Submitted by routingccie on Tue, 03/26/2013 - 20:20.
There is a new forum where all the Updates are available with updates IOU
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Just an FYI for everyone who is preparing for the attempt
Submitted by rnperki on Mon, 02/18/2013 - 13:50.
The clock is seriously ticking now and my first attempt at the CCIE Lab Exam in Routing and Switching is only 67 days away in Brussels.
I have booked my hotel, going to be staying at the NH Airport Hotel. I know it's not the cheapest but I know where it is!
I will be taking the Eurostar to get there. Pretty much every minute of the day that I am not sleeping is now taken up with reading/labbing something about the CCIE topics.
I will be posting more updates as I get closer
Roger
UK
Submitted by rnperki on Mon, 02/18/2013 - 13:49.
The clock is seriously ticking now and my first attempt at the CCIE Lab Exam in Routing and Switching is only 67 days away in Brussels.
I have booked my hotel, going to be staying at the NH Airport Hotel. I know it's not the cheapest but I know where it is!
I will be taking the Eurostar to get there. Pretty much every minute of the day that I am not sleeping is now taken up with reading/labbing something about the CCIE topics.
I will be posting more updates as I get closer
Roger
UK
Submitted by rnperki on Mon, 02/18/2013 - 10:30.
The clock is seriously ticking now and my first attempt at the CCIE Lab Exam in Routing and Switching is only 67 days away in Brussels.
I have booked my hotel, going to be staying at the NH Airport Hotel. I know it's not the cheapest but I know where it is!
I will be taking the Eurostar to get there. Pretty much every minute of the day that I am not sleeping is now taken up with reading/labbing something about the CCIE topics.
I will be posting more updates as I get closer
Roger
UK
Submitted by routingccie on Tue, 01/29/2013 - 23:08.
Hello Guys hope you all are working your a** off for clearing the R&S Track
I have CCIE Rack to give on Rent with all 2 Labs and intials and exact topologies configured on Rent
Also i have the 3 Ts topologies and intials and working routers and switches and frame relay switches excatly configured and simulated like the lab
if any is interested to tak on rent can hola me
Submitted by routingccie on Tue, 01/29/2013 - 23:06.
Hello Guys hope you all are working your a** off for clearing the R&S Track
I have CCIE Rack to give on Rent with all 2 Labs and intials and exact topologies configured on Rent
Also i have the 3 Ts topologies and intials and working routers and switches and frame relay switches excatly configured and simulated like the lab
if any is interested to tak on rent can hola me
Submitted by routingccie on Tue, 01/29/2013 - 23:04.
Hello Guys hope you all are working your a** off for clearing the R&S Track
I have CCIE Rack to give on Rent with all 2 Labs and intials and exact topologies configured on Rent
Also i have the 3 Ts topologies and intials and working routers and switches and frame relay switches excatly configured and simulated like the lab
if any is interested to tak on rent can hola me
Submitted by rnperki on Mon, 11/12/2012 - 09:16.
If you have used GNS3 for any time you will have come across the error message 02:50:20.579: %CDP-4-DUPLEX_MISMATCH: duplex mismatch discovered on FastEthernet2/0 (not half duplex), with R4 FastEthernet0/0 (half duplex).
On a physical network any two cisco devices that are connected and have cdp enabled will monitor the status of the link and if there is a duplex mismatch you will get an error, which helps a lot.
However in GNS3 this error just seems to pop up for no reason, even if you have both ends set to full or auto. ... read more »
Submitted by rnperki on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 10:09.
After a very long week of working in the day and doing the INE Troubleshooting bootcamp in the evening I have finally got some downtime. It has been a great week of learning. I had to get the 32 router topology running in GNS before the bootcamp started. I ended up building a dedicated Ubuntu 64bit server with 16GB ram as a VM in ESXi5.1 After researching idlepc / idlemax values and all the fun that goes with running a large topology in GNS3 without it crashing I think I have finally done it. ... read more »
Submitted by rnperki on Fri, 09/14/2012 - 13:56.
