CCIE Candidate

WOW!
108 days until the lab exam - now that payment is due 90 days prior to the exam!  I think this is a great policy, but it is still a little nerve racking.  I guess that gives me 17 days now to make up my mind – no waiting until after Narbik’s bootcamp.
http://blog.internetworkexpert.com/2008/08/29/policy-change-to-payment-for-ccie-labs-great-move
Oh – BTW, [...]

I mentioned in an earlier post that I was attempting to conquer MPLS via a book called “MPLS-Enabled Applications”.  This was a pretty big mistake.  By the 10th page I realized that this book is not at all for MPLS noobs.  At that point I stopped wasting my time and started plunking away at IE’s [...]

Well here is another one.
 
 
Scenario:
All routers should be configured in OSPF area 0.
The condition is that R2 only forms adjacency with R1 as long as frame-relay circuit is working fine. If frame relay circuit goes down, and R1-R2 adjacency is lost, R2 should automatically form adjacency with R3.
If frame-relay circuit comes back up, adjaceny between [...]

So I’m trying to start the learning process again for MPLS.  The biggest stumbling block has been life as usual, but I packed up all my video games and hurt my knee (unrelated, I’m not *that* out of shape), so gaming and training are tabled for the moment.  Work is insane as usual; about a [...]

Wow, had a bit of a delay there in the last week….
I spent the week in Corpus Christi, Texas so I had minimal time to study.  (plus I got stuck in the Houston airport for almost 12 hours)  I have now recovered from the travel and I’m ready to get back on the horse.
I’ve made it [...]

Hello all
Well here is a brain-teaser from my side. Ofcourse winners wont get anything but then again, lets see how many people get this right
 
 
The Scenario is as such
R1’s F0/0 Interface is 150.1.1.1/24
R1’s Loopback 0 interface is 1.1.1.1/8
R2’s F0/0 interface is 160.1.1.2/24
R2’s loopback address is 2.2.2.2/8
R1 and R2 both are running RIP ver2 with [...]

Every now and then I learn something simple that’s just … rad.  That’s right, I said it.  The adjective from the heady days of Corey Haims and that other Corey is worth reviving for some stuff.  Today a co-worker sent our team a simple traceroute output.
cs1#traceroute mac 0015.f91c.4200 0017.08d1.4418 vlan 507 det
Source 0015.f91c.4200 found on [...]

It’s the question on the mind of every CCIE candidate:  when am I ready to take the lab?  Here are some signs you’re getting close.

You can do EIGRP metric computations.  With non-default K-values.  In your head.
Your 5 year old knows which piece of practice gear to power cycle when you say “R1″.
You have developed a [...]

We have a decent nation-wide backbone at work. It’s touching five major cities (well, four plus Phoenix) in three time zones, and the pipes are reasonably fat. The problem is it wasn’t set up correctly. In fact much about our backbone was just done … meh. One of the main problems [...]

Yeah, one post and he’s changing his plan….
I really appreciate everyone’s suggestions on my last post.  I guess that I should not be surprised to be changing tactics / plans so soon, but hey, things change.  It appears that based on most replies to my last entry that I need to alter my study plan [...]

I’ve added some more blogs written by CCIE candidates. The trend of sharing pain with an international audience seems to be growing.

CCIE Quest
Nickelby Thane
Quest 4 Insomnia
The Ferret’s Corner
Victor Osborn

Swing on by and see how they are doing. Send me a message if you’d like your active blog added.

First off I’d like to thank Ethan for allowing me to blog about my CCIE lab journey on this site.  I have followed this site for the past 3-4 months and have seen great value in witnessing both he and Keith’s perspective and study habits.  I passed my R&S written back in January (seems like so long [...]

My co-worker just finished his 2nd Service Provider lab attempt (results not in yet) and IM’d me:
“if i find the guys who told me sp will be easir after rs, i will f***’em up”
Figured that was as good a way as any to start a post here.
At any rate, my previous post described a problem [...]

Rumor has it that my company will be looking for a mid-level network engineer to work in our Salem, NH data center.  Salem is on the Mass border, roughly 35 minutes north of metro Boston.  If you function at a CCNP level, can communicate with other human beings, and have solid hands-on experience with Cisco [...]