Re: RE: Multimedia/Voice over VSAT [7:71706]

2003-07-06 Thread garrett allen
interactive voice over satellite is problematic due to the inherent latency of the signal travelling 40,000km distance to the satellite and another 40,000km back. this adds 125ms of latency in each direction (to/from the bird), give or take. if you remeber using satellite for long distance

Re: RE: 40% Ping Success [7:70327]

2003-06-08 Thread garrett allen
what kind of circuit is it and is the success rate the same regardless of the destination address pinged? - Original Message - From: Nathan Date: Sunday, June 8, 2003 7:09 am Subject: RE: 40% Ping Success [7:70327] Well, the only route my router sees is the directly connected

Re: RE: number of CCIE [7:70151]

2003-06-08 Thread garrett allen
:14 pm Subject: Re: RE: number of CCIE [7:70151] garrett allen wrote: yawn. Bored? I don't want to be overly confrontational, but if you really thought this thread was so boring that you're yawning, then why did you bother to make a rebuttal to me in the first place? The fact

Re: RE: number of CCIE [7:70151]

2003-06-07 Thread garrett allen
yawn. - Original Message - From: n rf Date: Saturday, June 7, 2003 12:09 pm Subject: Re: RE: number of CCIE [7:70151] garrett allen wrote: you make an a priori argument that lower is better. is a lower number cpa better than a higher numbered one? You got me wrong. I

Re: RE: number of CCIE [7:70151]

2003-06-05 Thread garrett allen
you make an a priori argument that lower is better. is a lower number cpa better than a higher numbered one? actually, probably the inverse is true as the more recent the certification the more recent the material covered. this is balanced against with age comes opportunities and

Re: question on operational efficiency of vpn's [7:69739]

2003-05-31 Thread garrett allen
and we have gotten away with this more often that not. If not you might have to manually reduce the MTU down on their hosts and/or Proxy Server using something like DoctorTCP. Regards garrett allen wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] just finished an 8 city (3 u.s./5 e.u

Re: question on operational efficiency of vpn's [7:69739]

2003-05-31 Thread garrett allen
and we have gotten away with this more often that not. If not you might have to manually reduce the MTU down on their hosts and/or Proxy Server using something like DoctorTCP. Regards garrett allen wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] just finished an 8 city (3 u.s./5 e.u

Re: RE: question on operational efficiency of vpn's [7:69739]

2003-05-30 Thread garrett allen
did yet! What do the rest of you think? The exec summary is that we're wondering how common it is to adjust host MTU to avoid fragmentation with VPN and IPSec. See below. garrett allen wrote: just finished an 8 city (3 u.s./5 e.u.) vpn deployment. we were in a bit

question on operational efficiency of vpn's [7:69739]

2003-05-29 Thread garrett allen
just finished an 8 city (3 u.s./5 e.u.) vpn deployment. we were in a bit of a rush and now that we have finished the initial deployment we have the luxury of time to think things through a little more clearly. one oversight that we made in our haste to deploy we just confirmed - the overhead

Re: acl question [7:66952]

2003-04-05 Thread garrett allen
: garrett allen Date: Sunday, April 6, 2003 0:01 am Subject: acl question it's midnite, i'm bored, outta beer and my head is starting to hurt from too many random thoughts about what should be a simple acl. i've sufficiently banged my head against the wall so now i solicit help from the wise

Re: Gratuitous ARP and HSRP [7:65633]

2003-03-18 Thread garrett allen
eric, i can only comment in a limited way and only based on what i have read. the lower end cisco products (like the 2500's i've been deploying in remote offices) can only associate one virtual mac address to an interface and so can only belong to a single hsrp group. if you have a need to

Re: RE: it started out as a really good idea [7:64636]

2003-03-07 Thread garrett allen
correct? When you unplug any of the 4 cables, you can no longer ping the either side of the host. Perhaps give us a debug standby during one of these events ? garrett allen wrote: i have a need for a high availability solution for a default gateway configuration. just finished

Re: RE: it started out as a really good idea ... [7:64638]

2003-03-07 Thread garrett allen
: it started out as a really good idea ... [7:64638] What did you use a default gateway on the PCs?? Priscilla garrett allen wrote: i have a need for a high availability solution for a default gateway configuration. just finished the ccdp and thought it might be interesting to try hsrp

Re: RE: it started out as a really good idea ... [7:64638]

2003-03-07 Thread garrett allen
mirable dictu! secret is in the standby track command. lost 9 pings and then picked up just like nothing happened. can pull any of the 4 links now an it works just like in the movies. thanks all. - Original Message - From: garrett allen Date: Friday, March 7, 2003 6:57 am Subject

