Any networking/Cisco gurus?

...done or doing CCNA or ICND - does LFGSS have any networking gurus?

Basically, our integrated network and comms guy has left and I've been given a 3 month trial to see if I like it/can hack it - they like me doing it etc etc.

Apart from having a basic understanding of Networking (I passed Network + exam about 6 years ago) I know truly feck all about Cisco switches and routers.

I've had 2.5 days to try and get this guy to brain dump, but there is only so much you can throw at a brain as rubbish as mine!!

Anyone know any good sites/practice labs etc. particularly need idiots guide to VLANS and trunking and assigning ports and DHCP scope

Ta

Im a CCNA + CCNP, best thing you could do is buy the CCNA books there pretty straight forward and then when you dont understand what hes showing you read up on it, but you have the best situation possible to study with hands on experience. Its a lot easier to just follow him round for the next three months writing and noting everything he tells you. each network is very different.
Also there are a lot of GUI tools now for network monitoring you dont have to touch the Cisco IOS much.
Sign up to the Cisco forums theres tools, labs etc there :) hope this helps and good luck!

ahh balls I read that wrong :/ the guys gone?

yep he left today! Eek!

one tip - turn on logging in your terminal client - that way when you fuck it up you can look and see what you did :)

I am not a network guy but I do have a CCNA cert

Figure out what hardware you have

Find/create a diagram of the entire network

Learn the network monitoring tools

Every Cisco switch is a little bit different so read the Cisco manuals

If you still have an interest after all that

You are a better man than me

At this point I lost interest

yeah it is all pretty dry - cheers though all - just will get stuck into books again I guess....

Did you hack it and become a networking god Eightballs?
Got a networking question i need answered.
http://cdiscount.widget.criteo.com/pac/
What level domain does this URL point too?
Where is the actual domain server located?

oh and can someone explain for me why I would ever want/need to use a subdomain over using a subdirectory?

I did, but I don't use it really to be honest - routing and switching is always kinda taken care of as the backbone of the core network so there's always someone who has done all the relatively interesting stuff already

but your question that's kinda web non?

I don't know about the domain server - I can get to criteo.com but that URL doesn't resolve

I was digging through an storage location looking for a spare KVM switch last week and stumbled across a Cisco Nexus 7000 series (think it was a 7010), boxed, unopened and completely forgotten about. The company that bought it doesn't even exist any more.

Switches don't even look like switches any more.

Seriously....wtf? Think this is a 5 series.

Don't worry, we had the CCNA who did that patching taken away and shot. Those are fibers ffs.

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yeah nice way to treat fibre patch leads!!

them Nexus core switches are a different religion altogether!

Eightballs you definitely give all the standard non-committal responses ive come to know and love from hosting boys.

Found the server but don't really understand subdomains.. never have.
Guess I should take a look at the dns record.
http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools#ipInformation|type=ipv4&&value=74.119.117.79

My theory is this.. networking is such an easy job you don't want the rest of the world to figure out the swiss.

... hummm im not going to get any help at all now am I?