The Cisco Continuing Education Program is a brilliant initiative from Cisco. It is not widely known about but Cisco recently announced a new program to help you re-certify your CCIE without taking the written exam. Continuing Education Program - How does it work? The … [Read more...] about CCIE Continuing Education Program
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Spanning Tree Port States
Rapid Spanning Tree 802.1w reduced the number of port states from 5 down to 3 this short blog post details the 5 STP port states for Spanning Tree 802.1d and then Rapid Spanning Tree - as always these posts are purely my study notes which I hope can be of use to somebody else and … [Read more...] about Spanning Tree Port States
CCIE Routing and Switching Certification Guide 4th Edition
The first requirement of the CCIE Lab exam is to pass the written exam. The one and only resource you will need for this is the official CCIE routing and switching certification guide from Cisco. Written by Wendell Odom, Rus Healy and Denise Donohue. Now in it's 4th Edition it … [Read more...] about CCIE Routing and Switching Certification Guide 4th Edition
CCIE Written Exam – Implement IPv6
I have let my CCIE Written Exam expire and I need to schedule my CCIE Lab Exam! So I am going to just brush up on a few topics and get this exam passed. The topic I am going to be focussing on today is Implement IPv6 From the exam topics you need to be happy with the … [Read more...] about CCIE Written Exam – Implement IPv6
OSPF cost calculation
How does OSPF work out the interface cost? By default the ospf cost calculation is based on a reference bandwidth of 100Mb The calculation is Reference BW / Configured BW So for a 100Mb interface using the default reference bandwidth of 100Mb The calculation is 100Mb / 100Mb … [Read more...] about OSPF cost calculation
CCIE Written Exam Preparation
I tried to book my CCIE Lab exam today for next year and the system would not let me? The reason is my current CCIE Written Exam expires on the 21st December so I am unable to schedule a lab exam past this date. So I have to get out my CCIE Routing & Switching Exam … [Read more...] about CCIE Written Exam Preparation
