA. Inspired by several posts here of late from persons asking about } topology, IOS versions, or speaking of rumors about equipment changes. } } 1) It is unclear what r

Re: Please help me answer this question [7:36295]

2002-02-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Jul 16, 11:56am, "Priscilla Oppenheimer" wrote: } } It sounds like you're trying to pass the CID test. You should have signed } an NDA that says that you won't disclose questions on the test. This reply isn't aimed at any single person, since several people did the same thing. The

eBay seller kabel_inc [7:36666]

2002-02-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
Does anybody know anything about eBay seller kabel_inc? Is this perhaps another alias for ojick? Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=3&t=3 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.c

Re: Infrastructure Upgrade..... [7:37627]

2002-03-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Jul 28, 5:03pm, "Juan Blanco" wrote: } } I am in the process of upgrading all hubs in 4 different sites, each site } has 8 hubs, I will replace each site with a 2950(24 ports)10/100mbs. I will } connect each switch(2,3,4) to the switch(1) on the basement where a router } will be available to

RE: Infrastructure Upgrade..... [7:37627]

2002-03-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Jul 28, 6:01pm, "Juan Blanco" wrote: } } Actually what we are trying to do is increase speed, eliminate collisions } and reduce any kind of broadcasting in the LAN Eliminating broadcasts is impossible (consider that ARP uses broadcasts). Furthermore, broadcasts are an application fu

RE: Firmware Releases: Cisco Compared to Microsoft [7:38454]

2002-03-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Aug 5, 2:19pm, "Mark Odette II" wrote: } } Cisco's IOS updates have their gotchas too, but I've yet to experience one } myself, save the exception of only a few key versions of IOS have support } for the WIC-1ENET card that goes in the 1700 Routers. :( Tell me about it. I just found ou

RE: Firmware Releases: Cisco Compared to Microsoft [7:38454]

2002-03-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Aug 5, 6:11pm, "Tom Petzold" wrote: } } This was found using the Hardware Software Compatibility Matrix at: } http://www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/front.x/Support/HWSWmatrix/hwswmatrix.cgi Is there a "go" shortcut for this? }-- End of excerpt from "Tom Petzold" Message Posted at: http://ww

Re: OT: 3700 Series (3600 successor?) [7:38588]

2002-03-17 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Aug 6, 10:14pm, "O Diogenes" wrote: } } For those who have used them -- anyone care to comment on the new 3700 } series, e.g., ability to comfortably handle gig traffic, vpn throughput, } etc? Will the 3600 series, sans 3631, go EOL soon? Personally, I don't think there is any reason for

CPA to regular conversion [7:39524]

2002-03-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
I'm having trouble converting my CPA2509 to a regular 2509. I've upgraded the boot ROMs and the memory (to 16D/16F). That part all seems to be fine. I got an IP Feature Pack (CD25-C-12.0=), so I have all the software I should have as far as I know. I can successfully tftp the upgrade file to t

Re: Cheap switch... [7:39547]

2002-03-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Aug 17, 5:04am, "sam sneed" wrote: } } The XL switches run IOS which you need to know anyway the non XL run CatOS. } I'd say spend a little more money and get a 5000 series switch, it'll be } able to do layer 3 with the rigth accesories. No XL swtiches do Layer 3. No, but there is the ne

Re: CCIE market FLOOD !! was: Current Wait time on the lab [7:12996]

2001-07-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Dec 9, 2:34am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wrote: } } Can you give me some examples of developments they pulled back on/never } delivered? (we can take this off line if you prefer, I'm not sure what } interest there is in this discussion by others). I'm interested in this. As Caesar said, "know

Re: bgp [7:13786]

2001-07-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Dec 15, 9:16am, "Bill Carter" wrote: } SH Wesson wrote: } } > What is the recommended router if I wanted to run bgp on my dual internet } > connection. I currently have a 2651 and will be upgrading it to 128MB but } > am not sure if that's enough to run bgp considering the size of the bgp }

OT: PEC CIMs [7:14291]