Re: it started out as a really good idea ... [7:64638]

2003-03-07 Thread garrett allen
, not to mentionlack of any routing protocol configured. Think about it! :-) Priscilla The Long and Winding Road wrote: garrett allen wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] i have a need for a high availability solution for a default gateway configuration. just finished the ccdp

Re: network design [7:64422]

2003-03-07 Thread garrett allen
personally, i've had very good luck with vendor designs. in particular if you have some inkling about what your requirements are and the rudiments of a solution set in mind. if you know enough about a solution to intelligently pose questions and negotiate features/costs tradeoffs then you

it started out as a really good idea [7:64636]

2003-03-06 Thread garrett allen
i have a need for a high availability solution for a default gateway configuration. just finished the ccdp and thought it might be interesting to try hsrp on a pair of 2514's. put some of that theory to work. instead of highly resiliant i've managed to configure it for mass failure. arg..,

it started out as a really good idea ... [7:64638]

2003-03-06 Thread garrett allen
i have a need for a high availability solution for a default gateway configuration. just finished the ccdp and thought it might be interesting to try hsrp on a pair of 2514's. put some of that theory to work. instead of highly resiliant i've managed to configure it for mass failure. arg..,

Re: it started out as a really good idea ... [7:64638]

2003-03-06 Thread garrett allen
is using Router 1 and Router 1 has no way to send PC2's packet from itself to Router 2 due to the missing cable, not to mention lack of any routing protocol configured. Think about it! :-) Priscilla The Long and Winding Road wrote: garrett allen wrote in message news:[EMAIL

Re: it started out as a really good idea ... [7:64638]

2003-03-06 Thread garrett allen
happens if PC2 is using Router 1 and Router 1 has no way to send PC2's packet from itself to Router 2 due to the missing cable, not to mention lack of any routing protocol configured. Think about it! :-) Priscilla The Long and Winding Road wrote: garrett

Re: CCIE Vs. BS or MS dergree [7:59481]

2003-01-02 Thread Garrett Allen
and on a lighter note i never let school interfere with my education. having done the management thing for 20 years i can say from a pragmatic standpoint that a degree's value is primarily getting in the door. having passed that hurdle comes the real test - do you know what you profess to know.

ot: ospf humor [7:59364]

2002-12-17 Thread Garrett Allen
for those tired of studying ospf, now you can sing it. i'm unaffiliated with the link, just stumbled onto it. http://www.oceanwave.com/technical-resources/humor/ospf.html enjoy. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=59364t=59364

Re: bandwidth vs. latency [7:57899]

2002-11-23 Thread Garrett Allen
not sure there is an absolute answer as it would depend on actual cable distance travelled (not as the crow flies), number of hops, policies enforced, congestion, etc. as a rule of thumb i would use estimated distance in kilometers / (400kilometers per second * .6). it is usually in the

Re: passed cit. that's a wrap on ccnp [7:57741]

2002-11-22 Thread Garrett Allen
sorry, i was out of town the past few days in sunny detroit. sounds like we agree - the answer is it depends. thanks all. - Original Message - From: Elwood P. Suggins To: Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 6:00 PM Subject: RE: passed cit. that's a wrap on ccnp [7:57741] huh.. i guess

passed cit. that's a wrap on ccnp [7:57741]

2002-11-19 Thread Garrett Allen
took the exam today and passed, barely. of the 4 it was by far the hardest. ccdp next and then, well who knows. perhaps i'll finish that piano concerto thanks all. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=57741t=57741

question on router switching [7:57600]

2002-11-18 Thread Garrett Allen
last minute prep question (and jitters) on how a router switches traffic. setting for the cit tomorrow. attempting to confirm my understanding of which type of switching is default for ip and which type for ipx, appletalk, etc. from ciscopress cisco internetwork troubleshooting by chappell and

Re: ack attack or config prob? [7:56341]

2002-10-26 Thread Garrett Allen
before installing. Let us know what the ISP's security folks find... this would be an interesting learning experience. -Mark -Original Message- From: Garrett Allen [mailto:garrett.allen;erols.com] Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 10:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ack attack

Re: ack attack or config prob? [7:56341]

2002-10-26 Thread Garrett Allen
www.troubleshootingnetworks.com www.priscilla.com Garrett Allen wrote: heys, ran into something interesting today. not sure if it is a dos attack or if it indicates an ip stack misconfig. here is the symptom: periodically through the day today we received 100,000 packet bursts on a t-1

