Been a little quiet lately, trying to brush up on things and get ready for class next week. I have a CCIE Service Provider bootcamp scheduled with IPExpert on 11/8-12 in Columbus, OH. Really looking forward to the class, especially since Marko (@icemarkon on Twitter) is one of the teachers.
See what happens! I will post my thoughts and reflections once the class is complete.
Well, the first day of Cisco Live is now in the books for me. There have been a few bumps and scrapes on the first day, but all-in-all I would call it a success. What problems did we encounter on the first day? Well, it seems as that some of the support staff was not…
Well, finally had a chance to take a Cisco CCIE Service Provider class last week – and I am very glad I did. I know I was not ready for the lab when I took it the other month, and it was my hope that this class would help me fill in the pieces. I…
I was chatting with one of my old co-workers the other day and he mentioned that most people (Exec Level) do not always understand the difference in the Nexus 7010 and 7018 switches. So, based on that chat conversation I figured I would just post up some information on the similarities and the differences between…
Happy Days have returned! I have been invited to attend Network Field Day #22 (#NFD22) in San Jose, CA on February 12-14, 2020. If you are unfamiliar with Network Field Day, it is an event that is organized by Gestalt IT Media, LLC and brings together vendors along with independent bloggers (delegates). You can find…
It amazes me that in just a few more weeks it will be time for Cisco Live 2017 to begin in Las Vegas, NV. If you are a CCIE / CCDE, you know that one of the highlights for us is the CCIE Party. Some of the places that they have had the party at have…
I have seen a few posts out there about this as well as links to sites that will decrypt a Cisco type 7 password. Since I am trying to share what I know I figured I might as well throw my hat into the ring and include this information here. If you have a type…