Well, I sat the CCIE Lab in RTP on 12/12/12, and let’s leave it at that. I will not go into the specifics of the test, nor will I go into how it is delivered or any variable like that. I will, however, say I got to RTP at 6:30; the test started at 7:20
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2 weeks ago, I was at Narbik Kocharian’s 5-day Bootcamp in RTP, NC. Before deciding to go to Narbiks Bootcamp, believe me, I did my homework. I spoke to co-workers, other CCIE’s, and people currently pursuing their CCIE. I will be honest; only 1 of them suggested Narbik’s Bootcamp. Now I had run across his
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Well, Cisco officially took their payment for my lab on 12.12.12 It is now time to start going crazy!
Our last post looked at Q-in-Q tunneling using one port, but what if you had to extend an EtherChannel from one data center to the other? We can also use Q-in-Q tunneling with EtherChannel. The train of thought is similar to how we did just a straight Q-in-Q tunnel, but now, with EtherChannel, we need
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802.1 Q-in-Q tunneling is a technique that can extend a VLAN from one data center to another without AToM or VPLS. Essentially, Q-in-Q tunneling adds another .1q tag to your packet as it traverses the Service Providers network. This keeps your traffic segregated from any other company, following the same principle of how VLANs segregate
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I wanted to post this a few days ago, I have completed my CCIE home lab. The lab consists of the following devices; Here is a photo
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This blog is coming from sunny and humid Jacksonville, Florida. Today, we will look at controlling the RIP routing domain using Offset-Lists and Administrative Distance. We must remember that RIP is a distance-vector routing protocol with no idea what the network topology looks like. With this, we can trick RIP into thinking a network is
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So today, I checked to see if I could schedule the lab, and I was able to. Thinking I couldn’t get the date I had in mind, I searched for it. San Jose had no open seats, but RTP had 5. I just struck gold, and it was meant to be; I registered for the
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Well, I passed the CCIE R&S Written test today. It was a mixed bag for me, a lot easier than my first test two weeks ago, but my wife kept telling me tonight that a pass is a pass. For the next few days, I am working on a project file outlining how I will
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As you may tell by the blog title, I took my CCIE R&S Written test today and did not come out victorious. Without breaking any NDA’s, I just barely failed, which usually would upset me, but I know where my faults are and where I did very well. I also attempted to take a test