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So we've got this managed MPLS network through everyone's favorite North American telco. I'm starting to plan a migration from static routes to OSPF, but I'm looking for some input from people who've done this before.

Here's the design I've got so far. There would only be one or two L3 switches at each site, but the MPLS cloud is completely managed by AT&T. They've told me that my OSPF will get redistributed through their BGP. So here are my questions:

1. Does it make sense to break it into the areas I've got or just throw everything into area 0?
2. Will AT&T redistributing the routes over BGP cause problems with either design?
3. What other quest

I was in the middle of migrating an old desktop to a new case to be an iSCSI target for my new home lab, and somewhere, somehow the motherboard died. New motherboard is on its way, but even with a fairly simple upgrade, bad things can happen. Luckily, I took the time to do a backup of the system before the transplant, so even though my RAID and OS disks may be close to useless, my data is still safe.

All I had on the system was ripped movies and tv shows, OS and software ISOs, and a couple of test VMs, but it would have been a huge pain to rebuild it. As soon as my new motherboard gets in, I'll start restoring my data and getting it ready to go, but none of that would have been possible wit

So I'm looking these over, trying to compare them with offerings from HP, Cisco 2960s, etc., and it seems that their prices are half and the capabilities are the same or greater. For $900 I could get a 52 port (all gigabit), layer 3, managed switch; or I can spend $2k more on the L2 catalyst 2960. What am I missing here?

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Got to the range today to shoot my test batch of ammo from Freedom Munitions. I bought 250 rounds of 115 grain 9mm and 100 of 55 grain .223, both remanufactured ammo. The .223 I got was part of their BLASTER training line that is not as pretty in the brass, but still tested to make sure that it'll handle the pressures required.

First, the business part. This ammo is significantly less expensive than any other place I can find. I ordered my ammo in the afternoon of Jan 11, it shipped via FedEx Ground the next morning and arrived halfway across the country on the 18th. I'm not sure if it's something they do often or not, but I got some nice goodi

They've got what appear to be great deals on them through 5/23/2011. In particular I'm looking at this one with the Fail Zero options.

I know what Gunnit thinks of the 10mm and the .40S&W, but I haven't heard any thoughts on the .357sig, so just curious what the hivemind's opinion of this round is.