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CCIE BLOG

Cisco Certified Internetwork Export (CCIE) is accepted worldwide as the most prestigious networking certification in the industry. For senior networking professionals who design, build, implement, maintain and troubleshoot complex enterprise networking infrastructures.

I passed the CCIE Lab exam in Routing & Switching in August 2015, receiving my CCIE Plaque through the post was the end to a very long journey to become CCIE #50038

You can read my entire CCIE Journey here > My CCIE Journey

I am now focussed on Network Automation:
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This CCIE Blog covers CCIE Jobs, CCIE Salary and my journey to passing the CCIE Lab Exam in Routing & Switching v5 – Reviews on CCIE Training and Bootcamps.

My all time top post was: How to build CCIE V5 Lab with CSR100V routers

Other popular posts were:

CCIE Salary

Are CCIE Bootcamps Worth it?

CCIE Written

How Many CCIES are there in the world?

Remember, the only way to achieve CCIE is “Relentless Pursuit” – Don’t give up!

I am now focused on Network Automation mainly Ansible and Python. If you have not heard of Ansible before check out this post first.
What is Ansible used for? or Gitlab vs Github

In my spare time I work as a Magician in Southampton Hampshire

 CCIE Routing & Switching Posts

CCIE Continuing Education Program

The Cisco Continuing Education Program is a brilliant initiative from Cisco. It is not widely known about but Cisco recently announced a new program …

My CCIE Journey

This text is taken from chapter 1 of my eBook the CCIE Blueprint  It covers my journey from Desktop support engineer to CCIE #50038. It was …

CCIE Lab Builder Review

The Cisco CCIE Lab Builder allows you to run your R&S topologies in the actual CCIE Routing & Switching virtual environment. To access the …

CCIE Plaque has finally arrived!

After passing the CCIE Lab Exam in Routing & Switching v5 on August 27th 2015 my CCIE Plaque has finally arrived. After all the late nights and …

INE CCIE Wall of Success

INE have trained over 3,800 CCIE’s more than all the other training companies combined. Once you have submitted your passing story to them, they …

CCIE Jobs – Live Job Listings

For a live listing of CCIE jobs visit the CWjobs website here http://www.cwjobs.co.uk/JobSeeking/CCIE Or other live listings on Technojobs …

CCIE V5 Blueprint

The is the CCIE V5 expanded blueprint from INE – I will be linking from this blueprint to separate blog posts on each topic as my studies …

9 Best Websites if you want to Become a CCIE

During my CCIE journey I have used many online resources from paid to free, the list below shows my top 10 ccie related websites that I used on a …

CCIE Benefits – What are they?

Now that I have passed the CCIE Lab exam people are asking me “What are the CCIE benefits?” As for tangible benefits to me personally they …

I passed the CCIE Lab Exam!

Well the post that I have been dreaming of writing since the start of this blog is actually being written. I passed the CCIE Lab Exam in Routing and …

CCIE Podcast Pilot Episode 1

[podcast title=”CCIE Podcast – Pilot Episode 1″]https://www.rogerperkin.co.uk/podcast/The-CCIE-Podcast-Pilot-Episode-1.m4a[/podcast] …

Spanning-Tree Portfast – The Definitive Guide

The spanning-tree portfast command is a very simple feature but often mis-understood. In this short post I will explore how this feature behaves, how …

Software Defined Networking – SDN

Software defined networking (SDN) is an approach to computer networking that allows network administrators to manage network services through …

CCIE RFC List for Routing & Switching Lab Exam

In computer network engineering, a Request for Comments (RFC) is a memorandum published by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) describing …

MPLS Configuration Example Step by Step

If you are looking for an MPLS Tutorial or step by step mpls configuration examples, this basic MPLS VPN configuration example will guide you from …

How to build CCIE V5 Lab with Cisco Cloud Services Router CSR 1000V

How to build CCIE V5 Lab using ESXi and Cisco Cloud Services Router CSR 1000V This post will detail how to build a CCIE v5 lab using Vmware and the …

Mastering Switching topics in CCIE Version 5

With the new ccie version 5 blueprint there are a lot of version 4 students who are trying to work out what has changed, what is new and what has …

CCIE Video – from Alexandre Vasseur

I do not know anything about Alexandre Vasseur except for the fact that he has passed his CCIE Lab exam and has made this amazing video to celebrate …

CCIE Version 5 here I come

Well I am sad to say that I did not get my digits at my last attempt at the CCIE Lab exam. Everything was in place I had prepared well, I went to the …

CCIE Study Techniques

I get a lot of emails from people who read my blog asking my how I study. For most people they think I can tell them a magic formula, but the truth of …

CCIE Version 5 – Milan 2014 – Video now available

If you missed the presentation at Cisco Live 2014 in Milan the long awaited presentation is now available to watch on ciscolive365.com Just search for …

CCIE Lab Exam Cost

A lot of people ask me how much does it cost to get a CCIE.  The short answer to that is a lot of money. The average cost is between …

How many CCIEs are there in the world?

If you are trying to find out how many CCIEs there are in the world, you might find that these statistics are not readily available. Now why would …

CCIE Lab Exam Attempt 2 – Fail!

Well I am sad to say that I did not make it as a CCIE yet. My second attempt at the CCIE Lab Exam in London ended with a fail. Mobile Lab Experience I …

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