http://packetlife.net/static/cheatsheets/eigrp.pdf
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Monday, September 29, 2008
Quick Lists - EIGRP Information
A Quick List on general EIGRP information brought to you by Packet Life.
http://packetlife.net/static/cheatsheets/eigrp.pdf
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http://packetlife.net/static/cheatsheets/eigrp.pdf
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Friday, September 26, 2008
Quote of the Week - 09/26/08
"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking." - William B. Sprague
Monday, September 22, 2008
Quick Lists - BGP Information
A Quick List on general BGP information brought to you by Packet Life.
http://packetlife.net/static/cheatsheets/bgp.pdf
Packet Life Cheat Sheets
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http://packetlife.net/static/cheatsheets/bgp.pdf
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Friday, September 19, 2008
Quote of the Week - 09/19/08
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." - Aristotle
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
How to Automate Getting Packet Captures off of an ASA
Link
Check out the link above for some good information on how to use the capture commands coupled with the wget function in Linux to run some automated gathering of capture files.
Check out the link above for some good information on how to use the capture commands coupled with the wget function in Linux to run some automated gathering of capture files.
Monday, September 15, 2008
CCIE Lab Documentation Update
CCIE labs changing from UniversCD to Cisco Documentation CCIE labs will no longer support using the UniversCD documentation for the lab exam. All labs have migrated over to Cisco Documentation only.
View the Cisco Documentation webpage
View the Cisco Documentation webpage
Quick Lists - IPv4 Multicast Information
A Quick List on general IPv4 Multicast information brought to you by Packet Life.
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Friday, September 12, 2008
Quote of the Week - 09/12/08
"Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash." - George S. Patton
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
CCIE World Statistics Udated
http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/certified_ccies/worldwide.html
| Total of Worldwide CCIEs: |  | 17840 (last updated 9/9/2008) |
| Total of Routing and Switching CCIEs: | 15852 | |
| Total of Security CCIEs: | 1764 | |
| Total of Service Provider CCIEs: | 961 | |
| Total of Storage Networking CCIEs: | 139 | |
| Total of Voice CCIEs: | 802 |
| Multiple Certifications: | |
| Many CCIEs have gone on to pass the certification exams in additional tracks, becoming a “multiple CCIE.” Below are selected statistics on CCIEs who are certified in more than one track. |
| Total with multiple certifications worldwide: | 1729 | |
| Total of Routing and Switching and Security CCIEs: | 646 | |
| Total of Routing and Switching and Service Provider CCIEs: | 423 | |
| Total of Routing and Switching and Storage Networking CCIEs: | 34 | |
| Total of Routing and Switching and Voice CCIEs: | 236 | |
| Total with 3 or more certifications | 274 |
Journey to CCIE# 16921, part 1
I thought I might write a brief history of my journey through my CCIE adventure. I decided to break it up into 2 parts. My planning, and testing through the Professional level exams on the first part and my actual testing and trials once I decided to take the CCIE Written exam.
Based on 3 years of experience in the USMC, in early 2001 I decided to start getting certified for my eventual End of Active Service (EAS) about 1 year away. I laid out my path and my plan and set forth towards my eventual goal of getting my zip code.
At this point I was part of a Communications Company that ran operational exercises. When I was personally not on these military operations, I had a good amount of free time prepping my these operations. In addition, without and operation, there was equipment to be used as well. I spent this time stacking Cisco 2501 routers on my desk, (yes I was one of the few that had a desk) interconnecting them and began to experiment, test and run through all the labs that I could while having online and book resources with me.
I had heard that the VA would reimburse certification exams through the GI Bill, so I looked into covering the Cisco exams in this manner. When I started my exam path they had not approved Cisco exams, but instead had mostly Microsoft exams on the approved list. I decided that an email campaign was in order. I created an email template and saved it to my desktop stating my argument for Cisco exam inclusion to the approved list. Over the next 4 months, every morning when I came into work, I would open the email template and send it to the VA.