Now that the study focus is back on again, I really need to find a way of tracking my study time and see why I never seem to have any time to study. So I created this very simple spread sheet with 8 columns
Date, Subject, Reading, Videos, Labs, Other, Comments, Total
Then every time I do some study I will input the number of minutes and then the total column adds up the minutes. If the number by the end of the day is less than 5 hours (my target study time) then it goes red. This will let me see if I am actually studying efficiently or not. ... read more »
Submitted by rnperki on Sat, 09/08/2012 - 12:55.
After a long summer of amusing the children and big projects at work, it is time to get back to the study! I had set myself a target to take the lab in July but it just didn't work out. So refreshed from the summer holidays I have set myself a very strict schedule to do one mock lab a week from now until January when my ccie lab is booked. ... read more »
Submitted by pbolton on Wed, 08/22/2012 - 03:16.
Policy routing is telling the router how you want traffic to be moved across a network, not necessarily what the router wants to do based on what's in its routing table. Let's think about 5 routers.
R6--------R4
|
|
|
R1--------///-------R3
| |
| //
| |
| -------///--------R5 ... read more »
Submitted by pbolton on Thu, 08/16/2012 - 22:30.
Well this has certainly been a busy summer. But it's time to get back into it. So far we've gone over some switching and frame relay and now we start getting into the good stuff.
Before we get into routing protocols like EIGRP, OSPF and BGP let's take a look at some good old fashioned static routes. There are a couple ways to create a static router, you can point it to the next-hop address on a link or you can point it to just an outgoing interface.
For example:
R1(config)ip route 150.10.4.0 255.255.255.0 155.10.146.4
or
R1(config)ip route 150.10.6.0 255.255.255.0 fa0/0 ... read more »
Submitted by shaikhmaula on Sun, 08/05/2012 - 10:00.
configured AAA , after configuring the the connection to that router is lost it give the error authentication fail for con 0
can some one pls tell me how to solve this problem
Submitted by shaikhmaula on Sun, 08/05/2012 - 10:00.
configured AAA , after configuring the the connection to that router is lost it give the error authentication fail for con 0
can some one pls tell me how to solve this problem
Submitted by pbolton on Mon, 07/23/2012 - 21:35.
Ever since I went to Cisco Live 2012 in San Diego I've been trying to determine just how much frame relay to cover. At Cisco Live it was stated, by Cisco, that there is no more frame relay switch (FRS) in the lab. This means no LMI gets provided and any frame relay configs will be back to back configs. I'm just going to cover configuring a back-to-back frame relay connection here. From my understanding this is about all we'll need to know to configure in the lab. ... read more »
Submitted by pbolton on Fri, 07/20/2012 - 02:34.
There are the "versions" of PPP that I'm want to go over here.
1) PPP with PAP and CHAP
2) PPP with AAA Authentication
3) PPPoE
--Point-to-Point Protocol
PPP is the universal layer 2 encapsulation for serial (point-to-point) links. The 2 main features of PPP are LCP (Link Control Protocol) and NCP (Network Control Protocol). LCP can be used to negotiate an authentication scheme, link compression, or encryption, while NCP allows for running a layer 3 protocol on top of PPP by embedding the protocol's negotiation parameters into PPP.
--Configuring PPP with PAP and CHAP ... read more »
Submitted by pbolton on Thu, 07/19/2012 - 23:06.
Private vlans is putting a vlan inside another vlan. Basically with private vlans you are taking users at a shared location and keeping them from talking to each other directly at layer 2. Let's say we have an office tower that has many different companies in this tower. The local ISP provider has installed a switch at this location to provide connectivity for all the different companies. (We'll say it's a 6509 switch, that can support a lot of connections.) The ISP provider is running layer 2 to this switch but they don't want the customers to be in the same vlan, or broadcast domain. ... read more »
Submitted by pbolton on Thu, 07/19/2012 - 00:14.
Multiple Spanning-Tree is taking multiple vlans and create single STP instance for those vlans. In 802.1D, "classic spanning-tree" there is one STP instance for all 4094 vlans. This is great if there is a very limited path option for traffic. However, if you design your network with redundant links and you want to load balance vlan traffic across different paths this may not be the best choice. On the other hand if we run PVST then we will get a separate STP instance for all 4094 vlans. This is great for breaking up our traffic paths, but this creates a of overhead. ... read more »
Submitted by pbolton on Wed, 07/18/2012 - 00:12.
