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Free MPLS Lecture - Cisco Mid-Atlantic Users Group

Submitted by Paul on Sun, 02/07/2010 - 14:25.

"An Introduction To MPLS" will be presented to the Cisco Mid-Atlantic Users Group (CMUG) by Paul Borghese on February 18th.

Come and learn:

* Why use MPLS in the Enterprise
* Basic MPLS Theory and Troubleshooting
* MPLS for BGP, VPNs, and Traffic Engineering

Paul will also demonstrate sample router configurations for MPLS.
If you've ever wanted to better understand how MPLS works, this is
a great opportunity.

The Cisco Mid-Atlantic Users Group Meeting will be held on  ...  read more »

Added additional anti-spam protection to the site

Submitted by Paul on Sun, 02/07/2010 - 02:06.

Over the past few weeks we had automated spam-bots posting on the website. The spam-bots were able to create accounts using fake google e-mail addresses.

I have added an additional service (besides using re-captcha) to the website to help minimize this spam. This service should be invisible to regular users of the site.

Please send me a private message if you find issues in the service.

- Paul Borghese

Changes to CCIE.net

Submitted by Paul on Wed, 02/11/2009 - 17:45.

I have made a few changes to our humble CCIE community website. The biggest change of course is the redesign of the color and style. Please send me feedback on the new style.

Some other changes:

* Unregistered users will now be shown a list of the most recent public blog entries. If you want your blog entry to be posted to the front page, make sure you mark it "public". Marking a blog entry "public" allows people outside the group to view the entry and encourages participation in the group.  ...  read more »

RSS Feeds available on CCIE.net

Submitted by Paul on Tue, 07/29/2008 - 15:16.

I want to point out something that may not be obvious. There are RSS feeds for almost all groups and blogs on this site. Simply take the URL and add /feed to the end. For example, in the R&S group:

http://www.ccie.net/groups/ccie-rs/

If you want to subscribe to the RSS feed, simply use the URL:

http://www.ccie.net/groups/ccie-rs/feed

User's Informational Page - What information should we collect?

Submitted by Paul on Mon, 07/28/2008 - 00:23.

One of my first orders of business is to update what user information is collected and displayed in the user profile. Of course all information will be optional. Some categories I came up with are

  • Full Name
  • Personal Website
  • Instant Messaging Accounts
  • E-mail (for public display)
  • Address (at least City, State, Country)
  • Certifications Obtained
  • Certifications currently studying
  • Company

    • What about another section for "Resume/Work experience", ala LinkedIn? Opininons. ideas?

    Putting the final touch on CCIE.net!

    Submitted by Paul on Sat, 07/26/2008 - 17:27.

    I am putting the final touch on CCIE.net. Hope to have the site launched by the end of the week. Please join me on the Site Discussion Group.