Thanks for this info. Just what I needed and saved me digging though the official Cisco document (for today anyway…). I’ve made a rather late start on my CCNA, trying to prove to myself that you can teach an old dog new tricks.

Now this is what am talking about!!!! Thanks daddy!! As easy as 1 2 3 you are a star!!

That’s rally nice………..keep it up!

Thanks, it worked…..CCNP here i come

have you noticed that this command is not working in gns3 under no circumstances. please test it & update me

That’s what it is all about. Doing what you like the most.

I didn’t get you wrong about the certs. The thing is that I love this network world. I myself am a Linux guru, but more a Cisco guru than Linux. But, since I’m finishing college (I’m only 21), and I can’t work because I don’t have the time (full time college), I’m focusing on certs, because I get the knowledge from studying and practicing a lot for it.

I think your idea to build your own WAN network is OUTSTANDING. I already did this kind of thing, where you have a problem and you can provide with the solution, but you don’t charge for your hours, and you get something much bigger, in your case, your WAN network (no sure if it’s the case, but could be hehehe)

Well, let’s keep up the good work. Tell me how is this experience.

The problem in Brazil for hosting is the cost of everything. A 4MB full-duplex, plus a /25 IP Block costs at least R$2500,00 (+-U$1400,00), so it’s best to host offshore in the US. You can get outstanding prices for a Dedicated Server with a HUGE ISP for as low as U$ 159,00. So, for me to have my own WAN will take some time, but I’ll have it heheeheh

Nice to talk to you.

Cheers ItDaddy.
Maurício ‘Bentow’ Ghem

90 percent for home lab. I am going to host a friends web site but nothing more. But I do IT work on the side for some small businesses. But really to be honest, I am trying to mimic my work WAN. We use T1 lines using csu/dsu time speed devices and well I am trying to mimic that with 4 sites and running voip across them. I plan on getting 3 or 4 3550s when they come down in price I hope hee hee. But I am trying to learn this stuff by building it. That is the best way I learn once I build it then I can go and hammer out my ccnp say in 6 months to a year but first I want to find my first love which is to do handson; so many people want to burn certs like breathing air. Me I am tired of the hussle and bussle and wanto to just play and learn then I can study by book my heart. So many people want Big bucks fast and big certs but me I just want to enjoy what I do. I think the enjoyment is lost with who has got what cert and look how big a cisco engineer I am. I am taking it slower in the sense where I am building a system voip everything then I can concentrate on certs. Don’t get me wrong I am after certs but I am first after the skill. And some people can do both great but for me. I need to enjoy what I do at a pace I like. I have so many interests. I love both Microsoft stuff, linux, and cisco and programming. I am all over the place so I am building a hugh production like home lab that will work. I plan on hooking IP phones at each site and of course our beloved POTS there too. So then I can be well rounded. Once I get it all working. I will good about studying each cert and hammering them out. Good luck in your future bro. God bless you.
-Robert (aka itdaddy)

That’s some nice home project. Are you building it for learning purposes or for business?

Cheers itdaddy!
Maurício.