Third time not so lucky…
I’ve been quiet on here since my last attempt but yesterday I once again made the trip to the Lab in Brussels…. and once again have come back empty handed. Unlike my first two attempts I felt secure with this attempt, my troubleshooting went well and all tickets were completed and the configuration was sailed through with more than enough time to triple check everything and even reboot all the kit and check it again. Someone said before that you never really fail until you give up but this time…
Try again next time…
What do you mean I don’t get anything for a full set? Unfortunately I got the results of yesterdays CCIE attempt and much like the first it was a failure. The result came in a little quicker and arrived whilst I was on my flight back to the UK. Where the failure differs is that this time I passed the config section (which I failed the first time) but failed the troubleshooting (which I passed last time) and unfortunately you don’t get anything for a full set I can’t say…
Here we go again…
Well it’s almost time to take the plunge again and go for another attempt at the CCIE R&S Lab exam. I fly out on Sunday and take the exam on the Monday morning, I’m taking a lot less time over in Belgium this time as I don’t personally feel that I need it. This time round I have tried to polish up on some of my periphery topics that I felt weak on after the last round. Will it have been enough? Only time will tell and you can only…
CCIE Lab… round two!
Well my seat and travel etc is all booked for my second attempt at the R&S lab. I’ll be sitting the exam at the start of January (7th Jan) as this was the soonest seat they had (I checked on the Monday after my first attempt). I had wanted to try and get in there a little sooner as I felt I was ready but it seems that the whole of December was blocked solid! This time around I will do much of the same yet more, I will be…
CCIE R&S Lab… point of no return!
Well today I got the confirmation through from Cisco that my lab attempt has been paid for and therefore there is no turning back now! Once you are within 90-days of your lab exam there are no changes or cancellations allowed which can seem a little extreme but I think it is more because of the fact that there are very limited amount of seats available. For those interested I will be taking the lab exam in Brussels on the 8th November, I had considered keeping the attempt quiet but…
Security – Reflexive ACL’s
Today I have been going through some more of the INE Vol2 labs and thought I would do a quick post on reflexive ACL’s. Reflexive ACL’s Reflexive ACL’s can be used as a basic kind of ‘stateful’ table on devices to allow traffic back inbound on already established connections. The reflective part of this feature can only be used on normal traffic flows where the inbound traffic is the same as the traffic that flowed outbound, this means it cannot be used for things like traceroute, VoIP (SIP) calls, FTP…
CCIE Lab – Booked…
Tonight I have made the plunge and booked a lab date to make my first attempt at the CCIE R&S lab over in Brussels. Whilst it is still a way off at the moment I think this will be the best way for me to work, it gives me just under a couple of months before the payment due date, by which time I should know for sure if I am running ahead or behind of my schedule and adjust accordingly because once that 90-day barrier has been crossed there…
CCIE Study update (May 15)
Over the past couple of days I have reviewed the remainder of the INE Advanced Technology videos that I felt that I needed to brush up on. I felt that before going onto the next stage that I needed to brush up on mostly some of the legacy QoS (FRTS included) and also the Catalyst QoS, I already felt pretty happy with it but as I don’t use it a whole lot day to day I felt it best to get it out of the way. Starting tomorrow I am…
CCIE Distractions
Back when I passed my CCIE written last year I had the momentum behind me and felt that I would be able to study for and take my first attempt at the lab in only a few months. Since then I have realised more than ever how much of a full-time commitment the lab can very quickly become. Between work and personal commitments it soon became all to easy to just put the lab studies on the back burner for another day however we all no that tomorrow never really…
INE Vol1 – Bridging and switching – done
Before christmas I started my way through the INE Vol1 advanced tech labs and got through the first couple of books, I think I was at RIP. Unfortunately because of a temporary resource issue with the CCIE rack I have use of combined with christmas, work being hectic due to a new DC rollout and my January holiday over to the USA the studies got put to one side. Since then I’ve moved out from my parents house (yes, get all the living with your parents jokes out of the…
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