Re: Lab OS Choices

[Pete Herzog <lists () isecom org>]

Hi,

Peter Manis wrote:
> As I have mentioned, I am buying some 2950s and I have gotten a few
> recommendations from people for a CCNA lab, but as far as the PIX and
> additional routers what should I work towards getting to have a good
> lab? Nothing immediate, but the end result.

How about a rack ;)  Not to hark on particular hardware/OS type stuff as 
you hear from many so let me suggest you should consider having a means to 
test "over the internet".  This can be a dial-up shell account that you use 
to test your network. You might laugh but some of the cleanest tests I have 
ever seen have been done that way.

I also recommend a decent NAS to store your server ghosts or virtual 
machines preferably at gigabit speeds.

-pete.
www.isecom.org

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