This one is going to have a little length to it. We're going to go over STP and all of it's joys. Here's a list of all the STP topics that I'm going to cover:
-Root Bridge Election
-Load Balancing with port cost
-Load Balancing with port priority
-Tuning STP convergence timers
-Portfast
-Portfast default
-Uplinkfast
-Backbonefast
-BPDU guard
-BPDU guard default
-BPDU filter
-BPDU filter default
-Rootguard
-Loopguard
-UDLD
As you can see we have quit the list to get through, so let's get started.
--Root Bridge Election ... read more »
Submitted by pbolton on Mon, 07/16/2012 - 19:08.
802.1q tagging is a method for tagging traffic in different vlans so that switches can keep the broadcast domains separate. Let's take it one step further and tag a tag. By taking traffic that is already 802.1q tagged and adding another tag on top of it we can create an 802.1q, or Q-in-Q, tunnel. This is a handy feature that service providers may use in a metro ethernet. ... read more »
Submitted by pbolton on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 20:24.
At this point we have some etherchannels up and running. You may now be curious as to how traffic gets across these etherchannels in an efficient and effective manner. Well we have load balancing that takes place so traffic flows across each link in the bundle. In my lab setup I have 4 3560-24PS switches. On these switches you can have up to 8 links in a single bundle. The default method for load balancing on these switches is based on the source mac address. Which you can see here:
SW2#sho etherchannel load-balance
EtherChannel Load-Balancing Configuration:
src-mac ... read more »
Submitted by pbolton on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 02:29.
We have covered that I would consider the basics of switching. We've seen how to make a switchport an access port that an end user would connect to. We've setup trunks between switches utilizing DTP and with static configurations. We've taken a basic look at 802.1q, we've created a router-on-a-stick so we could route traffic between vlans, and we've setup VTP so we could tell all out network switches about vlans. Now let's get into some of the advanced topics. I'll start with EtherChanneling and go from there. ... read more »
Submitted by pbolton on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 21:14.
VTP comes in handy when you only want to create/modify/delete vlans on a single, or few, switches and have those vlan configurations propagate out to other switches. Of course you can just create/modify/delete vlans on each switch individually, but if you have 100's of switches that method could be a little time consuming. VTP won't tell the switchports which vlan they need to be assigned to, that joy is still done on a per switch/per interface basis. But at least you can tell the switches what vlans are out there. ... read more »
Submitted by pbolton on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 20:27.
Back to my office scenario that I made up. We have users in engineering, sales and HR in an office that is using 4 switches. We put the users in each vlan and we have created trunks between the switches. At this point users in each group can communicate with other users in the same group. We've made some progress, but we have more to go. Right now the users in the different vlans can not communicate between each other. In order for this to happen we need some Layer 3 action to take place. Now we can use a router for this or we can use an SVI on a layer 3 capable switch. ... read more »
Submitted by pbolton on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 19:26.
Now we get to the second type of switching trunk, the statically set trunk. In order to statically create a trunk you need to disable DTP. To statically create a trunk it take more than the single switchport mode dynamic command.
First we need to set the trunk encapsulation, I'll go with 802.1q here. Second we enable the trunk, and finally we disable the negotiation.
SW1(config)#int fa0/13
SW1(config-if)#switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
SW1(config-if)#switchport mode trunk
SW1(config-if)#switchport nonegotiate
SW2(config)#int fa0/13 ... read more »
Submitted by pbolton on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 19:12.
The difference between ISL and 802.1q is that ISL actually encapsulates a frame where 802.1q just inserts a tag. Yes this is simplified, but from what I can tell this is about all we need to understand when implementing it. So with 802.1q each frame gets a tag that identifies the vlan that the frame belongs to. That is unless traffic comes into the native vlan. The native vlan is the one where traffic does not get tagged, it passes along its merry way without any tags. By default the native vlan is vlan 1. However, this can be changed. ... read more »
Submitted by pbolton on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 18:41.
Alrighty, we have a dynamic trunk up between SW1 and SW2. At this point we could call it a day since the trunk is up, but that would take all the fun out of trunking. Let's work on setting the encapsulation of our trunk. So far the trunk came up and ISL was the negotiated encapsulation method. In and all Cisco network this would be fine, however if you have different vendor switches or even VoIP phones in your network you'll need to utilize 802.1q encapsulation.
