Hello;

Can anyone suggest some nice problems/labs so that I could sharpen out my RIPv2 config knowledge? I know that there are alot of labs out there, and Im not lazy for some active googling but I would very much like a recommendation from the specialists. Ive gotten into RIP theory and I think I understand its principles so I would like to do some pratical-action-network stuff with it (unfortunately I dont own nor have access to any physical equipment . Well not yet anyway. I only have access to that packet tracer crap and to the GNS3 sim).

And also what kind of a coumputer would you suggest for a GNS3 with 4-5 active routers (some routing), and maybe 5-6 active switches (VLANs)?

Thank you for any suggestions!

James.

You might find it handy to go through some of the labs over at: http://gns3vault.com/Labs/RIP/

Alternatively one of the best things you can do after reading about a new feature is to create your own labs to test and configure it.

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Thank you Mr. davidrothera, thats exactly what I needed !

However I have another question. Ive noticed that in these GNS3 labs a "loopback interface" is constantly created/used. Ive never seen this type of thing in my cisco packet tracer labs. Can someone please clarify its purpose?
Deeper I dig myself into this subject, the more Im starting to feel like a total newb

Thank you very much

James

http://hackingcisco.blogspot.ca/

Loopbacks are logical (imaginary) interfaces that are always "up" and used for a variety of purposes. Your computer has one too; the address is 127.0.0.1

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There are a few nice PT labs here: http://packettracer.net/2011/06/13/troubleshooting-rip/

The older versions of PT (v4) used to come with great labs for just about every thing in CCNA, I have no idea why Cisco removed them. If you could get your hands on those, it would help.





It's better to at least to have a dual core. But GNS3 doesn't run Swtich IOS by the way, So those built in switches in GNS3 shouldn't take allot of CPU. In other words count the routers only.

Might I recommend Narbiks 7-8 hour RIP lab...yes, 7 hours or so of RIP
-good luck

http://www.dide3d.com/cisco-stuff/narbiks-7hr-rip-lab/

Thank you everyone!



This looks and sound mighty darn interesting. Unfortunately, it seems that this lab is lost and never to be found (all links are dead). Id be lying if I were to say that Im not interested in this piece of knowledge. Have you finished it? What was it about? I bet it was complicated to the limits

And a couple more...

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