From: Kris Keen (kkeen@bigpond.net.au)
Date: Fri Sep 27 2002 - 11:20:20 GMT-3
Hi Ludwig
I believe most layer 2 functions are the same, I think the Cisco 3550 has
more control over layer2 acl/hardware acls than the 2900Xl does but this
would vary from ios to ios.
Do a compare of the IOS's on both devices on CCO
Cheers
Kris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ludwig Morales" <morales_l@hotmail.com>
To: "Kris Keen" <kkeen@bigpond.net.au>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: 3550
> does a 2900XL has the same IOS (of course aside frome the L3 Featuers).
> What i meand do you create vlans, trunk ports, etc.. the same way.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kris Keen" <kkeen@bigpond.net.au>
> To: <rjonathan@hotpop.com>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 6:29 AM
> Subject: Re:
>
>
> > John
> >
> > I think rental time is your best bet for this issue, you will get enough
> > hands on if you buy enough rack time!
> > I'm sure if you had a 2900XL you could learn 70% of the stuff on this,
and
> > spend the rest on rack time...
> >
> > KK
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <rjonathan@hotpop.com>
> > To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 7:36 PM
> >
> >
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > I would like to hear your advice as I've been thinking wether I should
> > > prepare for my 2nd attempt or not.
> > >
> > > As all of you might have known starting from 4th November 2002 Cisco
> would
> > > replace 5500 and 3920 with 2 3550 switches. They would also remove
Token
> > > Ring, IGRP, and IPX.
> > >
> > > I didn't get sponsorship for pursuing CCIE from my company and I have
to
> > > fund everything by myself. Therefore I will not be able to afford a
3550
> > > EMI eventhough I might be able to get a 2900XL.
> > >
> > > What do you guys think about the lab after 4th Nov 2002 ?
> > > Do you think one should be able to be well prepared if they don't
> > > have chance to practice with 3550 ?
> > > Will 2900xl be good enough for practice as the routing function of
> > > 3550 would be similar to router ?
> > > I'm thinking to have some rental rack time w/ 3550 but don't know
> > > if it would give me enough hands on.
> > >
> > > You can email you suggestion to me privately.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Ronny
> > >
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