CCIE R&S

Members of this group should be studying for the CCIE Routing and Switching Lab. We are looking for enthusiastic and energetic people who are willing to work together to pass one of the industries most difficult certifications.
Please follow the following rules for this group:
1. Do not break Cisco's NDA agreement
2. Technical topics only! No discussions of commercial products
3. No sharing of pirated materials
4. All posts should be of technical in nature

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Looking for Lab Buddy's in New Jersey

I live in Edison, NJ and would like to see if there are enough people interested to create a formal Lab environment to study for the CCIE R&S and CCIE Security. I am currently using GNS3 for my studies which is sufficient for the Routing environment but it can't really replicate Switches. Also the Security Lab is a bit more demanding as for as hardware and software is concerned and would love to start purchasing items towards it already. But, that's in the future. Right now i need people to keep me motivated and vice-verse. It's always better to do things in a team than lonesome.  ...  read more »

I have a big troubot about Network addmission control

Hello everone.

Recently I have a troubole, My School deploy Nac in my school's network

My knowledge of network was very pool..my NOTEBOOk is installed by windows 7

but my school's network NAC agent version is 4.6

i know install version 4.7 in my computer can resolve my problem.

But I can't get this program(neither in cisco web nor in google).

Please who have this program...Email me ...thank you..!

Game for CCIE R&S....I am Planning for LAB in April..Hurry up guys!!

Hi Guys...if you are preparing for the CCIE R&S Labs..let's join together Online here on the forum and locally wherever possible!
The Idea is...There would be two levels..Local Community and Online Platform for people who can't connect locally.
Once we have enough people on board,then we can prepare groups and start an Interesting GAME or competition where...Each Group would exchange LABs and would solve it and share the solution with each other and then there would be debate and cross questioning that has to be answered by the respective group.  ...  read more »

Game for CCIE R&S....I am Planning for LAB in April..Hurry up guys!!

Hi Guys...if you are preparing for the CCIE R&S Labs..let's join together Online here on the forum and locally wherever possible!
The Idea is...There would be two levels..Local Community and Online Platform for people who can't connect locally.
Once we have enough people on board,then we can prepare groups and start an Interesting GAME or competition where...Each Group would exchange LABs and would solve it and share the solution with each other and then there would be debate and cross questioning that has to be answered by the respective group.  ...  read more »

Free MPLS Lecture - Cisco Mid-Atlantic Users Group

"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 »

How to prepare for CCIE written exam

Hi,

I have recently joined the group and i would to know how to prepare for CCIE R&S written exam. I want to complete within in two months time duration so how can i achieve my goal and what type of materials and hours of study require to reach my goal.

Please help me.

Regards,
Rock

best CCIE lab home setup

I would like to setup a home based CCIE lab for practicing all CCIE tracks. What Cisco Hardware items one should buy. I dont have big budget but reasonably can spend. Your advice is highly appreciated.

regards
Chandra

Preparing for a Sec track

Need study partner and advice from those who already done with new track, about the study, practice strategies and approach, Thanks and Regards Karuna CCIE-V# 24741

wanted a Study Partner for CCIE

I am looking for a study partner for written as well as Lab CCIE. I am based at Virginia USA. please contact me at chandravadrevu@gmail.com or at this site. I am a beginner but got 5 years Telecom/Wireless experience.

regards
Chandra

CCIE R&S Partner wanted!!!!!

Hi All,

Any body from UAE want to join me to study CCIE R&S we can share knowledge an materials and prepare for the exam

My email: mquptan@hotmail.com

CCIE R&S Partner wanted!!!!!

Hi All,

Any body from UAE want to join me to study CCIE R&S we can share knowledge an materials and prepare for the exam

My email: mquptan@hotmail.com

need good study materials for the R&S written exam

Hello,

Can someone point out the study materials for the R&S written exam? I just recently passed my CCNP and would like to start on the CCIE R&S written exam. Any information will be very grateful!

Thai

EIGRP METRIC

HI ALL OF YOU

ANY ONE CAN HELP ME TO NOW

HOW TO CALCULATE EIGRP DELAY

I KNOW THAT EIGRP AUTIMATICALLY CALCULATE BUT A WANT TO KNOW ABOUT MANUAL CALCULATION

Its a New day

It’s a new day. I feel at home. It’s a journey back to my old passions “Cisco”. I left this year’s back and never thought about a return. When you cross thirty and life becomes dull, job becomes insecure, you need something to lighten your day and brighten your future. Here comes our evergreen CCIE. I know the challenge ahead. The path is difficult but thrilling. I wish to share my experience right from the beginning. It might bore you or it might thrill you but I am going to write it down here. Its just a humble begining.

CCIE SP

Any one interseted in CCIE SP I can provide perfect study material and labs for exam. I am 100 % sure you will get cleared in your 1st attempt
Contact cisco_4u@yahoo.com

CCIE SP

Any one interseted in CCIE SP I can provide perfect study material and labs for exam. I am 100 % sure you will get cleared in your 1st attempt
Contact cisco_4u@yahoo.com

3560: Policy-map Trust State vs Port Trust State

hello,
I have read in the 3560 switch software configuration guide that a policy-map trust state and a port trust state are mutually exclusive and whichever is configured last it takes effect.
But I have tested this in my lab and I have found that the Policy-map trust state has always preference. I have tried all the possible options and the "trust whatever" in the policy-map is the command used for trusting traffic. It doesn't matter what you configure in the "mls qos trust" command.

3560: Policy-map Trust State vs Port Trust State

hello,
I have read in the 3560 switch software configuration guide that a policy-map trust state and a port trust state are mutually exclusive and whichever is configured last it takes effect.
But I have tested this in my lab and I have found that the Policy-map trust state has always preference. I have tried all the possible options and the "trust whatever" in the policy-map is the command used for trusting traffic. It doesn't matter what you configure in the "mls qos trust" command.

The first day of my CCIE journey

Wow....wow...

this is really a beginning journey for me.
i've never thought i'll come this far.
i've just past my written exam 3 days ago.
yesterday my boss has asked me to sit down together to talk about my plan on taking lab exam.

right now, i've prepared nothing just yet...hehehe
as i'm still working on some project from him.
but at least i've prepared some lab simulator to be ready anytime i'm in the mood to try some lab.. :)

i hope joining this groups will be a great advantage for me, i can learn a lot from other experience, and i hope i can share other things too.  ...  read more »

Re : CCIE Journey III

Sorry been away and a little busy..reading for the Written exam.

I did my ccie R&S written exam today and passed well though they have not confirmed my grades but am sure they will cause nothing was spooky.

Most helpful doc was Cisco Press and other material that I found quiet helpful was the Pass4sure and TestKing

One Step to go.....Will keep you posted

anyfrancis

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IS-IS Protocol

Do we have the IS-IS routing protocol in the CCIE RnS 4.0 Lab? I cant see it in the blue prints. Am wondering what the hell that IS-IS can miss in the lab.

Who has an idea??Lemi know on this blog or reply on my gmail: c.riobah@gmail.com

CCIE R&S and its Commoditization

The more hiring managers I meet, the more I hear that CCIE Routing and Switching has become a comodity. Although the job boards and LinkedIn make it look like it, the truth is that your cert should match your work experience. If it does, then it doesn’t matter to you because you’ve utilized your cert effectively.  ...  read more »

Betting on the right Pony

I met with a candidate this week who took me through his last ten years of writing certifications that yielded very little good jobs for him. He admitted to making some poor choices when choosing which technology tracks to follow. Now, he believes, he is finally on the right track with writing his CCIE.

Getting into IT can get you a great job with a great salary. People in this industry generally average more money than people in other industries. Choosing a technology too stick with can also help you to focus- something most people can’t do.  ...  read more »

CCIE Newbie

I am a windows Administrator have completed CCNA and CCSP in 2008, finally yesterday june28 2009, i took up a CCIE Routing and switching class, it was interesting and good to know, i knew or could improve my skills using gns3 at home to practise and see the labs come to life, since i tried putting my foot in to get a decent paying Cisco Network Job, but couldn't.Everyone wants experience of 5 years or more on all the protocols etc. I know the basic CCNA stuff, and picked up some more using virtual/ cisco simulator's.Any comments or suggestion really appreciated.Sastry V.Malapaka

First Steps towards my Ultimate Career Goal

First off, thanks for taking the time to read this.

I've just begun my preparations for the CCIE R&S Written exam. I'm currently following the v4.0 Blueprint and planning to knock out a section at a time, then circle back and review each previous section before starting the next. I've recently passed the CCNP BCMSN exam, but decided to dive into the CCIE now that they have revamped the blueprint.  ...  read more »

The VAR Vs. The Corporate Network

Once you’ve gained a sufficient amount of experience in the work world as a CCIE or a CCNA, you find more choices come upon you. One of those choices is the opportunity to choose between working for the VAR (Value Added Reseller) or working for the larger corporate network.

You’ll find hard core advocates on both sides. The VAR gives you exposure to more people, companies and different networks. Whereas doing a deep dive into a corporate network for an extended period of time gives you the experience of an extended amount of time in one place.  ...  read more »

Introducing Graded Labs Learning Capsules

In order to help all the students preparing for the CCIE Routing & Switching Lab Exam, we have launched a new product called learning capsules. These learning capsules are 3-5 hour labs that are focused on a specific technology or group of related technologies. They are written by the out-standing content creators at Internetwork Expert.  ...  read more »

MEETUP NYC

Folks,

I just joined a CCIE meetup group in NYC. We had our first meeting @ Cisco's NYC office. We had a pretty good turnout.

Here is the site for those interested in attending.

http://www.meetup.com/NYCCCIE/

RE: Journey II

Well you all know that am using the cbtnuggets for my preparation for my ccie written exam cause am...the tests where for revision and all.  ...  read more »

RE: Additional Content

Well you all know that am using the cbtnuggets for my preparation for my ccie written exam cause am...the tests where for revision and all.  ...  read more »

Re: CCIE Journey

My CCIE Journey started about two weeks ago when I went to sat for my CCNP composite paper and discovered that I had to pay 300 USD for the paper. So decided to read for my CCIE written exam instead.
It is exciting and am making time for my self to read and watch cbtnuggets video from Jeremy.(Jeremy rocks my world) Any ways I have a CBT Nuggets Combo, Actual tests and Pass4Sure documents and hope that this will suffice in my quest for my CCIE.  ...  read more »

Spanning tree protocol

Hi all,

When a designated port receives a INFERIOR config BPDU, it will send it conf BPDU in that port. What will happen if a designated port receives a SUPERIOR BPDU ???

Joined CCNA with www.rstforum.com

Finaly I joined above institute and started CCNA study. I will not be giving CCNA Exam. Might go for CCNP exam and then will try for CCIE. Lets see how it works for me. Things might change as i progress through the path.
regards
Nitin

SSH Ciscoworks lms 2.6

we are trying to implement SSH in LMS2.6 but a little unclear on how to do this.
could any one please shed some light on the subject and how best to do this.
do we use putty or crypto keys etc.

DREAM CCIE

Hi friends I am Nitin, MBA-IT from Mumbai, After completing MBA did not find better deal as yet, now focusing on CCIE, I do have networking experience. Now decided to choose networking as my career. by the way I am running 37 now. I have contacted ACIT one of the well know institute in Mumbai for the course , course fees is 65000/- INR. If done on fast track i can complete the course wihtin four months along with CCNA and CCNP. once i can manage with the funds i will start the course. any idea about the ACIT Institute?

continued with IPV6 and Access list this week

Did a brief reading about IPV6 and Access-list.
IPV6 is not that difficult as only thing you need to understand is the addressing scheme and intricacies in address.
Didn't find any difference in routing I mean layer 3 and above.

Time to start labbing will get my setup up comming week.

Not much of study today

Was waiting for some reason to escape reading and did that today with the pretext of being weekend :)..
Will be travelling next week..Will make sure to keep reading and updating myself.
Once I am back from this trip will get my lab up..

variations in ospf frame-relay

Read ospf over frame-relay. One thing to understand here is how the hello messages are generated in various topologies of frame-relay.point-point, point-multipoint, point-multipoint(NB).

Also understand the compatability Broadcase and NBMA are not compatable with frame-relay.point-point, point-multipoint, point-multipoint(NB) and Vice versa.

Read and understood basics of route redistribution.

I want to understand all topics first and get comfortable with them while doing lab :).

So far it had been good rhythm...

Had good coverage

Understood behavior of ospf under broadcast,NBMA, point-point, point-Multipoint(broadcast). Need to complete point-Multipoint (Non broadcast)...

