[Gllug] Fwd: Re: [L2E] Routers {CISCO}

George F. Saxby george at gogointernet.co.uk
Sat Aug 11 12:08:32 UTC 2001


John et al,
 Thanks for the input , the Extreme co had been  mentioned BUT who teaches 
how to re-set / re-configure the kit.  Cisco courses I have seen, Ex who? or 
are they so simple as to be esily learned by an ol' dog who is not that hot 
at learning a lot  of new tricks.
Thanks again


On Saturday 11 August 2001 07:51, your missive said : -
 > As regards kit,
 > I would suggest that you look at Extreme Networks rather
 > tan Cisco.
 > Probably one of their Summit range would suit.
 >
 >
 > We have one of their routing switches, and it is good kit.
 > Extreme offer bandwidth reservation, which you might need for the voice.
 >
 > As regards VPN, take a look at Netscreen http://www.netscreen.com
 > These are much, much cheaper than Cisco kit with VPN functionality.
 >
 > For getting the kit in and configured,
 > I highly, highly recommend a company called K-Net Telindus.
 > http://www.k-net.co.uk
 > I've dealt with them in the past, and they are resellers for this kit.
 > Just ring them and ask for sales - they are an engineering driven
 > company, so do have clueful staff who can do the job for you.
 >
 >
 >
 > By the way, what you need of course for this task is ATM. Smile.
 > Easy to then reserve bandwidth and send voice across it
 > (for voice all you need to do is put two cards in the switches,
 > then hook your PABXes to them).
 > But nobody wants to know us ATM types any more :-(
 >
 > >   People,
 > >    I need to do some serious routing work here at the college 100MB
 > > link pipe
 > >  between sites with a dedicated bandwidth to voice & the capability of
 > > VPN's

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george
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