CCIE Written done… now the work starts!

November 25, 2011 · by · in , ,

Well all that studying seems to have payed off a little, today I sat the CCIE R&S Written exam (350-001) and passed it! Without going into any NDA-breaking territory the exam was actually pretty easy, partially caused I think by studying some topics at a much deeper level than I perhaps needed. During my time studying for the written exam I mainly used the Cisco Press CCIE R&S OCG but also used the INE Adv Technologies videos for some of the topics that I felt I needed more details on….

Multicast mega notes – CCIE Written

November 20, 2011 · by · in , , , ,

With under a week to go until my CCIE written test it’s time to go over my notes and get some of them written up to get them fresh in my mind. Todays notes of choice are my multicast notes. The notes may be a little sparse in places so if you can add anything or spot any mistakes please let me know. Multicast notes Common Multicast addresses Multicast AddressDescription 224.0.0.1All host group which contains all devices on the same network 224.0.0.2All routers group which contains all routers on the…

IPv6 MLD Snooping

IPv6 MLD Snooping

September 19, 2011 · by · in , , , , , ,

I have finally finished my first read through of the CCIE R&S Written OCG and now is time to lab out some of my weaker points, read through a pile of RFC’s and then eventually book and take the exam. I thought today I would do a post on MLD snooping on Cisco switches. If you have ever configured IGMP snooping for IPv4 then this is pretty much identical! For this test I used the below topology which comprises of 4 routers (7206VXR’s in this case on Dynagen) and 1…