First up on the certification block was the CCNA. I studied and on April 26 2001 I passed the CCNA exam. I moved from the CCNA to the CCDA exam and took that roughly 1 month later. Based on my studies and experience I remember thinking that this was the easy part, and I certainly expected to pass both of these tests without much trouble. Now I was ready to get to work on the 4 CCNP exams.
Since I knew I was schedule to leave September 15th for Egypt on an joint exercise, I planned to take what I could in August of 2001. That coupled with the fact of being a reasonably poor individual with 2 kids, I decided to take my stab at the triple threat, since it was cheaper. 200 for the combined test versus a total of 300 for each test individually. This was the Foundations bundled test set that you could take at the time that included Routing, Switching, and Remote Access exams of the CCNP series. Not much was available at that time about the test. In the end it turned out to be like testing all 3 tests separately just at the same time than 1 bundled test. It had 3 sections of questions, 1 for each exam, and you received a separate score for each section. A failing score on any of the 3 sections failed the test. This is information I only found out once I sat down and read the instructions of the test itself, so I was a little surprised. I did however pass all 3 sections which left me only 1 test left to achieve CCNP status. It was shortly after this that I actually received a reply to one of my VA emails stating that the Cisco exams were in the process of being added, and that once I saw them added I should submit all Cisco exams I had taken so far in addition to future exams.
We started a workup exercise a week or so before we were supposed to leave for Egypt. This is a time where the different units meet out in a field with tents, and simulate the exercise. We connected all of the IT systems to make sure everything worked before deployment. On of these days was a very late day for me getting everything to work, so I decided to lay down in one of the tents about 3am to get some sleep. I was actually awoken by some other Marines watching TV screaming about planes crashing into buildings and that we had been attacked. I didn't believe it at first, but groggily walkedd over to check it out. Of course this was September 11th, 2001 and the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The rumor had it, that we may be shifting our immediate exercise to Afghanistan and be the first military force on the ground there. This did not happen and we executed our joint exercise as planned while the powers that be planned their Afghanistan deployment. We were in Egypt from mid Setptember through mid November, which is a another interesting story all by itself, and I will post it here at some point.
Upon returning from Egypt I spent an amazing weekend in Las Vegas with soem friends. Again another story that will have to be posted here at some point. Then the Sunday after Thanksgiving we immediately left for 29 Palms for more military exercises. Once things are set up in the field exercises, the networkers job is fairly relaxed. The first 2 or 3 days of any deployment, forward jump, or operational movement are extremely hectic, but after that it provides a lot of time for study. Knowing this; even before going to Egypt I scheduled my 4th and final CCNP exam for just after my return from 29 Palms on December 21, 2001. I passed the Support test, and had achieved my CCNP goal.
Since, I figured I would not be able to take my CCIE Written or Lab before my EAS, I turned my attention towards the CCDP. The fact that only 1 other test, CID, was different from the CCNP exam track, and the fact that the VA finally approved Cisco exams for the GI Bill reimbursement certainly contributed to this decision. I ended up passing the Design exam in March of 2002, a couple months before my End of Active Service.
I always found the best combination for me to study and learn, was hands on equipment doing labs, while reading about the technologies, and having the experience that comes from both aspects working toegther. Tomorrow I will write about the remainder of the journey from CCIE written to CCIE lab completion and being assigned CCIE# 16921
Based on 3 years of experience in the USMC, in early 2001 I decided to start getting certified for my eventual End of Active Service (EAS) about 1 year away. I laid out my path and my plan and set forth towards my eventual goal of getting my zip code.
At this point I was part of a Communications Company that ran operational exercises. When I was personally not on these military operations, I had a good amount of free time prepping my these operations. In addition, without and operation, there was equipment to be used as well. I spent this time stacking Cisco 2501 routers on my desk, (yes I was one of the few that had a desk) interconnecting them and began to experiment, test and run through all the labs that I could while having online and book resources with me.
