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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 it works and how to configure it on a cisco switch. Portfast is a Cisco Propietary feature that was originally developed to overcome an issue when a PC was trying to […]

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 that fact. We all need small things to keep us motivated along the journey and this video is one of those. Watch the video and feel empowered […]

CCIE Version 4 one more attempt!

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For regular visitors to my blog you may have noticed a countdown calendar has appeared again. I have managed to get a lab date in Brussels before the version 5 change. I had previously failed the lab at the mobile lab in London in December and after  Christmas my plan was to get one more […]

CCIE Lab Exam – Attempt#2 booked for London

ccie lab exam booked london

Well I am now locked in for the 5th December for the 2nd attempt of the CCIE Lab Exam in London at the Mobile Lab. The lab will be taking place at Cisco Systems, London Office in Finsbury Circus. That gives me 89 study days to go!  

How to Study for the CCIE Lab Exam

Jeremy has just released a little video on how to study for the ccie lab exam. Tweet Jeremy got me through my CCNP and if you have not heard of him before you should check out some of his videos. Simple video with advice on how he studied to pass his ccie lab exam There […]

How much sleep do you need before the CCIE Lab Exam?

How much sleep do you need is a question I have never actually got an answer to. This question has become very important at this point in my life as I am studying for one of the hardest certifications in IT the ccie lab exam. The exam itself is 8 hours long so I will […]

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 […]

show ip alias

If you want to quickly see what ip addresses you have configured on your router you can use the command show ip alias This will give you a much cleaner output than sh ip int brief or sh ip int brief ex unass Using the command sh ip alias on a router you can see […]

132 Study Days left before my CCIE Lab Exam!

I now have 132 study days left before my first attempt at the CCIE Lab exam in Routing and Switching v4. I have started a complete study guide mapping out exactly what I am going to be doing between now and the big day. This consists of ensuring I do every Vol II lab again, […]

CCIE Lab Booking – How to book the CCIE Lab Exam

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After passing my ccie written last week I am now going to book the CCIE Lab exam which I plan to take at the end of January 2013. This fits in well with my schedule and study plan. CCIE Lab booking is very easy you just need to have passed the ccie written exam and […]

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