This morning several CCIE candidates received an email stating that on August 1, 2011, Cisco will be raising the cost for the CCIE lab from $1,400 to $1,500. This is an interesting twist in events as the Internet trolls have been circulating rumors that the lab would soon be lowered to $1,000. Why has Cisco […]
Setting up a Cisco Access Server
Whether your networking lab has 3 devices or 30 an access server, also commonly called a terminal server, is the vital connection between you and those devices. For this purpose most engineers use routers with asynchronous serial ports to connect to console (serial) ports on other devices. There are a couple of ways this can […]
Connecting Dynamips to your local network (OSX)
Ever wanted direct network access to your Dynamips lab? Have you ever needed to lab something that used the SDM, but you run Dynamips under OSX? You may have noticed using NIO_gen_eth is broken under OS X, communication between the Dynamips IOS and the local Mac box itself is not working properly. There is a […]
Cisco VOIP Basics
This is the first part of my Cisco voip basics series. ( Parts 2, 3 & 4 ) VOIP is obviously becoming a large part of networks, even now part of your CCNP requirements are basic voip knowledge. Recently I have been setting up Cisco Call Manager Express for my home / home office and […]
Working on my new lab setup
So, I purchased a couple extra routers, and a second layer3 switch from @usedciscoguy. He gave me a really good deal and I plan on purchasing a 6500 series switch from him as soon as I can afford it. Anyway…. I’ve spent a little bit of time working on a new topology that should allow […]