I had heard that the VA would reimburse certification exams through the GI Bill, so I looked into covering the Cisco exams in this manner. When I started my exam path they had not approved Cisco exams, but instead had mostly Microsoft exams on the approved list. I decided that an email campaign was in order. I created an email template and saved it to my desktop stating my argument for Cisco exam inclusion to the approved list. Over the next 4 months, every morning when I came into work, I would open the email template and send it to the VA.
First up on the certification block was the CCNA. I studied and on April 26 2001 I passed the CCNA exam. I moved from the CCNA to the CCDA exam and took that roughly 1 month later. Based on my studies and experience I remember thinking that this was the easy part, and I certainly expected to pass both of these tests without much trouble. Now I was ready to get to work on the 4 CCNP exams.
Since I knew I was schedule to leave September 15th for Egypt on an joint exercise, I planned to take what I could in August of 2001. That coupled with the fact of being a reasonably poor individual with 2 kids, I decided to take my stab at the triple threat, since it was cheaper. 200 for the combined test versus a total of 300 for each test individually. This was the Foundations bundled test set that you could take at the time that included Routing, Switching, and Remote Access exams of the CCNP series. Not much was available at that time about the test. In the end it turned out to be like testing all 3 tests separately just at the same time than 1 bundled test. It had 3 sections of questions, 1 for each exam, and you received a separate score for each section. A failing score on any of the 3 sections failed the test. This is information I only found out once I sat down and read the instructions of the test itself, so I was a little surprised. I did however pass all 3 sections which left me only 1 test left to achieve CCNP status. It was shortly after this that I actually received a reply to one of my VA emails stating that the Cisco exams were in the process of being added, and that once I saw them added I should submit all Cisco exams I had taken so far in addition to future exams.
We started a workup exercise a week or so before we were supposed to leave for Egypt. This is a time where the different units meet out in a field with tents, and simulate the exercise. We connected all of the IT systems to make sure everything worked before deployment. On of these days was a very late day for me getting everything to work, so I decided to lay down in one of the tents about 3am to get some sleep. I was actually awoken by some other Marines watching TV screaming about planes crashing into buildings and that we had been attacked. I didn't believe it at first, but groggily walkedd over to check it out. Of course this was September 11th, 2001 and the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. The rumor had it, that we may be shifting our immediate exercise to Afghanistan and be the first military force on the ground there. This did not happen and we executed our joint exercise as planned while the powers that be planned their Afghanistan deployment. We were in Egypt from mid Setptember through mid November, which is a another interesting story all by itself, and I will post it here at some point.
Upon returning from Egypt I spent an amazing weekend in Las Vegas with soem friends. Again another story that will have to be posted here at some point. Then the Sunday after Thanksgiving we immediately left for 29 Palms for more military exercises. Once things are set up in the field exercises, the networkers job is fairly relaxed. The first 2 or 3 days of any deployment, forward jump, or operational movement are extremely hectic, but after that it provides a lot of time for study. Knowing this; even before going to Egypt I scheduled my 4th and final CCNP exam for just after my return from 29 Palms on December 21, 2001. I passed the Support test, and had achieved my CCNP goal.
Since, I figured I would not be able to take my CCIE Written or Lab before my EAS, I turned my attention towards the CCDP. The fact that only 1 other test, CID, was different from the CCNP exam track, and the fact that the VA finally approved Cisco exams for the GI Bill reimbursement certainly contributed to this decision. I ended up passing the Design exam in March of 2002, a couple months before my End of Active Service.
