GOOD NEWS!  As long as we can properly simulate an MPLS network we don’t have to scrap our original plan.  That is such a relief.  Al and I will be spending the next 2-3 weeks focusing on learning the IOS commands for BGR and IS-IS protocols.

I have to figure out what happened with BIND today.  It was running perfectly and then I shut Server 2008 down and *poof* no more BIND.  Not only is it no longer the default DNS, I can’t even start the service anymore.  I think I’ll just start from scratch and completely reinstall BIND.

Al, Tom, Trisha and I stayed late at class last night and got 90% of our hardware and pricing figured out.  Say what you want to about Dell computers, but their website is freaking brilliant for our purposes.  Select your computers/servers, configure them with what you need and then click print!  It gives you a breakdown of what you selected and a price.  Simple!  There will be a few additional items that we will need to add as we progress with our design, but for now that is under control.

I’ll make my plea once more.  If you read this and know of any sources/blogs/websites with good tutorials on how to set up an MPLS network, please share them with me in the comments.

That’s it for now.