I have 3 spare 2514s, and a 2511 and a 1900 series switch that are sitting on my shelf now (i use 2600s to study and as my edge router). if anyone would like me to set up a lab or borrow or buy one off me that would be fine. I also have a cisco login that gets me any ios. just passed my ccie written. anthony ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond Cantwell" To: Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 1:04 PM Subject: Re: Router Simulator > Bob George wrote: > > > Raymond Cantwell wrote: > > > >> I was wondering if anybody new where i could get a Cisco router > >> simulator that ran under Linux. I have one for my wifes M$ box but, > >> need one for my linux box so i can use it outside of the house. > > > > > > I'm not sure about simulators, but you can make your Linux box into a > > live router using Zebra. Zebra uses a very Cisco-like interface. Me > > and some pals hooked up our home systems via Zebra to create the > > OpenWISP (Worldwide Internet Simulation Project) -- a grandiose name > > for our little distributed routing lab. I had my Linux box and five > > routers, another guy had a Cisco router and another only a Linux box. > > We were able to set up some sophisticated BGP routing scenarios that > > helped me ace that portion of the CCNP exams. > > > > If you have a handful of Linux boxen, or even VMware, Zebra can help > > add complexity to your routing scenarios. What's more, it's the "real > > thing", so you wind up with more of an idea of the "real world" than > > with many simulators. BGP wasn't really interesting until we had 7 or > > 8 routers and a few ASen going. You can easily miss the finer points > > of route redistribution with only 2 or 3 routers. > > > > I mentioned my free router pod (http://lab.ttlexceeded.com:8201) in a > > separate message to Derek in this thread. > > > > - Bob > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail > > doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > Bob thank you the lab will be very helpfull. You rock man. > Ray > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss