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Re: Linux Certifications
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Mon, 17 Jan 2000 13:05:46 GMT
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On Sat, 15 Jan 2000 21:27:57 GMT, Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com>
wrote:
> On Sat, 15 Jan 2000 21:25:49 GMT, jasper@janssen.dynip.com (Jasper
> Janssen) wrote:
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> > A general lack of clue to go along with MCSEs unfortunately is not
> > rare. "Uhm.. Router? Yes, you can run Windows NT for that."
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> Heh. Yeah, for small networks, you really can. In fact, for
> usability's sake, I'd much rather turn one of my spare PC's into a
> "router" than buy even a used Cisco router. Not sure I'd do it with
Well, yes. But NT? My NAT box[1] would quite happily function with a
few extra network cards in it as a router, I'm sure.
> I'm hoping I can trade my 770 series in for one of the newer 804's at
> work. At least with the 804 I'd get to deal with the real IOS.
Just get a _real_ router. If it doesn't fill up two 19" racks to six
feet... ;)
Jasper
[1] 386DX40/12M/100M. And it's of a brand of computer that's proven
itself to be particularly unreliable, both the model and this
particular instance. Still, it stays up till I reboot it or the power
fails, whichever comes first, so no worries there.
I suspect a router between 3 or 4 heavily used 10 Mbit segments would
like to be a 486DX50 at least, preferably with EISA bus mastering
network cards.
I can get an appropriate computer (Intel Deskside Server Xpress MX --
this is one with 8 EISA slots, video and IO already integrated, 8 3.5"
drive bays connected by backplane to the integrated busmastering dual
SCSI2, huge case, 385W PSU -- IOW, a heavy server-class, surplus) for
around $100 including a few busmastering ISA Etherlink IIIs.
I suspect I could get busmastering 100 Mb cards for not much more.
Jasper
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| (...) Heh. Yeah, for small networks, you really can. In fact, for usability's sake, I'd much rather turn one of my spare PC's into a "router" than buy even a used Cisco router. Not sure I'd do it with NT rather than Linux, though. I'm hoping I can (...) (27 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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