OT: American job skills & offshoring

[Drew Taylor]

Bob George said on 3/23/2004 5:14 PM:

> dust. I decided to contribute back in the form of an open Cisco 
> self-study lab. I put my little pod of routers up on the 'net, complete 
> with web pages and remote access under Linux control. I assumed there 
> would be others like myself who were hungry to develop their skills, but 
> might be lacking the resources to purchase equipment. I also set up a 
> distributed BGP routing lab (Cisco + Zebra) with a couple of other guys, 
> linking our pods into a larger collective.
> <snip>
> And finally: Would anybody on this list find any use in access to such a 
> lab?

Yes, I've always been interested in how "enterprise" networks are setup, 
and the gear that runs them. But I've never had 4-5 figures to try them 
out like you did! Kudos for giveing so freely.

The docs you mentioned - who are they written towards? The newbie (like 
me), who knows basically what routers do but has no idea how they work 
or are programmed. Or do you assume a minimum level of knowledge? Either 
way, where would you suggest starting? I'd like an intro to routing, and 
then build from there.

Drew
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