A post over at the IEOC forums got me thinking to something I picked up a long time ago but I can’t really remember where…
When a prefix arrives at a device from two different sources the AD is compared and the lower AD wins out, simple CCNA level stuff right? Well what if the AD is the same due to AD manipulation?
Back when I first starting studying for my CCNP I built a rack of equipment to lab things up and practice with (picture below) and after completing my CCNP and moving down the CCIE track (after stopping off for a pit-stop at the CCIP station….) I quickly realised that the rack wasn’t adequate for what I would be needing. There were two options, spend a stupid amount of money and replace the lab with one equal to that of the INE/IPX racks (2811′s, 3745′s etc.) or just scrap most of…
Well I know it was only a week ago that I did the SWITCH but after initially looking over the TSHOOT material I started to think that this was definitely going to be the easiest of the three certifications. In my day-job I do a lot of troubleshooting so my kind of mindset for the exam was already partially there, that coupled with the fact that it has been less than 6-months since I have done my ROUTE and SWITCH means that a lot of the things you learned whilst…
Well I am a little behind schedule (I said that I wanted to complete SWITCH by mid November) but hey at least I got it done in the right year (just!) I took the CCNP SWITCH exam earlier today and passed by a decent amount, it was the first time I attempted the exam so that pleased me (and my wallet) as it took me a couple of times to pass the ROUTE exam. At the moment I am intending to dive straight in and not take a break before…
Well it has been a while since I posted on here, I am still heading towards my CCNP and am studying for the SWITCH exam as we speak. I can certainly say that from the point-of-view of studying that the SWITCH exam appears to be the easier of the two so far however I haven’t sat the exam yet so I could fail miserably! I know that I haven’t even passed the CCNP yet but I am already thinking about where to go next. I think that I am going…
Well after last week’s failure I thought the best thing to do would be to just get right back on it, well this morning I retook the ROUTE exam and passed. The sections that I failed in last time I got >80% this time which is a relief! So starting tonight I am starting my SWITCH studies and hopefully if I can get on a roll then I will be able to take that within the next few weeks? Thanks for all the messages of encouragement and I will post…
Yesterday I took the ROUTE (642-902) exam, and yesterday I failed that very same exam. I failed the exam by a meagre 45 points which just helps to add insult to the injury. All in all I was very happy with the new way that Cisco have decided to do the exams and the new simulation questions are definitely a LOT more realistic than the old ones. The area’s that I let myself down on most were the area’s that I felt weakest in, IPv6 deployment (and more specifically transition)…
Well tomorrow I am taking the plunge and taking my ROUTE (642-902) exam. I began to suffer from ‘keep-pushing-it-back’ syndrome where I kept saying to myself that I would do it next week, then the same would happen the week after etc etc. I just have a few final points to go over and hopefully the different LSA-types will finally stick, I always manage to forget which way around they are, if anyone happens to have an easy way to remember them then let me know! Well I will post…
Well its been over a week since my last post and I’m still knuckling down for my CCNP, I am looking at taking the ROUTE exam hopefully next week and then I can start the SWITCH studies. Over the last week as well I have been dabbling in some MPLS studies, I know it is not at all needed for the CCNP but I deal with MPLS VPN’s all day at work and so it was good to see how they actually work in a PE/CE setup. If you are…
I have been going over some of my summary topics for EIGRP and just decided to lab one out so that I could see the effect of stub networks on convergence etc. I have attached a zip file with the GNS3 net file that I used for this lab if you want to follow along as well. There are still some kinks to work out with the recording of the videos so if you have any feedback please let me know. The net file can be downloaded here.
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