I always found the best combination for me to study and learn, was hands on equipment doing labs, while reading about the technologies, and having the experience that comes from both aspects working toegther. Tomorrow I will write about the remainder of the journey from CCIE written to CCIE lab completion and being assigned CCIE# 16921
Monday, September 8, 2008
Quick Lists - Administrative Distances
A Quick list of administrative distances for the various routing protocols
Default administrative Distances
0 Connected interface
1 Static route
5 EIGRP summary route
20 External Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
90 Internal EIGRP
100 IGRP
110 OSPF
115 Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS)
120 Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
140 Exterior Gateway Protocol (EGP)
160 On Demand Routing (ODR)
170 External EIGRP
200 Internal BGP
255 Unknown
Reference Link
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk365/technologies_tech_note09186a0080094195.shtml
Default administrative Distances
0 Connected interface
1 Static route
5 EIGRP summary route
20 External Border Gateway Protocol (BGP)
90 Internal EIGRP
100 IGRP
110 OSPF
115 Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS)
120 Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
140 Exterior Gateway Protocol (EGP)
160 On Demand Routing (ODR)
170 External EIGRP
200 Internal BGP
255 Unknown
Reference Link
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk365/technologies_tech_note09186a0080094195.shtml
Friday, September 5, 2008
Quote of the Week - 09/05/08
"Try not to become a man of success but a man of value." - Albert Einstein
Thursday, September 4, 2008
CCIE Network
I just wanted to take a moment to praise the work of Paul Borghese on the CCIE Network.
http://ccie.net
Please take the time to check it out and join if you have not already. You will also find that I have created a group for General Cisco Group to discuss and pool resources to receive offers and discounts. I just received confirmation that we have been added by Cisco Press as an official Cisco Users Group.
Excerpt from the main page.
Create a personal blog Build relationships with other members Join exciting and new discussion groups Create your own private or public groups
http://ccie.net
Please take the time to check it out and join if you have not already. You will also find that I have created a group for General Cisco Group to discuss and pool resources to receive offers and discounts. I just received confirmation that we have been added by Cisco Press as an official Cisco Users Group.
Excerpt from the main page.
"Welcome CCIEs and CCIE Students! You are on the most exciting and innovative CCIE discussion site on the internet. From the creators of GroupStudy.com the worlds oldest and largest CCIE discussion site, comes our newest creation, The CCIE network.
The CCIE network takes the work we perform on GroupStudy and goes one step further. We are now building a complete CCIE community including blogs, small organic discussion groups, and relationship building tools. Create and collaborate with CCIEs from around the world, the way you see fit!
Join today, it is free! You will be able to:
Each group has a private discussion board and blog!
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
CCIE Lab Payment Deadline Update
CCIE Lab Payment Deadline Update
I personally like the change as it will free up dates and lessen the time required for those wanting to schedule a lab exam.
Policy Change to Payment for CCIE Labs
In effort to improve the availability of CCIE lab exams Cisco has updated the CCIE lab payment process.
On September 6, 2008 the payment policy for CCIE labs will be as follows:
Payment in full is due 90 days (calendar) prior to your lab date. Payment must be received to confirm your date. After 90 days refunds will not be available for cancelled lab dates.
The change in this policy will allow for lab seats to be open in a timely manner and create more desirable time frames.
If you have questions or want to confirm you are within the 90+ day window please contact customer support.
I personally like the change as it will free up dates and lessen the time required for those wanting to schedule a lab exam.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Quick Lists - Multicast Addresses
A quick List of Multicast IP addresses.
http://www.iana.org/assignments/multicast-addresses
http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-multicast-addresses
IANA Assignment Guidelines
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3171.txt
224.0.0.0 - 224.0.0.255 (224.0.0/24) Local Network Control BlockIANA Multicast Assignments
224.0.1.0 - 224.0.1.255 (224.0.1/24) Internetwork Control Block
224.0.2.0 - 224.0.255.0 AD-HOC Block
224.1.0.0 - 224.1.255.255 (224.1/16) ST Multicast Groups
224.2.0.0 - 224.2.255.255 (224.2/16) SDP/SAP Block
224.252.0.0 - 224.255.255.255 DIS Transient Block
225.0.0.0 - 231.255.255.255 RESERVED
232.0.0.0 - 232.255.255.255 (232/8) Source Specific Multicast Block
233.0.0.0 - 233.255.255.255 (233/8) GLOP Block
234.0.0.0 - 238.255.255.255 RESERVED
239.0.0.0 - 239.255.255.255 (239/8) Administratively Scoped Block
http://www.iana.org/assignments/multicast-addresses
http://www.iana.org/assignments/ipv6-multicast-addresses
IANA Assignment Guidelines
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3171.txt
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