First off lets just set out trunk to statically utilize ISL as our encapsulation method.
SW1#config t ... read more »
Submitted by pbolton on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 18:24.
At this point we have users on each switch configured for their respective vlans. However, we have 4 switches and we need the users on the different switches to be able to talk to other users in their group. (We'll get to users in different groups talking to each other later, one step at a time)
So now we need to create trunks between all the switches so that all of the different vlan traffic will be passed between switches and all the users in each group can talk to other users in their group. ... read more »
Submitted by pbolton on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 17:46.
Let's start with some of the basics for switching. Let's say I have 4 switches that are connected together in a full mesh. Each switch has 3 links between each other. By default all switch ports are in vlan 1 as that is the default native vlan. (If you are reading this I assume you understand vlans, if not I certainly recommend reading a CCNA book or two to get these basic terms and concepts down). ... read more »
Submitted by pbolton on Thu, 07/12/2012 - 17:25.
I've been studying for CCIE for a while now, but with new kids and work I haven't been able to spend the hardcore time studying that I would have liked. I have taken and passed the R/S written twice so I feel comfortable on the high level topics and I need to get the details all straight so I can walk into the lab and crush it. I personally don't take an exam unless I feel I can answer any question without hesitation. One thing that certainly helps cement concepts for me is when I have to teach those concepts to others. So I'm going to try this blog as a method for teaching. ... read more »
Submitted by ideaoncisco on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 10:22.
Hi this Hari am just started CCIE preparation and have to finish end of Dec 2012 so I need a quick learner and enthusiastic parter if any one is interested in chennai please contact me on this ideaoncisco@gmail.com
Submitted by JosephS on Tue, 06/05/2012 - 15:29.
Hi,
I have scheduled my labs in the month of September. Looking out for study partners in Pune/Mumbai. I can be reached at jtnootikat@gmail.com. You can also reach me at 8888803370
Thanks,
Joseph.
8888803370
Submitted by fosi130 on Tue, 05/29/2012 - 11:41.
I JUST STARTED PREPARING TO validation of my technical achievements by the ccie exam. I currently live in Cameroon and I would also like the same whether some elder in the area could help me by their advice.
Submitted by stamati76 on Tue, 05/15/2012 - 12:24.
Hi Everyone,
Here is a full installation with instructions on how to install & configure Internetwork Expert CCIE R&S Lab with Dynamips/Dynagen on Ubuntu.
I hope it helps some of you on your long journey! If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask on my blog site.
Many Thanks
http://cciedynamips.wordpress.com/
Submitted by kennyken on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 21:50.
Hello Houston,
Are there any people in Houston looking to attain the CCIE R&S? If so, please respond. I'm diligently looking for a partner to share this journey with! Thanks!
Submitted by Initialdraft on Tue, 04/10/2012 - 10:00.
We have done a good article on our CCIE Blog about Frame-relay Configuration for all the guys beginning the CCIE Journey, and even the advanced ones, It have actually helped me to remember a couple of things.
Let me know if it was of any help.
Submitted by Arslan Ahmed on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 07:53.
Hello,
I am preparing for the CCIE attempt, Need study partner for Routing & Switching. if anybody interested to study together or share knowledge, he can reach me at arslanahmed4@gmail.com
Thanks
Submitted by Initialdraft on Tue, 03/20/2012 - 21:49.
I wanted to share with you guys our all time most favorite post of our CCIE Blog. Its the most searched and most recommended post that we have:
Its one post that did Jose Miguel Huertas on Route Distinguisher and Route Target its a must read for every candidate on Routing and switching or the Service Provider CCIE track
Submitted by rnperki on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 14:38.
When I started thinking about blogging for studying I never realised the power it has. If you are struggling with a topic then do a blog post about it.
It makes you really learn the subject as you are putting yourself out there saying this is how something works.
I am going to be doing a lot more.
CCIE Blog
Roger
Submitted by Initialdraft on Thu, 03/08/2012 - 15:49.
We started our blog a few months ago, since the beginning we have been doing deep technology articles for all CCIE candidates on Routing & switching and the Service provider track. Our CCIE blog is located at blog.initialdraft.com
We are happy to join this site, and we will be very happy to help anyone on their Journey to the CCIE.
