[olug] College Kid Needs Cisco IOS-based Router

[John Hobbs]

I'm a current UNO student finishing my senior year and it sounds like
you are already ahead of 95% of the seniors here, including my fellow
Scott Scholars.  I'm guessing you'll be bored for the first few years,
bring a laptop to class :-) I learned a ton from surfing and writing
my own projects while sitting in boring classes.

I'd say get on that good job at UNL as soon as you can, my C++ has
gotten worlds better from working on a project at PKI for a year.

- John

On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Dan Clough <dclough at gmail.com> wrote:
> I see.  Well, either way, I want to get a student job at UNL in their IT
> department.  I think having IOS under my belt alongside 5 years of Linux and
> 3 years of UNIX-like systems (and then that other one that starts with a
> W... Waldo, maybe? Hmm...) would give me a leg up on the competition.
>
> Am I correct in assuming so or is my youthful ambition leading me astray?
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of
> Kevin
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 2:27 PM
> To: Omaha Linux User Group
> Subject: Re: [olug] College Kid Needs Cisco IOS-based Router
>
> I don't have any experience with UNL, but when I was at UNO, we didn't
> do any networking or system administration at all. That is a place for
> programmers. I only set hands on a router or Server 2k3 or DHCP server
> when I went to ITT.
>
> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 9:08 AM, dthomas at gmail.com <dthomas at gmail.com> wrote:
>> This may be a crazy suggestion, but you should get a job!  You'll never
> have
>> enough money to buy the equipment that you want to play with, but your
>> employer may.  When you hit the campus in the fall, get a position in a
>> computer lab or equivalent and move around from there.  Sounds like you
>> already know enough that it shouldn't be a problem.  Universities are
>> notorious for having a very um.. interesting.. IT infrastructure.
>>
>> -Dan
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 2:41 AM, Dan Clough <dclough at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'll be going to UNL in the fall for CompSci, and I have a feeling that
>>> networking will play a major part in the program.  I've already got
> what's
>>> essentially a server room set up in my basement, but I want to learn
> more.
>>> I'm planning on setting up a test lab so I can experiment with a few
>>> private
>>> netblocks and ASNs.
>>>
>>> I've mastered CatOS on Catalyst switches (4000 and 5000, at least), and
> the
>>> next logical step for me is moving up to IOS and getting into routing.  I
>>> don't want to go the eBay route, since sellers like to strip out
> essential
>>> parts of the product and sell them separately (Yeah, because a router
>>> without a WAN card is so useful) and winning 4 auctions just to get
>>> everything I need will be so much more expensive than buying it locally.
>>>
>>> Does anyone have any local Cisco routers that they'd be willing to sell?
> I
>>> don't need a BFR, but I'd at least like something that's functional and
>>> somewhat modern (no IMP, please) so I can easily adapt to UNL's gear in
> the
>>> fall.  If you've got a spare router or even some advice, feel free to
>>> contact me.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Dan
>>>
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