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CCIE Lab Training

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 …

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 …

CCIE Lab Exam – Attempt#2 booked for 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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

CCIE Lab Booking – How to book the CCIE Lab Exam

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 …

CCIE Candidates Don’t give up – Advice from CCIE’s

I came across this post today about an engineer who had failed the CCIE Lab exam 3 times and was losing the will to go on. It was written by Emmanuel Conde and has some great advice from CCIE’s …

CCIE Lab Equipment to practice

If you are studying for the CCIE or in fact any Cisco Certification 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 …

sh ip protocols summary

show ip protocols summary or sh ip prot sum This very simple command will show you all the current routing protocols running on the router. If you are logging onto any router for the first time, and …

CCIE Data Centre or CCIE Data Center??

It was announced at Cisco Live that there will be a CCIE Datacenter cert. Or CCIE Datacentre if you are in the UK! Great blog post from Mark Snow over at INE …

TCL Script – Ping Test

One of the major parts of the CCIE Lab Exam is ensuring you have full reachability in your network. How do you ping all your addresses? TCL script or “Tickle Script” as it is usually …

CCIE Lab Locations – CCIE Lab Exam Centers

After passing your CCIE written exam for any track candidates must make an initial attempt at the lab exam within 18 months. There are 10 ccie lab locations worldwide. Bangalore, Beijing, Brussels, …

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