Mike
IEWB Vol I/EIGRP labs
I finally got to give the rack a test drive! It performed well! Anyways, I only had time to run through some EIGRP labs from IEWB Vol I. I finished about half of that section, they were pretty basic. I still tried to take my time and verify everything before testing it out, so I’d [...]
“Final” pic..
Got the cabling done. In this picture the term server is missing since I had to return it to CiscoKits so they can send a “new” one, and therefore the Octal cabling isn’t shown, but the rack is pretty much in it’s “final” shape. It should be noted, I’ve moved things around just a little [...]
Troubleshooting your frame switch
After spending way too much time troubleshooting my frame switch, I figured my advice could help others. In my case, I had a very, VERY weird issue with my frame switch, which essentially manifested itself in the form of one-way communciation between the devices connected to it. The interfaces would come up for 30 seconds, [...]
Cables, cables, and more cables
I’ve spent the last few days getting the rack all wired up and the terminal server working. It looks like I have an issue with my terminal server (2511) not working on some of my TTY lines. I have contacted CiscoKits, which is sending a return mailing address label to me, so I can ship [...]
Gear arrived!
The remaining “big” order just arrived this evening, which contained the entire lab minus modules/cables and the 3640′s I already had. I had the rack area somewhat neat, but now I’ve got a stack of routers/switches on the floor in front of it, from when I was screwing the mounts on to each one. As [...]
Chapter 7: EIGRP- done!
Finished Chapter 7 on EIGRP from TCP/IP Vol I. I went back and re-read a little bit of it since by the end of it I was fuzzy on some details. Mostly things like the four components of EIGRP (Protocol-dependent modules, DUAL, Neighbor discovery/recovery, and Reliable Transport Protocol, by the way..and no, I didn’t look [...]
Still waiting on the gear..
Due to the storms up in the north, the remainder of my gear has been postponed. Here is what I currently have: (3) 3640′s w/ 1E2W modules Misc stuff (CAT5, cable tester, etc) I’m waiting on: (3) 2611XM’s, (3) 2501′s, (4) 3550′s, (1) 2522, and (1) 2511, along with a boat load of modules and [...]
3640′s arrived!
So the 3640′s arrived! They look great! I bought them from Cablesandkits.com based on reading some solid reviews. They were a little bit pricey from cablesandkits, but the equipment is in GREAT shape, is super clean, and was packed very well. Overall, I’m very impressed! Now I’m just waiting on the rack and the rest [...]
My new CCIE rack
I’ve ordered all of the components for my CCIE rack. Here is what it will consist of: (4) 3550′s (3) 2611xm’s (3) 3640′s (instead of 1841′s) (1) 2522 (Frame switch) (3) 2501′s (BB routers) (1) 2511 (Terminal server) If you’re familiar with Internetworkexpert’s topology, you’ll probably notice that you only really “need” two BB routers [...]
RIPv2/RIPng done!
I finished the chapter on RIPv2/RIPng in TCP/IP Vol I. I’m relieved that nothing came as a surprise. I did pick up a couple of minor details about RIPng that I didn’t know. I plan on labbing a little bit of RIPng sometime this week, but I’m calling it quits for today. My next chapter [...]
