CISCO CENTRIC OPEN SOURCE COMMUNITY
If you want open source tools, scripts and utilities for your Cisco gear, COSI is the place to go. Tools can be downloaded for free but COSI warns that none of the widgets are supported by Cisco's Technical Assistance Center (TAC), so don't go running to them if you have questions about the open source tools. Among the available tools include ACL_maker.pl, a Perl Script that lets you manipulate Cisco access control lists and Ciscocmd, a Tcl/Expect script that you can use to send a set of commands to a large number of IOS target hosts and get a separated report for each node. The site also provides a link to the Cisco-centric Open Source Initiative page on SourceForge.net, contacts for the developers and a link to Cisco.com's own embedded event manager scripting community.
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Great List
Nice list of Cisco and networking-centric sites. Keep up the good work guys. I heartily recommend the Networking Forum, containing the most helpful group of network professionals that you'll run into on the Internet.
Also, my site didn't make the cut, but you may find it useful!
http://blog.humanmodem.com
Thanks Phillip
Thanks Phillip and thanks for including a link to your site. There are many great sites out there for Cisco networking folks and unfortunately we couldn't include them all in this list. The list is definitely not exhaustive, so if anyone else has URLs of other useful sites for Cisco networking folks, please respond! I'm sure there are sites that neither Jim Duffy nor I have come across!
Linda Leung
Cisco Subnet editor
One more site for the List
My site didn't make the list as well :(
No worries though, maybe it is a bit too specialized.
UC500.com is focused on Cisco's SMB voice products such as CallManager Express and the UC500 series. The discussion forums make for a pretty active group of enthusiasts.
Regards,
Ted
Thanks for the wonderful
Thanks for the wonderful list. I am very exited about the network world and its contents. I may be interacting quite a bit as there are quite a things of interest to me here.
I will be updating my website with great solutions pages that users can benefit.
Meanwhile the page is good place to start.
Thanks,
Humayun Sohel
seriously, 20+ small paragraphs in 20+ pages of ads?!?
I never made it past the first three pages, btw. A list of 20 good sites shouldn't take more than a page. I don't have enough time to flip through 20+ pages of short blurbs along with adds and commentary, looking for the "meat" of the article and hoping to bookmark a few of them. So I don't know if the article is good or bad, in the long run, but it is counterproductive to break it up into such small chunks.
IOS Simulation
Cisco hardware usually has a pretty hefty price tag (unless you buy it used). I have two recommendations -
Download an IOS simulator like -
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyios/
Once you move up to the real thing I would also recommend buying used Cisco from their reseller program or from a lisenced reseller.
Another good resource is http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/ as there are a tonne of network experts on here most of the time.
Thanks for including sunpenguin.net in the list!
Also Buffalo is not that bad ;) As long as you can handle the drama with the sports teams you have it made.
What does that mean?
"So the site claims??" What does that mean? I once talked to one of their sales engineers and even verified with some colleagues that they only place names of people on their site who specifically request it. So I'd say that their numbers are pretty darn accurate.
Facts, not claims.
I'm not sure what you mean by "so the site claims", but feel free to ask around for reviews yourself or contact the people that are on that list. They are all 100% legitimate and have used Internetwork Expert's products to pass the CCIE Lab Exam (R&S, Security, or Service Provider). I can understand the skeptics though as the number of people that are successful using our instructor-led and self-paced products is on average 200 - 300% more than our competition. This is why we are the world leader in CCIE preparation. Also the list hasn't been updated today yet with the three students that emailed me this morning that passed their labs within the past two days ;)
Agreed
I am a client of InternetworkExpert ("the Brians") and "came up through the ranks" with many of the people currently listed on their site. While the numbers may appear too good to be true, we're all legitimate CCIEs, I assure you...
Cheers,
Scott
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