- As many other vendors HP has a fast track for people already certified with Cisco to achieve an HP certification skipping some basic exams. There's an upgrade path tool available on HP website than shows the required exams for each path. CCIE R&S certification in my case allows to get "HP MASE Network …
Read More IPv6 is the evolution that everybody know must be done one day but not today.
Unike the Millenniun Bug that had a clear deadline, IPv6 adoption is a topic that I often discuss with clients but nobody is really willing to do it, even in a test environment.
I studied IPv6 in many Cisco certifications but since they're …
Read MoreQuesto post e' dedicato ai networkers iscritti al CUG di AreaNetworking.it per condividere la mia esperienza del Cisco Live! 2013 a Londra.
Ho visto diversi messaggi in ML e dato che la risposta sarebbe un po' lunga e magari puo' interessare a piu' persone ho deciso di scrivere direttamente un post qui. Ho avuto il …
Read MoreI'm not a network security specialist but sometimes I'm curious about some topics and I like to test how they work.
Quite often I read in the news about darknets, recently the focus was on [Silkroad](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Road_(marketplace) and the [ToR](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network) …
Read MoreToday, 10 years ago, I've registered this domain.
My initial idea was just to have a place to play with html and to save some interesting links. After that I switched to RapidVeawer mostly beacuse I liked the themes and it was a good WYSIWYG editor.
The current release is just another wordpress blog but it works for …
Read MoreToday I've passed 642-874 ARCH exam that in conjunction with CCIE and CCNP entitles to obtain the CCDP certification.
To prepare the exam I've used the official study guide along with the documents in the Cisco Design Zone.
The hardest part of the exam preparation was to study technologies I've never really …
Read MoreHuawei network devices are becoming more and more popular in European market lately. It all started with 3G adapters, then mobiles, and now I see routers and switches deployed in many locations.
For a project I'll deploy in the next few weeks I had the opportunity to attend an Huawei training.
Huawei provides a …
Read MoreConsole access to devices for a network engineer is almost as important as telnet/ssh access. Usually an usb to serial adapter is required since almost all laptops don't have a serial port. I must admit that a dual or quad serial adapter is in my Amazon wishlist ;-)
I looked for wireless serial adapters, both bluetooth …
Read MoreOne of the more annoying things of the windows command line is the lack of Shift+Ins to paste the clipboard.
A bit of googling made me discover a very useful software called AutoHotkey.
While I'm just beginning to use it it proved to be the perfect tool for the job.
This simple script allows use Shift+Ins to paste the …
Read MoreQuite often I have to debug a wireless client roaming across lighweight Cisco APs to confirm it moves between APs as expected in the network design.
On the WLC the command is "debug client MAC". The command shows all the events related to the specific client including:
Reassociation received from mobile on AP …
Read More- Got mail from Cisco:
Read More I work with WiFi more than I admit to myself and now that I have more time to study outside the CCIE R&S blueprint boundaries it's time to focus on other technologies.
I've been involved in an interesting high density WiFi project and after a successfull deployment there're some things I'd like to check. As Cisco …
Read MoreMy home network is connected to the Internet via radio bridge. The reason is ADSL services were not available a couple of years ago, now it is but since the radio bridge is cheap and works (most of the time) I really don't care to change.
Some time ago I started to notice downtime of the Internet connection, I sent a …
Read MoreIn really enjoyed to read all the blog post of people passing the CCIE lab exam over the years. I've found the stories very inspirational so now it's time for me to give back.
I started working as a system engineer in 2001 supporting Microsoft Windows 2000 client and server for a bank. I had the opportunity to work …
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