Submitted by rnperki on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 22:14.
I have just got back from a 10 day bootcamp with INE in London.
If you are preparing for the lab a bootcamp is the perfect training towards the end of your journey. The bootcamp runs at a fast pace and did not finish until 7pm every night.
A lot of material was covered and it has motivated me to make the final push now to taking the lab.
You can read my full review here
INE Bootcamp Review
Submitted by rnperki on Sun, 02/26/2012 - 09:04.
Welcome to my CCIE blog, I have decided to make the long journey to get my CCIE digits, I will be posting here small tech bits of info which I hope will benefit the community, they will be more study notes for me which I hope someone else will benefit from.
If you want to see some of my other postings you can visit my other CCIE Blog here:
http://www.rogerperkin.co.uk/ccie
Good luck with your Studies
Roger
UK
Submitted by hrgonzalez on Sat, 02/04/2012 - 06:15.
I am scheduled to take the CCIE lab in three weeks at RTP. I have been studing for a very very long time and never feel like I am ready for this test. I have a alot of anxiety and would like for some information on the site and the enviroment. What should I be expecting. If anyone has resently taken the test at the RTP, can you please share some of your experience. I would gladly appreciate any info to ease my anxiety.
Submitted by jorgeeospina on Tue, 01/31/2012 - 04:06.
Is it possible to set up an IPsec Tunnel over an IPv6 tunnel through an IPv4 network?
Here's a typical configuration for a manual IPv6 over IPv4 tunnel.
interface Tunnel0
no ip address
ipv6 address 3000::1/112
ipv6 rip 6bone enable
tunnel source Serial0/0
tunnel destination 192.34.1.4
tunnel mode ipv6ip
Here is a typical IPsec configuration
crypto isakmp policy 1
hash md5
authentication pre-share
crypto isakmp key cisco123 address 95.95.95.2
crypto ipsec transform-set rtpset esp-des esp-md5-hmac
crypto map rtp 1 ipsec-isakmp
set peer 95.95.95.2 ... read more »
Submitted by jogaint on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 10:24.
It was Monday last week. Good news from cisco site was there.
My last two attempt was so bad. But, this time was different even though I got new lab version.
I met my study group every weekends and study & lab hard using IPexpert wb. It lasts several months. We researched every topic on cisco DOC. What I realized this time is "DOC CD is your great tutor". We also study using ccielabguide workbook for preparing real ccie questions. It is nice workbook to see before your lab exam.
I'm thinking to prepare another track from ccna level,,, after long vacation :)
Submitted by jogaint on Tue, 01/17/2012 - 10:23.
It was Monday last week. Good news from cisco site was there.
My last two attempt was so bad. But, this time was different even though I got new lab version.
I met my study group every weekends and study & lab hard using IPexpert wb. It lasts several months. We researched every topic on cisco DOC. What I realized this time is "DOC CD is your great tutor". We also study using ccielabguide workbook for preparing real ccie questions. It is nice workbook to see before your lab exam.
I'm thinking to prepare another track from ccna level,,, after long vacation :)
Submitted by TheSwitchNRouter on Sat, 12/24/2011 - 14:42.
Hello,
I've scheduled my R&S lab in June.
I have 5+ years of experience in the industry & have started for lab-study.
Require a study partner so that 1+1=11 can be made true.
Contact me theswitchnrouter@gmail.com
Thank you.
Regards,
TheSwitchNRouter
Submitted by TheSwitchNRouter on Sat, 12/24/2011 - 14:42.
Hello,
I've scheduled my R&S lab in June.
I have 5+ years of experience in the industry & have started for lab-study.
Require a study partner so that 1+1=11 can be made true.
Contact me theswitchnrouter@gmail.com
Thank you.
Regards,
TheSwitchNRouter
Submitted by haroonrasheed125 on Fri, 12/02/2011 - 15:26.
Hello Friends,
I am planning to prepare for CCIE Security both written and lab, so if anybody interested can join together for study and discuss.
I need some study materials, and give me tips for how to prepare the labs using dynamips and Gns3.
If anyone have dynamips file please share...
you can contact me on email: haroonrasheed125@gmail.com