2001-07-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
I have been trying to use the CIMs that are currently available for free at Partner E-learning Connection, but I've only been able to successfully complete "Router Basics". All the other CIMs are littered with "403" errors (HTTP error code for page not found). I've opened a case (#4109082) with

RE: PEC CIMs [7:14291]

2001-07-31 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Dec 20, 4:44pm, "Greg Macaulay" wrote: } } I opened a case with the PECsupport folks and they told me that there are } evidently an "old" "outdated version" of the CIMs and a "new" version. The } old version of (all) the CIMs is what is causing problems. So go to edit } your progress and del

Cat 4 OS? [7:18156]

2001-08-31 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
Does the Catalyst 4000 series run the set based OS, or IOS? Or, can it run either like the Catalyst 6000 series? I'm going to a live auction in a couple of weeks that has several Catalyst 4000s. I don't really need a switch at this point, but if I can get one stupidly cheap... Message Poste

RE: PIX 501 [7:27002]

2001-11-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Apr 13, 5:42am, "Ole Drews Jensen" wrote: } } If you look here (watch for wordwrap) } } http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/pd/fw/sqfw500/prodlit/px501_ds.htm } } You will see that it has 4 x 10/100 Mbps ethernet interfaces. Read the description a little more closely. You will see, ".

Re: The Scoop on PIX? [7:26607]

2001-12-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Apr 10, 6:23am, "trammer" wrote: I meant to respond to this awhile ago... } If you feel that the firewall aspect of your network does not require the } horsepower, functionality, failover, expansion, etc. of a dedicated purpose } box such as the PIX, then a regular router (2600, 3600, e

Re: Where Can I download GATED 9.0 for testing BGP [7:27496]

2001-12-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Apr 19, 8:39am, "Howard C. Berkowitz" wrote: } } > Gated is embedded in all Unix platforms. } } Are you sure? RouteD, yes. I've always thought I had to install GateD. You're right, GateD is commercial software, although there is an academic licence available. See http://www.gated.org/

Re: CPA 25xx Upgrade Tool [7:28018]

2001-12-05 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Apr 25, 11:25am, "Circusnuts" wrote: } } http: //www.cisco.com/cgi-bin/Software/Tablebuild/tablebuild.pl/rsl } } Man-o-man !!! It took me a while to track this down this afternoon. If you } upgrading a CPA router, you'll need this piece of software. I don't think it is particularly har

RE: Re[6]: VPN is a Backdoor !!! [7:27725]

2001-12-06 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Apr 27, 6:24pm, "Chuck Larrieu" wrote: } } one interesting solution I heard was to require two partitions on the hard } drive. One partition boots to the VPN, the other to normal use. completely } separate OS installations on both, so that if the non VPN partition is } compromised, it still do

Re: UDP question [7:28263]

2001-12-06 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Apr 27, 9:55pm, "Danny Rising II" wrote: } } OK guys, I am running into a little problem in my CCIE Written study. I have } two different testing Engines and they have both gave me the same question } but different answers on both tests. Does anyone know what the correct } answer should be, h

Re: Off Topic: DNS Delegation Help [7:28910]

2001-12-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On May 4, 7:20am, "Shawn Xu" wrote: } } We are ISP to assign different ip blocks to our customers. After subnetting } , one of our clients asks me to do "Reverse DNS Delegation" for his DNS. He } owns his DNS and domain name which is not our subdomain. You're right. This is grossly off-top

Re: UDP question [7:28263] [7:28263]

2001-12-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On May 2, 8:58am, "Priscilla Oppenheimer" wrote: } } I agree that CCIE candidates should read RFCs. If you answer D, however, } it's because your job should really be to be an editor, not a CCIE. ;-) Although, I can edit, it isn't my favourite activity. Hmm, not even a CCNA and already bei

Re: Need BCRAN latest Dumps! [7:28236] [7:28236]

2001-12-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Apr 29, 11:30am, "Priscilla Oppenheimer" wrote: } } What would a girl be doing at a college? Must be a child genius. Asking her } to do something other than go to the library or study would be illegal. ;-) } The correct word for a female human above the age of 18 is WOMAN and don't } forget tha

