RE: Network Simulators

2011-01-19 Thread Gary Gladney
If you looking for network simulator for Cisco equipment it's been my experience that Boson (www.boson.com) has best network simulator for Cisco equipment. It behaves and process information the way real Cisco equipment does. I've tried GS3, it great for routing situations but lacks in simulat

RE: Dark fiber / transport in Virginia

2010-05-13 Thread Gary Gladney
You might try the cable operator Charter.com, I think believe they operate in that area. Gary -Original Message- From: Courtney, Mike [mailto:mcourt...@wlu.edu] Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 5:23 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Dark fiber / transport in Virginia All, I am interested in

Re: SPANS Vs Taps

2010-07-01 Thread Gary Gladney
Gary Gary Gladney Space Telescope Science Institute Email: glad...@stsci.edu Voice: 410.338.4912 Public Key: ldap://certserver.pgp.com Original message >Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 16:48:14 -0400 >From: "Bein, Matthew" >Subject: SPANS Vs Taps >To: > >As I

RE: RIP Justification

2010-09-29 Thread Gary Gladney
I would think it would depend on the complexity of the network and how the network advertises routes to peer networks. I'm always in favor the simpler the better but with RIP you do lose the ability to use variable bit masks (CIDR) and faster routing algorithms like DUAL used in Cisco routers and

RE: VPN over slow Internet connections

2011-04-21 Thread Gary Gladney
If you haven't deployed your VPN environment yet I would seriously consider using SSL VPN instead of IPSec as your tunneling protocol. SSL VPN gives you a lot more options than IPSec. Gary -Original Message- From: Ben Whorwood [mailto:bw...@mube.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011