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Number of physical NICs for dynamips lab?
I'll hopefully be moving on to my NP studies by the end of the month, and I think I'm going to go the dynamips/dynagen route. I was curious about how many physical NICs I'm going to need in order to connect to my switches and do the relevant labwork. I already have a few, but they're not compatible with Vista/7 ![icon_sad.gif](https://us.v-cdn.net/6030959/uploads/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif)
Also, I have three 2950s and one 3550. I believe a second 3550 is recommended. Is that correct?
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Also, I have three 2950s and one 3550. I believe a second 3550 is recommended. Is that correct?
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wastedtime Member Posts: 586 ■■■■□□□□□□
I have only browsed through the BCMSN lab book and I do know it recommended a low end WLC, 2x 1242, 2x 3560(aka 3550 for us budget builders), 2x 2960, and a few routers.
Heh, oh ya the main question:
Not sure about BSCI but BCMSN it doesn't look like many. -
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rsutton Member Posts: 1,029 ■■■■■□□□□□
I'll hopefully be moving on to my NP studies by the end of the month
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veritas_libertas Member Posts: 5,746 ■■■■■■■■■■
Out of curiosity Dynamik, did you have to have a router to do the CCNA? I am hoping to avoid having to buy one when I start my CCNA studies. -
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mikej412 Member Posts: 10,086 ■■■■■■■■■■
At a minimum you'd probably want 2 network cards working with dynamips that you could plug directly into your switches.:mike: Cisco Certifications -- Collect the Entire Set! -
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dynamik Banned Posts: 12,312 ■■■■■■■■■□
veritas_libertas wrote: »Out of curiosity Dynamik, did you have to have a router to do the CCNA? I am hoping to avoid having to buy one when I start my CCNA studies.
I have a mix of 2500s and 2600s in addition to the switches. I'm glad I spent the time playing around with actual equipment, but I'm tight on space and need money, so I'm going to start selling them off. I just need to quit being lazy and get the specs on all of them, so I can post them upAt a minimum you'd probably want 2 network cards working with dynamips that you could plug directly into your switches.
What would be ideal? I don't want to go overboard, but I want to make sure I can adequately perform necessary tasks. -
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Cyanic Member Posts: 289
Here is a thread on a CCIE who used a single NIC.
http://7200emu.hacki.at/viewtopic.php?t=7540&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0&sid=d1ff9098e22f7b079f8971fc80dc37df -
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ColbyG Member Posts: 1,264
What would be ideal? I don't want to go overboard, but I want to make sure I can adequately perform necessary tasks.
Ideally you would have one or two quad port NICs. I don't think you'd have much of an issue with only two, or none at all. You could do your routing stuff in Mips and your switching stuff with your physical stuff.
Also, one 3550 is enough for BCMSN, two is better, but one is enough.