Re: ack attack or config prob? [7:56341]

2002-10-26 Thread Garrett Allen
and it forces one to think about all the many things that can go wrong. thanks for your insights and thoughtful questions. - Original Message - From: Garrett Allen To: Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 9:59 PM Subject: Re: ack attack or config prob? [7:56341] priscilla, the bursts were

ack attack or config prob? [7:56341]

2002-10-25 Thread Garrett Allen
heys, ran into something interesting today. not sure if it is a dos attack or if it indicates an ip stack misconfig. here is the symptom: periodically through the day today we received 100,000 packet bursts on a t-1 circuit. this is a name-brand provider. when the burst occurs it is from the

Re: Frame relay circuit speed from IOS? [7:55908]

2002-10-19 Thread Garrett Allen
we use mrtg (a freely available network monitoring tool) for a multi-site frame network. we don't own the routers or have legitimate password access to them (our vendor provides as part of the service) so we had the vendor set up an snmp community string (read only) and an access control list on

firewalls and frame relay [7:55915]

2002-10-18 Thread Garrett Allen
not strictly a study topic - more a design topic. when designing a wan and interconnecting multiple sites via frame relay, does it improve overall security posture to place firewalls between the internal networks at each remote location and the frame routers? my thought is that it would not

Re: Neebie to list, need help [7:54904]

2002-10-04 Thread Garrett Allen
the tx/rx loads aren't that great and as it is a t-1 interface the amount of traffic isn't that great. the thing of interest is the interface description - link to uuwho. they have been having significant latency issues. the url may not make it but i posted it below. it describes some of

experience with vpn over directway satellite (2way)? [7:54701]

2002-10-02 Thread Garrett Allen
does anyone have experience (preferably successful) with using vpn over a directway 2way satellite? if so please contact me off list. thanks. garrett Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=54701t=54701 -- FAQ, list

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-26 Thread Garrett Allen
depends on how you define the uber layers. here's mine: layer 8 - religion (in the sense of big/little endian) layer 9 - politics layer 10 - economics. have been bitten by each at one point or another, so they are relevant but contextual. thanks. - Original Message - From: Tom Lisa

Re: LAN Design [7:54023]

2002-09-25 Thread Garrett Allen
as a rule of thumb 10mbps ethernet to the user end station is fine for typical user applications in businesses where the network plant is switched - exchange, file sharing, etc. servers on 100mbps. i'm told that more data intensive applications may require 100mbps ethernet to the desktop, but i

bcran [7:51764]

2002-08-20 Thread garrett allen
just passed bcran 605 w/888 (706 minimum). fairly straightforward. between routing, switching and remote access (the 3 ccnp exams i've taken thus far) this has had the most direct relevant use. (we're a software/hardware integrator with 7 offices (4 international), 300 people, frame cloud,

network issue, but not cisco [7:45820]

2002-06-05 Thread garrett allen
all, this technically isn't a cisco question, but i've been a long-time reader and this is a puzzle eluding solution thus far so i thought i would try. i also find it somewhat intriguing. we're connected to our upstream provider via a t-1 (we're a software house). per mrtg we use around

why change mtu on ethernet switch [7:34715]

2002-02-06 Thread garrett allen
curious why one would want to change the mtu on an ethernet switch port? trunk ports appear to handle the mini-jumbo frames without the change. a quick scan of the www.cisco reveals how to but not why. thoughts? Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=34715t=34715

Re: Passed BSCN but..............? [7:7719]

2001-06-08 Thread garrett allen
i just passed this am with, would you believe, a 919 also. used cisco press for self study (paquet/teare - it is a very good text, btw - only a few typos). for what it is worth i found that working the configuration exercises in each chapter really helped. ever onward, rearward never,

Re: Manchester symbols [7:6655]

2001-06-01 Thread garrett allen
i remember the term symbol as equated to a state change. in modulation techniques where 1 symbol = 1 bit, the symbol rate and the bit rate are the same. some modulation techniques can yield multiple bits from a single symbol. qpsk (quaternary phase shift keying) is a form of phase angle

Re: debug ip error

2001-04-03 Thread garrett allen
one tip is to issue the no debug all command prior to issuing debug all. that way when the router display begins spewing debug info you can issue an up arrow and enter command sequence to get out of debug mode. Gayathri wrote: Hi Group, Recently due to some problems my colleague issued a

a bit off topic

2001-02-28 Thread garrett allen
heys, just passed the ccda exam today (ccna prior). looking to get some hands-on experience on a contract, part-time basis. any thoughts on how/where to start (dc area)? thanks. _ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: