Online Study List
03/07/10 10:14 Filed in: ccie
Online Study List (OSL) is
a virtual email community of network engineering
professionals working on various networking
certifications with a primary focus on the CCIE Routing
and Switching (R&S) Lab, CCIE Security Lab, CCIE
Voice Lab, CCIE Service Provider Lab, CCIE Storage Lab,
and the CCDE (Cisco Certified Design Expert)
certifications. We are a SPAM-Free community of
professionals that share the same common goal - to pass
certification exams or lab exams and enhance our
professional career.
ONLINE STUDY LIST
CCIE Lab Video
03/07/10 09:50 Filed in: ccie
A
quite long video (12:04) of the CCIE lab interface
directly from Cisco website.
A must-see for all CCIE candidates.
LINK
Notes
29/06/10 22:55 Filed in: study
material
Quick notes to review topics and some light reading:
CCIE RS Study Kit
(free)
R&S Short notes v4
(88$
but very good reviews, sample chapters
available)
CCIE R&S Writtes Exam v4 passed today!
Written exam 350-001 passed, now it’s time to focus on the lab preparation.
How to remember BGP attributes
08/05/10 18:18 Filed in: bgp
“We Love Oranges AS Oranges Mean Pure Refreshment”
W Weight (Highest) L Local_Pref (Highest) O Originate (local originate) AS As_Path (shortest) O Origin Code (IGP < EGP < Incomplete) M MED (lowest) P Paths (External Paths preferred Over Internal) R Router ID (lowest)
Thanks to Rene Molenaar
LINK
IPExpert VoD update
31/01/10 12:23 Filed in: study
material
IPEXPERT updated it’s CCIE R&S v4 Video on Demand bootcamp. The teacher is Joe Astorino
The art of troubleshooting
30/01/10 10:12 Filed in: troubleshooting
Some useful troubleshooting tasks from Dan Shechter. Troubleshooting is part of the CCIE R&S Lab exam.
LINK
Free Mind
24/01/10 21:22 Filed in: strategy
New study tool: FREEMIND
I’ll use it to keep track of my studies and small notes.
Here’s what it looks like:
Cisco Command Line Editing Keys
23/11/09 21:55 Filed in: strategy
Time is a key factor in the lab. I’m always monitoring my speed while configuring a router/switch even in simple scenarios and with non-Cisco devices.
Scott Morris in IPEXPERT VoD taught me how to use Microsoft Notepad to speed up repetitive tasks.
Now it’s time to take a step forward and stop to use arrow keys so ofter, here’s some command line editing keys very useful:
Command Description
Ctrl + A Jumps to the first character of the command line.
Ctrl + P Previous Command
Ctrl + U Clear Line and Put in Buffer
Ctrl + W Delete Word Backwards and Put in Buffer
Ctrl + Y Paste Buffer Contents
Ctrl + E End Line Ctrl + A Beginning Line
Ctrl + X Clear Line to the Left and Put in Buffer
Ctrl + T Flip Last 2 Characters
Ctrl + F Forward Character
Ctrl + B Backward Character
Ctrl + J Return
Ctrl + L Refresh Line
Ctrl + I Refresh Line and Goto End
Ctrl + K Delete everything on the Right of cursor
Ctrl + V Allows to type control character
Ctrl + M Return
Ctrl + H Backspace Character to the Left
Ctrl + R Refresh Line
Ctrl + D Delete Character to the Right
Ctrl + C Clear line
Ctrl + N Next Command
1
1
1
| Ctrl-A
|
Jumps
to the first character of the command line.
|
| Ctrl-B
or the left arrow key
|
Moves
the cursor back one character.
|
| Ctrl-C
|
Escapes
and terminates prompts and tasks.
|
| Ctrl-D
|
Deletes
the character at the cursor.
|
| Ctrl-E
|
Jumps
to the end of the current command line.
|
| Ctrl-F or the right arrow key | Moves
the cursor forward one character.
|
| Ctrl-K
|
Deletes
from the cursor to the end of the command line.
|
| Ctrl-L;
Ctrl-R
|
Repeats
current command line on a new line.
|
| Ctrl-N or the down arrow key | Enters
next command line in the history buffer.
|
| Ctrl-P or the up arrow key | Enters
previous command line in the history buffer.
|
| Ctrl-U;
Ctrl-X
|
Deletes
from the cursor to the beginning of the command
line.
|
| Ctrl-W
|
Deletes
last word typed.
|
| Esc
B
|
Moves
the cursor back one word.
|
| Esc
D
|
Deletes
from the cursor to the end of the word.
|
| Esc
F
|
Moves
the cursor forward one word.
|
| Delete
key or Backspace key
|
Erases
mistake when entering a command; reenter
command after using this key.
|
Multicast, it's your time!
11/10/09 16:17 Filed in: written
After finishing the CCIP track, now it's time to engage
CCIE R&S Written seriously. I've decided to start
from my weakest points: Multicast, IPv6 and QoS.
Multicast is the first, the plan is:
I leave the deepest practice after passing the written exam, now I'd like to build a strong theory base.
Like someone much more expert than me said: "plan your work, work your plan".
Let's do it!
Multicast is the first, the plan is:
- IE Written CoD (6 videos on Module 7) and IPX VoD (3 videos on day 4 with exercices)
- IE AdvTech CoD (Day 9 parts 5-6)
- IPX WB1 labs 23,24
I leave the deepest practice after passing the written exam, now I'd like to build a strong theory base.
Like someone much more expert than me said: "plan your work, work your plan".
Let's do it!
CCIE, the missing points
01/08/09 12:19 Filed in: about_ccie
Another great post from Himawan Nugroho about CCIE, it worth to be read every single line:
“What is your purpose to take CCIE? Who cares about the number if we want to take CCIE to learn the technology covered in the lab in a structured way? If someone wants to take CCIE because he wants to ensure he has a solid foundation of the networking knowledge that he needs to work in the real life, why bother with the number? And you will see in my later point, it's not the number that matters. It's the experience, it's what you have done, it's the reputation, that matter.”
Strategy links, CCIE in 90 days
20/06/09 13:12 Filed in: strategy
Narbik bootcamp
14/03/09 15:00 Filed in: bootcamps
Mattew Smith published his impressions about the Narbik CCIE BootCamp. I definitely should attend one!
Update May, 26th 2009: another positive review of the Narbik Bootcamp: LINK and LINK
New CCIE count: Beginning roots of a new tech boom?
28/02/09 18:03 Filed in: about_ccie
New CCIE count: Beginning roots of a
new tech boom?
by Brad Reese
and
Cisco engineering units are the emerging measure of global power.
by Robert Cringely
“ My friend George Morton, who figured this all out, says that by knowing the right numbers to look at we can have a good idea what countries will be leading in technology — and presumably in economic development and power — in the years ahead. The measure George likes is the number of Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts or CCIEs.
The CCIE is Cisco’s top certification category and VERY hard to earn. Being a CCIE doesn’t mean you have Len Bozack on speed dial, but it might as well. Cisco products dominate the Internet and CCIEs are Cisco gurus, so if you are serious about the Internet as a nation you’ll have CCIEs hanging about, or that’s the theory. Conversely, if you just talk a good game as a country with technological aspirations, maybe you won’t have many CCIEs at all — maybe none. It’s one way to determine who the posers are.”
by Brad Reese
and
Cisco engineering units are the emerging measure of global power.
by Robert Cringely
“ My friend George Morton, who figured this all out, says that by knowing the right numbers to look at we can have a good idea what countries will be leading in technology — and presumably in economic development and power — in the years ahead. The measure George likes is the number of Cisco Certified Internetwork Experts or CCIEs.
The CCIE is Cisco’s top certification category and VERY hard to earn. Being a CCIE doesn’t mean you have Len Bozack on speed dial, but it might as well. Cisco products dominate the Internet and CCIEs are Cisco gurus, so if you are serious about the Internet as a nation you’ll have CCIEs hanging about, or that’s the theory. Conversely, if you just talk a good game as a country with technological aspirations, maybe you won’t have many CCIEs at all — maybe none. It’s one way to determine who the posers are.”
CCIE Written Study Tips by Jeff Rensink
22/02/09 15:05 Filed in: written
About CCIE
13/12/08 13:14 Filed in: about_ccie
I keep this post updated as I find interesting articles and informations about CCIE:
Why Become A CCIE?
How Much Does It Cost To Become A CCIE?
Making the CCIE Plunge
I agree with this statement: “I understood CCNA concepts at a much better level after getting my CCNP. I now know CCNP concepts at a much higher level after chasing the CCIE.”
From NetworkWorld article “Doctor, lawyer? Non-techies don't appreciate Cisco networking exam”:
Cisco says the average pass rate of the CCIE exam over the life of the program is 26%
Experiencing Cisco's notorious CCIE lab from TechRepublic
CCIE Hall Of Fame
CCIE suggestions from CCIE:
Joe from GroupStudy: Do practice labs!
CCIE R&S Expanded Blueprint
06/12/08 10:17 Filed in: written
From the InternetworkExpert’s blog the R/S 3.0 Expanded Study Blueprint. More detailed than the one on the Cisco website, useful to track the study topics:
LINK
CCIE Flyer
19/11/08 22:47 Filed in: other
Mendicant?
26/10/08 18:04 Filed in: other
Old but funny post of Greg Ferro and his Network Dictionary: Mendicant.
“While Cisco isn’t a religion, the study and learning process has some monastic qualities such as all time spent studying or practicing, poverty due to study and lab time.”
So, thanks to my girlfirend for all her pacience! She deserves it.
ProctorLabs
17/10/08 09:14 Filed in: lab
IPexpert gave me a voucher for a free ProctorLab session as a bonus for the BLS that I bought. The voucher ia valid for a year so I’ll use with when I’ll feel more prepared.
Thanks IPExpert and ProctorLabs!
Lab fail
08/10/08 22:17 Filed in: lab
No, it’s not me. My date is not soon.
The best advice for study from cciepursuit blog, he did’t pass but the first time is very hard:
2) Question interpretation. This was the big one. A majority of the questions would not come out and tell you what technology to use, but would rather use a description of that technology. Sometimes these descriptions were either foreign to me or they concentrated on a minor feature of said technology. This threw me. Sometimes I could mine the documentation using some of the keywords to figure out what the technology was, but there were a couple of descriptions that just did not make sense to me.
Cat 3550 and 3560
05/10/08 18:18 Filed in: lab
In the CCIE lab there are two models of switches:
# Catalyst 3550 series switches running IOS version 12.2 – IP Services
# Catalyst 3560 Series switches running IOS version 12.2 - Advanced IP Services
This post will be updated as I find more informations.
Internetwork Expert: different commands in 3550 and 3560
Bridging the gap between 3550 and 3560 QoS: Part II
Bridging the gap between 3550 and 3560 QoS: Part I