On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:09:04 +0000, Invisible wrote:

>>> Also, there's no possibility of reconfiguring the switches in any way.
>>> It will all be controlled from HQ.
>> 
>> Huh, so they'll be available 24x7 to support any issues?
> 
> Don't be ridiculous. ;-)
> 
> If it breaks, it's only a problem for the UK, and that's a low priority.

Perhaps before it breaks the first time, but not afterwards if my guess 
is right (which maybe it isn't).

>> If it were me,
>> I'd ask them.  Heck, the worst they can say is "yes", the best they can
>> say is "gee, maybe you should learn how to operate them in case we're
>> unavailable - or if the WAN is down" and you get a chance to learn
>> about these things - if anything, it's fodder for the CV.
> 
> Would be nice... However, based on my efforts to learn about the
> firewall configuration [which *is* nontrivial], I suspect I'll get
> nowhere.

Gotta start somewhere.  Conceptually, the firewall isn't going to be 
difficult - either pass traffic or don't based on some rules.  IOS' 
syntax isn't easy, but it's not difficult either - I used to manage a bit 
of Cisco equipment (as well as 3Com equipment; the Netbuilder routers 
were interesting) - but commands typed in are just syntax - once you 
learn the syntax, that's most of the battle.

Jim

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