Re: Off Topic - tax deductions for studies [7:34270]

I'm cheating to try to make money so, does that mean I'm not cheating? Seriously, I've done the sole-proprietor thing for a few years now. And if you do consulting work on the side there are a ton of things you can write off and it's perfectly legal and ethical. You would be surprised once you

List of Practical Tasks [7:32492]

128.34.12.34 to the routers arp table. I learn best when I have problems to solve. For some reason you never forget you have to disable smtp fix protocal on a PIX when you spend a couple hours trying to figure out why mail is not relaying even when you're permitting smtp traffic. Thanks, Keith

Re: Cisco RIP Off [7:29612]

Yep that test sucks. I just took it a couple of times. Researched the questions I got wrong using resources outside of google (Lucent, general Google stuff) to pass. It is a very badly written exam. Keith Townsend MCSE, CNE, CCNA Dave Shine wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">new

Re: OT... PDF on PalmOS [7:28296]

Mike thanks for the tip. I just wish my Palm stored more than just 2 MB data (Palm V). I would love to put some of my cisco press stuff on it. This makes me seriously consider a new Palm or a Pocket PC device. Mike Sweeney wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... I just

Cat 5500 Console cable [7:27036]

Don't you hate it when you significant other tells say, You have all these cables in this box. What the heck is this one for? You'll never use that just throw it away. Which brings me to my question. Does anyone know where I can purchase a 5500 console cable rather cheaply. I checked ebay

Re: NetWare Core Protocol over TCP [7:26131]

gateway. It works very well. I've seen this in several environments especially new installations. In new installations there is very little reason to run IPX on your NetWare box at all. Now time to return to that switching book. Keith Townsend MCSE, CNE, CCNA http://townsendconsulting.com Priscilla

Cisco Test Drive [7:25136]

The fun begins. I lost my JOB a few weeks ago. Perfect time to study if I had money for equipment. But when there is a will Cisco has an equipment test drive program so, I was able to get a 2950T and two Intel Server NICs for a month. On to the BSCMN. Keith L. Townsend MCSE, CNE, CCNA

PBX Fundamentals [7:17961]

an Lucent blah, blah, blah... This material is diffidently not in the course in the PEC. I searched the Archives and someone gave reference to a set or PowerPoint's that have all of this obscure information in them. If someone could help me locate this stuff I'd appreciate it dearly. Keith Townsend

Cisco PBX Fundamentals [7:12658]

Has anyone taken the Cisco PBX Fundamental test. I'm trying to find the courseware which is a VOD. I can't find it anywhere on CCO. Keith L. Townsend MCSE, CNE, CCNA AISA Technologies www.aisatech.com 312-629-1100 Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=12658t=12658

Re: NDS- IPX problem [7:12020]

to a communications problem between the Servers or a NDS corruption. Try doing a Reset Router on all the NetWare boxes within 15 seconds of each other. Then try running DSRepairs on each individual box that has a copy of the DS. Start with the Master. I hope this helps. Keith Townsend MCSE, CNE, CCNA AISA

Re: PIX Recommendations !!! [7:11651]

I'm looking at a similar issue. The question is how do you go about implementing the PIX without touching 1000 desktops and interrupting business. I looked at this from a Boarder Manager perspective. Very similar to Proxy but its a firewall as well. I would suggest you continue to use the

Re: DMZ Basics [7:10970]

The PIX is extremely versatile. 1. E-Mail Server You can put your mail server on the inside but I would suggest putting a smtp gateway on the DMZ. Have you MX record pointing to that device. 2. 1600 - PIX - ? - ISA I'm not sure why you would want to put something between the PIX and the Proxy

Re: Pix Firewall 515 [7:6301]

that will be in the conduit will be the public ip address. Hope this helps. Keith Townsend Scott Dees wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Questions on configuring the Pix Firewall 515. 1 I have an internal network that is using nat 1 on the inside interface to access the inter

Pix 5xx [7:3716]

Anybody knows a good book for learning the Cisco Pix. I had to install one of these and I got the job done but Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=3716t=3716 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info:

Re: Email Server through NAT

One options is if your NAT supports port forwarding. Any SMTP requests are forwarded to your internal e-mail server. Otherwise you will need another IP address. Keith Townsend MCSE, CNE, CCNA Townsend Consulting www.townsendconsulting.com ""Jon"" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote i

Re: How would you Explain it.

it would be a chance for me to learn alot about tunneling other protocols over IP because these guys are bridging a bunch of stuff now. Thanks, Keith Townsend MCSE, CNE, CCNA Townsend Consulting www.townsendconsulting.com ""Plantier, William (Spencer)"" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wro

Multiplexing/Load balancing

You know I've never given this much thought I just assumed it was possible to multiplex serveral T1 lines. If I wanted a 10mb connection between to points and I had 6 individual T1 lines can I/do I multiplex the lines or do I have to load balance between all six lines. The later doesn't make

A couple of Grand

A few months ago I was debating with a friend weather to take some supplemental income and invest it in a Cisco lab or Cisco stock. He thought I should have invested it in Cisco Stock. He invested in Cisco stock at $70 or something like that and I invested in a couple 2501's and so forth. So

