Sirsamon's CCIE, Like the Doctor says It's Bigger on the Inside

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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    I am thinking you are spot on Turgon. I am looking at doing it in January, i can practice for the exam a lot more with the three weeks x-mass holidays.
    Work for the last week and a half has been a bit outrageous, but back to normal now.

    Finished chapter 2 of BGP design and implementation.

    cya

    :)
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    Yeah just got my book back that i left in the hotel.
    Jumping back to Internet routing architectures to Finnish it off, then back to BGP design and implementation.

    cya

    :)
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  • TurgonTurgon Banned Posts: 6,308 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Sirsamon wrote: »
    Yeah just got my book back that i left in the hotel.
    Jumping back to Internet routing architectures to Finnish it off, then back to BGP design and implementation.

    cya

    :)

    Do the Odom and Boson practices tests everyday now to prepare for the written test in January. You can read obscure books to your hearts content once you have the written out of the way and are working on lab prep.
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    Sirsamon wrote: »
    Yeah just got my book back that i left in the hotel.
    Jumping back to Internet routing architectures to Finnish it off, then back to BGP design and implementation.

    cya

    :)

    Keep pumping. How is it going?
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    Hi Turgon,

    I have been flat out working on two simultaneous installations and supporting the state at the same time :)

    Anyways just about to start on QOS.

    cya all later

    :)
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    Sirsamon wrote: »
    Hi Turgon,

    I have been flat out working on two simultaneous installations and supporting the state at the same time :)

    Anyways just about to start on QOS.

    cya all later

    :)

    A typical day for me that. I know how that impacts your studies!
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    OK, had a rest, x-mass is over new year tonight, and BGP finished, starting on QOS in the morning.

    :)
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    OK finished CCIE v4 chapters on QOS,
    Classification and marking
    Congestion management and avoidance
    shaping, policing and link fragmentation

    today i start on end to end QOS.
    I am looking forward to it as QOS would be one of my weakest points, not that its hard it keeping each option separate i find tricky :)
    Anyways onwards we go, when i get out the other side of this book things should be a lot clearer.

    cya

    :)
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    Good day, went through chapters 1 and 2.
    Nice intro blow of the cobwebs.
    Also had a sneak peek at the next book (Cisco QOS ECG 2nd ed) looks like a good read.

    cya

    :)
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    OK had a great day, head is as tight as a drum :)

    completed chapters 3 to 11, also did a few labs just to reinforce what i was reading.

    Tomorrow chapter 12 campus QOS.

    cya

    :)
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    Yeahhh i finished End to End QOS today.
    It was an ok read second time round.
    tomorrow i get to start on the new Cisco QOS 2nd ed book, had a bit of a sqwizz and it looks ok.

    time to rest my head is bursting, and back to a normal pace or reading.

    cya

    :)
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  • TurgonTurgon Banned Posts: 6,308 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Sirsamon wrote: »
    Yeahhh i finished End to End QOS today.
    It was an ok read second time round.
    tomorrow i get to start on the new Cisco QOS 2nd ed book, had a bit of a sqwizz and it looks ok.

    time to rest my head is bursting, and back to a normal pace or reading.

    cya

    :)

    Odom and Boson tests daily for you now. Pass the written!
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    Turgon :)

    Ok today was a great day reading chapters 1 to 4 completed and a bit of labbing some points just to reinforce.

    the more i read QOS, the more dare i say it, i like it :)

    cya

    :)
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  • jameshardy2012jameshardy2012 Member Posts: 45 ■■□□□□□□□□
    good on you Sirsamon. have you had a look at Kevin Wallaces 1examamonth website - its pretty good for Qos - when you are reading chapters do you take notes along the way or just read.?
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    jameshardy2012 wrote: »
    good on you Sirsamon. have you had a look at Kevin Wallaces 1examamonth website - its pretty good for Qos - when you are reading chapters do you take notes along the way or just read.?

    I do take notes on new books.
    But i do like to read a book at least twice with time in between reads.
    Tthats why Turgon is hammering me to sit the written :)
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    Today another great day, chapter 5 to 7 completed (gees there is a lot in this books chapters)
    This is the first time i have read this book, happy to say i love it.
    I find it very clear and in depth also not to mention i love the flow and layout of the book.

