Comments on: My new CCIE rack http://www.sgtccie.com/blog/2010/02/my-new-ccie-rack/ A man on a mission Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:11:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mike http://www.sgtccie.com/blog/2010/02/my-new-ccie-rack/comment-page-1/#comment-869 Mike Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:16:55 +0000 http://www.sgtccie.com/blog/?p=481#comment-869 Well, I was a huge proponent of dynamips/dynagen for a long time. When I made the switch from Windows to Ubuntu linux on my desktop, that changed. I encountered all kinds of bugs and issues getting dynagen to work properly. I finally got it to work right, then an upgrade from Ubuntu 8.10 to 9.04 killed dynamips. I had to downgrade my entire OS back to the old version, by wiping my install (after backing my data up of course), and reinstalling. What a pain! Essentially, I found that I found more time tinkering with my Ubuntu install and dynamips, than I did actually labbing. I actually found I didn't have this problem when using Windows, but overall, I prefer Ubuntu on a day-to-day basis. In my case, it seemed getting real equipment would make more efficient use of my study time..which is important for someone like me- who has a family and limited study time! Well, I was a huge proponent of dynamips/dynagen for a long time. When I made the switch from Windows to Ubuntu linux on my desktop, that changed. I encountered all kinds of bugs and issues getting dynagen to work properly. I finally got it to work right, then an upgrade from Ubuntu 8.10 to 9.04 killed dynamips. I had to downgrade my entire OS back to the old version, by wiping my install (after backing my data up of course), and reinstalling. What a pain!

Essentially, I found that I found more time tinkering with my Ubuntu install and dynamips, than I did actually labbing. I actually found I didn’t have this problem when using Windows, but overall, I prefer Ubuntu on a day-to-day basis. In my case, it seemed getting real equipment would make more efficient use of my study time..which is important for someone like me- who has a family and limited study time!

]]> By: Br32 http://www.sgtccie.com/blog/2010/02/my-new-ccie-rack/comment-page-1/#comment-867 Br32 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:13:06 +0000 http://www.sgtccie.com/blog/?p=481#comment-867 Any reason you decided to buy gear rather than use GNS3? Any reason you decided to buy gear rather than use GNS3?

]]> By: Mike http://www.sgtccie.com/blog/2010/02/my-new-ccie-rack/comment-page-1/#comment-865 Mike Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:11:10 +0000 http://www.sgtccie.com/blog/?p=481#comment-865 ilorah: I payed $275 per 3550, however with shipping, it comes to a little bit more. ilorah: I payed $275 per 3550, however with shipping, it comes to a little bit more.

]]> By: ilorah http://www.sgtccie.com/blog/2010/02/my-new-ccie-rack/comment-page-1/#comment-862 ilorah Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:56:28 +0000 http://www.sgtccie.com/blog/?p=481#comment-862 hello sir, how much did it cost to acquire each 3550 switches hello sir,
how much did it cost to acquire each 3550 switches

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