Well, boring for most of you I'm sure but today I did my first CCNP lab in GNS3!
All it was was four routers with one connected to a switch for a network. I configured them all with eigrp (single AS) and got that working without any issues at all. Then I played with the interfaces and paid attention to the topology table and routing table updates as interfaces were shut and no shut. Interesting stuff although to get a good feel for it, I want to add more routers and more paths. I saw a few good examples in the FLG that I want to emulate.
Finally, when I was bored with that I made a key chain for each router and enabled md5 authentication on each interface. It was cool to see the AUTH-FAILED messages after configuring one side of a point-to-point link.
Next I want to expand on that topology, like I said with more routers, and mess with the link speeds to force eigrp to pick the faster path even if it's more hops.
Unfortunately, I didn't run into any issues. I feel that the BEST way to learn this kind of stuff is to trouble shoot a problem. I'm sure as my labs get more robust I will have plenty!
I know my journey has just begun and I have so much to learn but just starting and tinkering in GNS3 let me know that I have many sleepless nights of labbing in my future.
Now, for the OSPF chapter...