Re: ATM circuit [7:28774] [7:28774]

2001-12-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On May 2, 2:22pm, "Priscilla Oppenheimer" wrote: } } My co-author added this statement to the book I'm working on: Your first book was great. Now that you've let the cat out of the bag, you have give us the details on the new one (what's it about, when will it be released, who is the co-au

RE: Does session layer protocol use IP address ? [7:28378]

2001-12-12 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On May 3, 4:27am, "anil" wrote: } } -Anil (PhD [Comp-Sci Tokyo Inst of Technology]- Sister School of MIT) } Does that count?? Since this thread seems to have concluded, I won't belabour the point. However, comp-sci is a huge field with many specialities and in many cases, subspecialities.

RE: Correction - about multicast address! [7:29057]

2001-12-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On May 6, 8:25am, "Priscilla Oppenheimer" wrote: } } It does help to have the option of copy and pasting from one's current } work! ;-) } } A few people have asked, and I responded a couple times, but I think they } all got filtered (hmm what does that mean?), but I am working on a new book }

RE: Proper dress for CCIE lab? [7:29524]

2001-12-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On May 10, 7:53pm, "Leigh Anne Chisholm" wrote: } } (Note to all the guys on this list: The ladies here are all petite, very } physically fit, and are always dressed to kill!) } } (Note to all the ladies on this list: We know the above isn't true, but } since } most on the list don't know wha

RE: Proper dress for CCIE lab? [7:29524]

2001-12-20 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On May 12, 3:21am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)" wrote: } On May 10, 7:53pm, "Leigh Anne Chisholm" wrote: } } } } (Note to all the guys on this list: The ladies here are all petite, very } } physically fit, and are always dressed to kill!) } } } } (Note to all the

Re: CCNA tutorial in beta for Cisco 2900 configuration [7:30907]

2002-01-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On May 23, 6:49am, "Mike Sweeney" wrote: } } I just posted the first version at a new tutorial I'm working for } configuring the Cisco 2900 ethernet switch. Drop by and take a look. This is } } Anything else? } } http://www.packetattack.com/tutorials.html Just a comment on the web page.

Re: OT - Firewall performance Comparisons - is it quitting time [7:30908]

2002-01-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On May 23, 11:25am, "Chuck Larrieu" wrote: } } Interesting to see in the results was that the Cisco 1601 with IP firewall } feature set outperformed the Cisco 2610 by a decent ( but not overwhelming ) } margin. The PIX 515 looks to be about 50% faster than the 1601 and twice as } fast as the 2610.

Re: OT - Firewall performance Comparisons - is it quitting time [7:30911]

2002-01-04 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On May 23, 12:25pm, "Eric" wrote: } } The Checkpoint/Nokia 330 runs IPSO as the OS on hardened freeBSD. These will } actually run routing protocols too, i.e.., RIP, OSPF, IGRP, etc Nice GUI Who, in their right mind, would run a routing protocol on a firewall? I've often seen this c

RE: wireless max distance question [7:30822]

2002-01-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On May 30, 7:10am, "Hire, Ejay" wrote: } } Back to the off topic subject of Liquid cooled CPU's, most desings I've seen } use mineral oil. A fault with this design is that "bubbles" of moisture can } settle out and sink onto the Board/cpu. The other thing I was wondering is wouldn't the mi

Re: VTP Trunking dangerous [7:33097]

2002-01-25 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Jun 16, 9:41pm, "Mike Sweeney" wrote: } } LOL- you have those nice people too? We threatened one guy with a very } public stoning after he did something like that. Just tell him that he won "The Lottery"; see http://www.mostweb.cc/Classics/Jackson/TheLottery/ }-- End of excerpt from

Re: Is CCIEprep on crack or what ? [7:32787]

2002-01-26 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)
On Jun 14, 2:36pm, "Tom Lisa" wrote: } } I've had that problem with my CCNA students. With a little effort it is } quite easy to } put a DB60 on upside down (even though I labled them "this side up"). The When it is upside down they can't see the "this side up" label, so you need to put a

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