    Today's topics were,
    congestion management
    policing and shaping
    congestion avoidance via drop policies

    feeling very comfortable with it all, (head ready to burst) got some nice revision notes to keep it clear later.

    cya

    :)
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    This morning started a bit flat,

    I had red through LFI and FRF last night as i could not sleep :)
    So this morning i thought two chapters to go and looking forward to the LAN QOS chapter.
    What a let down, the book focused on the 2950s. the last chapter was ok, best prac, which was really a review of everything we had been through.
    All rolled together.

    I have to say other than the LAN chapter only on the 2950, i loved the book.

    shower time then back to the CCIE book chapter 15 Wide Area Networks, this is a small chapter, but it will lead me onto the Frame relay book.

    cya

    :)
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    Good day today, took it easy moving into a new topic.

    Covered off HDLC and PPP, then finished the chapter on Frame relay.
    Tomorrow i start on the frame relay book :)

    As a side note i notice something on the default PPP settings, its not important but does niggle at me :)

    I had just setup a basic serial connection. (back to back)

    both interfaces were nothing out of the norm,

    encap ppp
    ppp authentication
    ppp quality
    ip address

    everything worked but what i did notice,

    both ends of the link the queuing would normally be WFQ, not the case with the PPP quality (int command at both ends)
    it now had the DCE end with FIFO and the DTE end Weighted Fair.

    My question is why ? icon_smile.gif

    If its the PPP quality cmd then i would have thought both ends would be FIFO or WFQ but not different at both ends.

    Unless the logic is,

    DTE WFQ (customer end) QOS out
    DCE FIFO (ISP) return traffic asap

    P.S

    you can manually change the Queuing method to WFQ or whatever, just the default i thought was strange.

    icon_smile.gif

    just setup a multilink with 4 serial, both ends are FIFO before and after using the PPP Quality cmd.

    hmm.

    anyways all good.

    cya
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    Tonight i am ready to pass out :)

    First day back at work, plus i got up at 6:30am to start my new year resolution to exercise.

    1 hour on the bike while watching INE vids.

    Tonight i started the Frame Relay solution book, only got the first 3 chapters done, never mind onto configuration tomorrow.
    Going to be a nice refresher.

    cya

    :)
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Videos on the bike? That is a great idea. Keep up the good work.
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • jameshardy2012jameshardy2012 Member Posts: 45 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Sirsamon - you got a tacx or just an exercise bike.. Hopefully your not flying down the road with a laptop bodge taped to your handlebars icon_lol.gif
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    HEHE, no i have a recumbent exercise bike :)

    i have it in the garage with a monitor on top of a Compaq half rack, just the right size to watch the videos.
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    Chapters 4 through 6 completed, spent a bit of time on TS just to be sure.

    Glad this weeks work is almost over, first week back is a killer along with a diet and exercise.

    Looking to chomp through most of the book over the weekend.

    cya

    :)
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    Chapters 7 to 9 completed tonight, stopped early.
    Really sleepy.

    Anyways spent a bit of time going through FREEK !!!! ;)

    Looking for a good nights sleep charge the body back at it bright and early.

    cya

    :)
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    Finished of Frame Relay, a lot of chapters are no use at this time, ISDN, X-25.
    This time i have to admit it was a long boring read.

    Anyways, back to the CCIE book and Multicast ( love it)

    cya

    :)
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  • TurgonTurgon Banned Posts: 6,308 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Sirsamon wrote: »
    Finished of Frame Relay, a lot of chapters are no use at this time, ISDN, X-25.
    This time i have to admit it was a long boring read.

    Anyways, back to the CCIE book and Multicast ( love it)

    cya

    :)

    It's time to take the written and get it out of the way. Then take your excellent workethic into labprep before you get burned out. Lab prep is harder than reading books.
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    Turgon, you are correct.

    I finished the Multicast section of CCIE v4 book, security, no more extra book reading.
    three chapters to go.

    P.S

    added 4 2821 to the home lab :)
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    Finished off the security chapter, going to spend a few days labbing cbac,zone based and copp.

    Just to be sure, clear out any rust :)

    cya

    :)
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  • TurgonTurgon Banned Posts: 6,308 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Sirsamon wrote: »
    Finished off the security chapter, going to spend a few days labbing cbac,zone based and copp.

    Just to be sure, clear out any rust :)

    cya

    :)

    Not much of that on the written. Be familiar with configs.
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    Finished the first section of MPLS (just basic MPLS IP)

    Tomorrow i should finish of the chapter MPLS VPNs

    cya

    :)

    In the work of the classic movie Highlander,

    I can feel the quickening, when i get like this i know i am not to far away from hitting the exam.
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