Pick change as of :12/16/2007::I have 2 servers below that house VMWARE 5.X and hold XP pro machines as VM. These are my clients in my multidomain, multiprotocol network. I use VMs because easy to backup to a 160USB drive just in case of system HDD crashing. I will be ready to restore really fast since I make 2 of everything! My disaster recovery scheme is I have all VMs and backup to 160GB usb drives. I try to keep them current. And if failure, I can restore as fast as it copies it back in place! Bam! Done! no big wait time!
I have added a 1200 Aironet Cisco Access point (next to my blue Linksys peace of crap). And only 2 2950 switches with Etherchannel configured. Along with my PIX 501 brand new off of ebay for under $100.00....Brand New in box not even opened! most have gone new for $500.00.. I am sure there are better deals thoughs of you who have gotten your PIX for $2.00 off of ebay but I am happy getting mine under $100.00 and brand spanking new!!! My 802 lab is ready for studying Chris Bryant CCNA 802 material. Ready to go! Est Time of Exam Pass for me is April 2008.
This is my home CCNA lab. I bought all the green devices (cisco) off of ebay. It cost me about $1500.00 USD for my entire lab. All of the pretty colored cables on the switches are VTP trunking. I made all the cross-over cable myself. You have to know how to make cables when you are a network guru! Next pics are about how to make cross-over cables. Play-play-play! You have to--to be great in IT!
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Hey, I like your setup and enthusiasm for IT!!!, im just curios what you do for a job and what jobs you have done in the past ?
Hello, thanks a lot; yeah actually my back ground is as follows. I was in US Air Force for 10 years.
first 4 a aerospace mechanic very intense technology training. Started to go to college to become a EE engineer but changed majors to Computer Science. Delayed that and just finished a 2 year degree in CIS-Networking Specialist. Did odd job IT work like build some websites for free did free IT work.
To build my skills and then I got a job at a credit union as an assitant IT network admin. been there 3 years and man did i grow like superman; realized i was great at IT. Got my A+ within the first year working there, then got MCSE 70-270 exam out of the way and then I started my home lab one piece at a time. I still work as an IT network admin. I am not MCSE certified yet, but I can do many things like build domain controllers, DNS servers and my big one Exchange 2003 servers. I was going to take my 70-284 exam okay i did and failed the part of the exam that deals with 70-290 and 70-291. You need to take these two exams first because the 70-284 is a hybrid exam based off of those two. I masterd exchange server 2003 but the exam is not based off that. If I would have listened to Microsofts objective sheet I would have done that. word to the wise follow the exact order they say to follow. Now I am pushing for to pass my CCNA 802 exam this summer or before. It is a big exam and want to take one exam vs two. I know I can pass CCENT easily so why try and then take the 2nd part to get CCNA. Why take two exams when I know I can pass with one. I also have my own IT consulting business on the side. I get paid big bucks but I do a professional job doing what I do. I am really good. maybe awesome! not to brag but people are willing to pay you big bucks if you can do what you say. Certs help but if you can do it they still will try to save a buck! But I am goood and know what not to to mess anything up. I have been in IT 20 years.. on and off. But have always done it as a hobby. But started to get nutz for it 5 years ago. Love it and will be pushing for my CCIE some day. I want to be a CCIE and then teach! People say i am a great teacher. I like it a lot! Some day I will have my own blog served off of my servers using my own SQL. I run my own home Exchange 2003 server. I have my own OWA and built my own home lab. I have a VPN and SFTP into my home network and can remote into my home from any where in the world. The great thing about IT home labs is there yours and the sky is the limit to learn how it is really done in the corporate world. So what I say is go for it and have noone tell you you cannot do it! All things are possible for those that believe ;)
itdaddy!
ps jobs in past:
over the road truck driver
aerospace mechanic 4 years USAF
6 years information manager IT USAF
land scaper for 1 year - cool
colleg student almost done with my BS in computer science - love it
trainiing on ciso about 6 months
Hey cool setup. I just can't help but say you look like a cross between Mark McGwire and James Hetfield.
I'm working on my setup piece by piece
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