Re: 2501 is it worth it? HELP

That's a fair price. You can find a better price on e-bay. I would suggest getting a 2507 if you can find one. It has the same functionallity in additional to a built-in HUB. If you find them they will go for about $590-$650. You tend to pay a premium on 2501's. You can alway find 2502,

OSPF Area virtual links

When creating a virtual link between an ABR non-directly connected are to an ABR in the backbone should you always use the loopback address for the virtual link. Doyle does this on page 943 of his Routing TCP/IP book. Secondly is there a route to the loopback of these two routers. Maybe I'm

Re: IPX over VPN

on this a couple of weeks ago. Hope this helps. Keith Townsend MCSE, CNE, CCNA ""Chris Sees"" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Hi, Does anyone know if IPX will work over VPN using Cisco's VPN Client to a router running IOS w/ IP

Re: instructor led training

George the original class was like 15 and dropped to about 5-8 regulars. ""George Garay"" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message 8ts28o$rd3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:8ts28o$rd3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... I too was very interested in the program at aquarius. I spoke with someone at the college a few

Re: instructor led training

L... Hope this helped. Keith Townsend MCSE, CNE, CCNA "shane waterbly" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... The Aquarius Institute: There was a short posting regarding this school sometime in August. I'm curious if anyone has any other info

Re: COLT's

There were some pretty detailed posts about this last month. Search the acheive for "Colts". Keith ""TempleMount"" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message 8tp5c7$vnf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:8tp5c7$vnf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... How similiar are the COLT's to the actual exams... specifically the BCMSN

Cisco 4000M

How much do you guys think a 4000M with 16MB ram and 4MB of flash with no modules is worth. And how much would a dual serial module cost me. Or better question would be would you go with a 4000M or an AGS for frame relay switch. Thanks, Keith Townsend CNE, MCSE, CCNA

Boson Tests for BSCN

I just brought the Boson tests for the BSCN and took the first test. I did well considering I still have a bunch of BGP studying to do. The test seemed kinda easy(or I'm just smarter than I thawt :-O). My question is to those who have used these tests and taken the BSCN. Are the questions

Listing title from a different perspective

I find when I ask a question that may seem dumb to myself or to others, I don't sign my name with my titles. Do you guys always sign with your titles or just when you're answering a question? Keith Townsend (MCSE, CNE, CCNA)? _ FAQ, list archives

Re: Novell servers - rconsole list keeps changing

But if you are trying to move to a pure IP environment use Rconsole for NDS is much more stable in a NetWare 5 environment. Keith Townsend CNE, MCSE, CCNA "Andrew Larkins" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message 8F5F72F80EF5D311ADE600A0C9DCF862BE9ED0@UBDCCOMJHBEX">news:8F5F72F80E

Frame Relay for the Lab

I'm deciding on a router to use as a frame relay switch in my lab. I read a view posts back about the 4000 being a good value. How is it compared to a 2521 for the lab? The 4000 looks like it would be more expensive but it's moduler. What exactly could I do with it in the future? Thank Keith

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

I Thinking of buying on of these for frame relay switch. What version of software etc I should look for? Any other caveats would be appreciated. Thanks Keith "Brian" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... I got an AGS+ in today and I am having

Re: Novell VPN

I had a tough enough time getting a Netware 5 VPN connection working. Netware/IP is pretty difficult to work with. Are you sure the clients are connecting via Netware/IP to the server with no IPX dependicies from the client side? Keith MCSE, CNE, CCNA ""Freddy Wildemeersch"" [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Inverse Mask

I need help in understanding inverse masks that are used in network access list commands. I understabd what 0 and 255 do but I get confused when there is any number other than these two. For example... network 10.0.0.0 0.7.255.255 area 0 what does the 7 represent or specifiy for the mask.

Re: Cisco Access Pro

$375 is a good fair price if it has IOS 12.0 Enterprise otherwise you can get them for about $250 all day on ebay. Hope this helps. ""Jojo"" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message 001101c02a89$f226f760$1608a8c0@jojo">news:001101c02a89$f226f760$1608a8c0@jojo... I just passed my CCNA and I'm planning

OT:hat is F2 cable

Ok.. I pretty much understand how DSL works but my recent efforts to order it have been how can I say.. frustrating. A order that I placed 3 months ago was cancled because of bad F2 cable. This is a new term to me. Do any of you guys with Telcom/DSL experience know exactly what this cable is

Re: OT:hat is F2 cable

t it! [=`) From: "Keith Townsend" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: "Keith Townsend" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT:hat is F2 cable Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 10:23:31 -0500 Ok.. I pretty much understand how DSL works but my recent efforts to order it have been

Re: AccessPro cards

I've used these cards for studying for my CCNA. They give you full functionality of a 25xx. As you get more advanced in your study you will find limited functionality due to the fact you're limited to 1 serial/ethernet port on each card. The work perfectly fine for stub networks. I've been

Re: Class I am enrolled in -

I had three friends who are taking this course now. They were among the first to take it. They've been doing it for about 7 months now. One was already a CCNP and the other two started fresh. One had 2 years of NT experience the other is a IT vet. I asked them if it was worth the money