http://www.cciecandidate.com Cisco CCIE candidates blog about the technical + emotional challenges of their journeys. Mon, 17 May 2010 12:54:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Welcome to Packet Pushers - the Data Networking podcast where we discuss events, technology, and worklife in the networking industry. Our motto "Too Much Networking Would Never Be Enough". During the week we gather articles, media and information various ideas then get together to discuss them. Basically, we get some ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=644 If I am a member of your network or you of mine (how does that work anyway?), you may know I have been working diligently to reach as many hiring companies and CCIEs as possible. In my quest for perfection I am a student of the internet. But while I ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=642 The question has been posed as to why I'm going after the R&S written to recertify, as opposed to the written from another CCIE track. Intellectually, I'm interested in the other tracks.  I love networking.  It would be great to take the SP or Voice written exam.  However, it's a matter ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=641 Time, as they say, flies.  It seems like just yesterday I was doing my celebratory weep over the newly awarded digits, but here we are nearly two years later.  The time has come to re-certify. To certify at the CCIE level a second time represents a choice.  You might think it's ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=640 From Eman Conde, CCIE Agent: A CCIE Widow’s Request CCIE # 5804 was one of the very few CCIEs in Alaska.  I met him at Networkers in 2008 the month before his death.  I did not find out about his passing until March of 2009 when a friend and co-worker sent me ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=639 Reading allot of blogs out there, there seem to be quite a few different approaches to studying for the CCIE. Some people read entire books, go through full COD type classes and then go on to either protocol labs or multi protocol labs. Others well read and wing the exam, ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=638 A little something from Eman Conde, CCIE Agent... What does amnesty mean?  Well it has been years since I thumbed through my Funk and Wagnalls dictionary so I could not actually find it!  Instead I hopped on-line and looked it up. Noun1.amnesty - a period during which ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=637 I'm baaaccckkkk!  Now, on to the SP!  I finished my CCVP about 2 months ago and I needed a little break, but I'm ready to go again. I just happened to glance at my calendar today and realized that I need to get my butt in gear.  I've scheduled the CCIE ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=636 Ok, I'm feeling jet-lagged so I'll just summarize here. Basically, Narbik's bootcamp surpassed my expectations for a bootcamp. There was this great feeling I had the whole time of feeling ready and Narbik bringing us closer to the finish line. As most of you may already know, Narbik uses all ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=635 Here's some dark humor for you guys. This week i'm attending Narbik's bootcamp in Glendale, CA and today was BGP.  Also here is  Paul Negron, technical reviewer of the CCIE offical Exam Cert Guide 3rd edition( i believe there's a bio inside the cover). After wisecracking the We love oranges ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=634 This is what I received in my mailbox today, I thought to share it with you guys.  Below is the email from Narbik Kocharians. For the longest time I have been thinking of either giving it up all together or come up with something that will capture the entire (CCIE) world, well I decided ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=632 This is my first post and donot shy while sending me comments on my poor english. Till now I have written posts on layer 3 MPLS but did not get enough motivation to write on MPLS Internet. This is the first article of MPLS Internet working which is going to ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=631 First look at CCIE Command Memorizer. Bought CCIE Command Memorizer today. My first impression of the product is very good. I already have IPEXPERT BLS as i mentioned in my previous post but this tool gives me different perspective that way i can learn. Even though i have to type the ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=629 Through all the reading and practice labs, these are some redistribution notes that I thought were very useful and helped me allot. So I'm sharing and maybe it'll help someone understand or see things differently. Notes on Redistribution When redistributing from OSPF in to BGP, by default, BGP only accepts internal routes ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=628 I read Luis Garcia's excellent post about fitness and study, and mostly agree. I am not as conscientious about my fitness as Luis, but here are my thoughts on how I plan and execute on study. You should make choices that suit your life, but if someone wants my to ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=627 after some interesting comments from my last post its about time I share my views on something that's been bothering me for some time now.  The common misconception that studying for the CCIE has to be detriment to your health. How many people have put on 10, 20, or more pounds ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=626 In such a big blog community, its so hard these days to contribute something of value, something that we candidates appreciate besides redundant tutorials and lab outputs. But its this wealth of information that has driven the pass rate of the lab up, IMO, not really cheaters. I've benefited so ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=625 Virtual Links Used to connect an area to the backbone thru another area. Configuration uses router-id. Used to connect discontinuous Area O's. Any discontinuous area is a bad idea. If authentication is configured on Area O it must be configured on the far end virtual link router. Use " Area O ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=624 First of all thanks to Ethan for providing me an opportunity to blog here. Now a bit about me, My name is Vivek Mahajan and i live in a small but beautiful country called New Zealand where i work for a payments provider company as ICT Specialist. I am also ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=623 Many of you may already be aware of the WISB tool freely available at networkers-online.com.  In the words of the author, the tool "is a small program that can be used to automate the configuration of network devices. This can be useful for configuring multiple devices without the need for ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=622 This is day 5 of Narbik's bootcamp in Warsaw. The class begins with a brief lecture on QOS to finish the lecture of Thursday. Then we proceeded to Multicast. Narbiks style again was not to give you a mere interpretation of the DOCCD but to put everything in a meaninfull context and to create ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=621 Short post as the title says to introduce my self, as most everyone who posts here I'm also on the path to earning my CCIE#. I just want to thanks Ethan for allowing me to post here, this is an awesome little community of very well informed and intelligent people. ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=620 So, I've been off the radar for some time now, it's been too bad that my time has been consumed with this new project i'm on.  Apparently you get no slack when studying for the CCIE :P I've spent the month of January balancing study, work, and sharing one car since ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=619 This is day 4 of Narbik's bootcamp. Yesterday the dinner was really nice. I had a mini tour through the "old" part of the city and really enjoyed it. I had like 1 1/2 liter of fine beer and really enjoyed the evening. We were making jokes in QOS lexicon and everybody was laughing ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=618 I've had the hardest time picking up my laptop after work during the last week and a half.  During this time I've been enjoying hanging out with my family and friends.  It's amazing how much time is in a day when CCIE lab study is not hanging over your head.  I have learned ... http://www.cciecandidate.com/?p=615