Will revise entire list again and write a small blog on my understanding.

Started with layer 2

Had a good study on VTP, pruning, vtp domains, vtp modes, lacp, pagp.

And started with basic L3. Understood how a router actually does routing.(Longest route map, recursive lookup for interface and then encapsulation). Did some PBR and access list not fully comfortable with PBR and access lists. will spend some more time later.

Planning to start with some routing(rip,ospf) will get back to PBR later....

i need help

i'm actually in Africa and i'm preparing my CCIE R&S lab and i need someone to prepare it togheter. The problem is that i want to prepare it in US because i want to take two other CCIE track( Voice and security) before coming back in Africa. I need someone to help for 3 months .
thank. My email is jm.ngok@yahoo.fr

cisco documentation wealt of information

Scanned Documentation site of Cisco. Its real wealth and only friend during examination.
Will scan through ospf RFC some time this day.
Some travelling expected(job related) this week, taking few docs will be handy during transit...

Start of my Journey

CCIE had been a dream to achieve right from the 1st day of my work. Way back 2002 :).

Finally after so many years started my journey. Hope will stick to it and finish it 7-8 months time frame.

Urgent Need CCIE Network Consultant

Introducing My self Chaitanya with BOB Tech Solutions.

Please go through below Requriment for estemmed client. let us know your interest.

Interested consultants send resume to acvarma@bob-technologies.com.

Title : Network Consultant Engineer
Experience : Min 3 Yrs after CCIE

Location : Algeria or Tunisia

Description:

1- CCIE - Service Provider (Minimum 3 Years experience after CCIE)

2- French Speaking is a must

3- Assignment for one year

4- Work Assignment country Algeria or Tunisia  ...  read more »

ssh error

i m having a problem in ssh. i configurd ssh on ASA 5505 .when i ssh ASA from my router i m getting error

"no user specified nor ssh client available "

following command i used for configuration of ssh in ASA

aaa authentication ssh console LOCAL
passwd password
crypto key generate rsa modulus 512
ssh myrouterip outside
ssh mypublicip outside
ssh version 2
ssh timeout minutes
.why i m having this problem can any 1 help me in this regard .
thanks in advance

happy new year everyone

my best wishes for this new year and i hope that everybody who prepare CCIE will obtain it by the Blessings of GOD .

Happy New Year 2009

Starting my CCIE

HI All,
I have just decided to start my CCIE R&S Track. I have cleared my Written almost 20 months before and now expired. Because of some thing i dropped the plan for my Lab... Now i just started again.... with TCP/IP Vol1 and 2 in hand. Really i think i need this caz i missed most of the topics which are not coming in day to day stuffs. So better to start from the scratch.....

I need all your wise advice and suggestions...
How to start with.... ???
what all the books which would be helpful along the way?
LAB work book which would be the Best (IE's / Netmasters....)  ...  read more »

Be brave because it is not over yet!

2009 has begun her decent upon us like a celestial being surrounded by a golden haze and accompanied by a heavenly chorus. The general consensus seems to be that if anything can save us from 2008 it must be the coming of 2009, the New Year. No matter what religion, race, gender or nationality you are, I am willing to bet that like me, you are ready for a new year. I cannot remember a time in my long life, when I wished for another year to be tagged on to the many I have collected so far.  ...  read more »

CCIE a goal to get

I'm very happy to be a part of this website since i will have the opportunity to exchange information with real CCIE for real world issues and solution .

Well , i'm here to also get what all network engineers wanted to attain . CCIE and real world experience .

I'm currently reviewing for the CCIE written exam for Routing and Switching .

I hope you could reply to this blog regarding some tips and recommended materials for the lab.

Thank you very much..

Jay Ocampo
Network Consulting Engineer
Verizon Business

Doubt regarding ECN with WRED.

Hi Folks,

I have a doubt regarding the use of ECN with WRED.

R1 ----- R2

if we have 2 routers R1 & R2 connected on a FR-link.
we have confgured a policy-map on R1 with a class-map for FTP traffic. this class also configured with WRED(ECN enabled).
policy-map Mahi
class FTP
bandwidth percent 1
random-detect
random-detect ECN

FTP server is placed behind R2 router. if there is congestion on the link and there is packet drop on class-map FTP, will R1 send the congestion notification to R2?  ...  read more »