Well I have returned from Brussels after my first attempt at the CCIE Lab Exam in Routing and Switching in Brussels and sadly on this occasion I did not bring home my digits. Simple fact I was not fast enough on the troubleshooting and I did not verify everything as I configured which caused me [...]
Thank you all for your good wishes
I just want to say thank you to everyone who has been wishing me all the best for my lab exam over the last week. I had no idea that so many people followed my blog! After next Friday I am planning a big post (whatever happens!) to lay out my journey this far. What [...]
How to automate loading INE rack details to SecureCRT
I have started to use a lot more ccie rack rentals from INE and currently use Secure CRT as my terminal client. At the moment I am using the tabbed screens and to set this up you need to enter a different username for each device. Up until yesterday I was entering this info manually, [...]
Travel arrangements for CCIE Lab Brussels
With my first CCIE Lab attempt in 59 days, it was about time to arrange my travel and accommodation. I live in Southampton in the UK so my best plan to get to Brussels is to get a train to London and then use the Eurostar from St Pancras to Midi in Brussels. With the [...]
Debug Condition Interface – Cisco
During an INE Volume II lab I discovered a great way to filter the debug output from a router. The Debug Condition Interface command allows you to only show the debug output from a specific interface. There are other conditions you can filter on as well including application, mac-address, vlan and there are a number [...]
Today I am reading the OSPF Configuration Guide
As my lab date gets closer I am spending more time reading than I thought I would. For the next week I am going to try to push through all the routing configuration guides. Today I am reading the OSPF Configuration Guide It really is amazing that with what you thought you knew you can [...]
CCIE Lab Exam date booked – Brussels 2013
I have booked the ccie lab exam for next March, so this date is now set in stone. As of today that gives me 146 days of study time or 3526 hours, assuming I sleep for 1168 of those and work for 848 hours, that leaves me without any interruptions 1150 hours, being realistic and [...]
GNS3 Workbench is Awesome!
If you are studying for any kind of Cisco exam then you have probably come across GNS3. (If not you are missing out on something great and you should check it out at www.gns3.net) GNS3 is a graphical network simulator that runs real cisco images. It allows you to simply drag and drop routers and [...]
CCIE Prerequisites
There are actully no prerequisites to the Cisco CCIE Certification. Cisco do recommend you have at least 3 years hands on experience with Cisco hardware and have an in depth understanding of routing protocols, switches, routers and security devices. To get CCIE certification, you must first pass the CCIE written exam. After you pass the [...]
CCIE Lab Equipment to practice
If you are studying for the CCIE or in fact any Cisco Certifcation you will need access to Lab Equipment. But what CCIE Lab Equipment do you need. The current CCIE R&S v4 lab exam will test you on the following hardware Cisco 1841 Integrated Service Router, running IOS 12.4(T) Advanced Enterprise Services Cisco 3825 [...]
TCL Script – Ping Test
One of the major parts of the CCIE lab is ensuring you have full reachability to your network. How do you ping all your addresses? TCL script or tickle script as it is usually pronounced is the answer to your problems. It is a bit trickier now they are using Putty as the terminal client [...]
