Recent content by B1zz

12.2 (55) should serve you just fine. IOS 15 does change licensing models with a universal image, etc but it's nothing groundbreaking. if you can memorize a few of the basic licensing commands (they're really not that difficult to understand what you're doing) the rest should all match up to...

yep - to prevent future headaches and confusion. rip it all out and have a licensed contrator with good rep in your region come out and pull new wire for the entire building. most cabling contractors will properly ground strap the racks and stuff as well. it won't be cheap, and it won't be...

no, they should be taken out front and shot. thus used as a blatant and clear example of what will happen when the next stupid mother fucker does something idiotic like trademark a common word.

you don't want your computer/network racks to be top heavy. fixed that for you. ;)

been married to one for nearly 7 years, and we have a beautiful daughter. indeed, attractive chicks that play video games that actually put out. nowai...right? :rolleyes: PS - met this girl online in WoW believe it or not. :D

i dont see where a 1to1 NAT rule wouldnt work for this client...transparent mode as suggested earlier would do what they wanted, but it's far from ideal as far as an network engineering standpoint goes.

'frame' is probably the "most correct" usage of a term to describe the encapsulated data on the wire. as the data moves up the OSI layers 1 ~> 7 the previous headers may stay and have more encapsulation added to the "front" and "back" of the frame.

i can see your point, but a lab is meant as proof of concept and testing. the environment doesnt necessarily need to be the most high end equipment just to prove an idea or config. also, the lab doesnt need to have longevity considered into it either. since most of the times a testing...

a cisco 3560X or 3750X would easily handle anything you could throw at it in a home lab, and has all the features you'd want/need from it(could even go POE if you wanted) a C49xx would be massive overkill IMO.

you're aware of the default WinXP interface? yeah..... that.... :(

depending on how hardcore you want to be, a cisco 2911 would do it as well, toss in a PVDM and fire it up. dont know your budget or use case though. also, configuration for cisco voice gateways is far from what i'd call "straight forward" also almost forgot to mention you'd need a VWIC...

or the old college fave - Natty Ice. Either way, no huge loss. Besides, if I wanted to feel a buzz i'm headed straight for the Drambuie neat. Maintain with some real beer, not any pisswater.

no...just - Jesus Christ no......just because it's hand built and will probably have a plexi window doesnt mean put 400 watts of fucking CCL in it. it's not a civic ricer with the springs cut and gaudy wing. a rack is meant for one thing only, network and server gear. it's function well before...

ask and ye shall receive :p

Eventually yes it will be memorization from doing it over and over(and hopefully seeing it and dealing with it every day in your job). But you should first learn how to do sub/super-netting in your head. The sooner you learn the bits and the math behind how it corresponds to the masks/block...