My CCIE Journey Has Officially Begun.

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  • unclericounclerico Member Posts: 237 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Lookin' good my man. Sounds like you have it all going for you right now; CCIE Studies moving along well, new and exciting job, new baby, new house...you must feel like you're on top of the world!! Keep it up, you're doing awesome.
    Preparing for CCIE Written
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Having a hard time getting rid of this "martian next hop" error. Here is some more info that I found on it:

    http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3704.txt
    GroupStudy.com - CCIE, CCNA, CCNP and other Cisco Certifications
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    unclerico wrote: »
    Lookin' good my man. Sounds like you have it all going for you right now; CCIE Studies moving along well, new and exciting job, new baby, new house...you must feel like you're on top of the world!! Keep it up, you're doing awesome.

    Thanks! There is a lot to do, but its been fun thus far. I really appreciate the kind words!
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Cisco dual stack CE BGP configuration suggestions | nsp | ipv6 - shows you how to fix the Martian Hop issues...
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • and36yand36y Member Posts: 52 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Great article on Multicast..... thanks
    Studying CCIE R&S

    Written passed, looking at lab towards end of 2013
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    and36y wrote: »
    Great article on Multicast..... thanks

    which one specifically?
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Don't know if many of you have used this or not, but if you have "ip domain-lookup" on your device, and you're tired of having the "Translating <mistypedCommand>" delay, issue the following and you'll no longer have this problem. (You will have to specify the telnet <address> command in the future, rather than just the IP/hostname...):


    line con 0
    transport preferred none
    end

    http://etherealmind.com/cisco-ios-translating-domain-server/
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    I'm liking the VOLII workbooks a lot more now. I just wrapped up 3 hours of lab time, and I plan to finish WBII Lab 5 by tomorrow night (then research weak spots over the weekend). We are going to look at another house tonight so I might be able to get a few more hours in this evening once we get home.
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    5 hours today. I will try to get some more in by the end of the day. I've moved into VOL2 Lab 6. I'm on 2.6.
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    We had an impromptu trip to the hospital this morning because my wife wanted to make sure she wasn't having early contractions so I got in about 2 hours of reading, and have logged about 5 hours of labbing so far today. I'm on WBII, Lab 6, 7.1.
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    I play with this site occasionally when I have a few minutes to kill:
    subnettingquestions.com - Free Subnetting Questions and Answers Randomly Generated Online

    Do them in your head.

    Subnetting IPv6:
    https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-17232
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Burned quite a bit of time this evening resourcing quirky QoS issues...
    QoS Frequently Asked Questions - Cisco Systems

    I read for an hour, and labbed for 2. I had to spend 3.5 hours today at the hospital having some tests ran which required me to be sedated so I was out of it for much of the day. Tomorrow will be better.
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    I just ordered this guy off of Amazon:
    Amazon.com: Your CCIE Lab Success Strategy: The Non-Technical Guidebook (9781470103163): Mr. Dean Bahizad, Mr. Vivek Tiwari: Books
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    I just finished Internet Routing Architectures. I've been reading it intermittently throughout my labbing and really enjoyed the last 2 chapters. They were extremely helpful. I read a ton of Cisco docs on BGP (like the case studies) and MPLS when I was prepping for the Written. Appendix D is on MPBGP so I will read that tomorrow.
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • spiderjerichospiderjericho Registered Users, Member Posts: 896 ■■■■■□□□□□
    jamesp1983 wrote: »
    I just ordered this guy off of Amazon:
    Amazon.com: Your CCIE Lab Success Strategy: The Non-Technical Guidebook (9781470103163): Mr. Dean Bahizad, Mr. Vivek Tiwari: Books
    I read this two or three weeks ago. Good read, and it can apply to any goals in your life.
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    spiderjericho wrote: »
    I read this two or three weeks ago. Good read, and it can apply to any goals in your life.

    That's what I've heard so I figured why not.
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Anybody have any reviews on this?:

    Amazon.com: Network Design Cookbook: Architecting Cisco Networks (9781257750245): Ccie #6778, Michel Thomatis: Books
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • PsychoFinPsychoFin Member Posts: 280
    Top Down Network Design is good. Haven't read that cookbook, so can't say.
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    PsychoFin wrote: »
    Top Down Network Design is good. Haven't read that cookbook, so can't say.

    Okay, I have TDND, but haven't read it yet.
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    spiderjericho wrote: »
    I read this two or three weeks ago. Good read, and it can apply to any goals in your life.


    I just got home from a friend's wedding about 3 hours away to find "Your CCIE Lab Success Strategy" in my mailbox. It took about 2 hours, but I was able to read the entire book cover to cover. This book contains a lot of great information on all aspects of the CCIE journey. I really liked the timeline at the end.
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • ZartanasaurusZartanasaurus Member Posts: 2,008 ■■■■■■■■■□
    jamesp1983 wrote: »
    Came up with a new way to remember the EIGRP K value order in the "metric weights" command:
    Big Llamas Don't Run Much
    K1=Bw K2=Load K3=Dly K4=Reliability K5=MTU
    Thanks for this!
    Currently reading:
    IPSec VPN Design 44%
    Mastering VMWare vSphere 5​ 42.8%
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    No problem! I'm glad I could help.
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    I just wrapped up Troubleshooting Lab 1 of WBII. It wasn't that bad. KISS principle was key...
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    I'm 2 days into the new gig. Its a lot shorter of a commute than my previous job and my responsibilities are much greater here. I've already been given 2 pretty large projects. My boss is a pretty laid back guy, but I can already tell he demands a lot. This is the type of environment I was looking for and the money is excellent so I'm happy.
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • TLeTourneauTLeTourneau Member Posts: 616 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Good for you! I'm glad it's what you want, enjoy it!
    Thanks, Tom

    M.S. - Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
    B.S: IT - Network Design & Management
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    TLeTourneau wrote: »
    Good for you! I'm glad it's what you want, enjoy it!

    Thanks! How have you been?
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • TLeTourneauTLeTourneau Member Posts: 616 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Thanks for asking! Like a lot of members here, busy as all get out. :) It's a good busy though so I'm not complaining, plugging away on the degree and so on. I’m trying to decide what to do when that's done. I am leaning towards a Masters in Education. My company has three colleges so a degree in education is always appreciated but we'll see, that's a couple of years away. I think I'm done with certs for a while, N2IT and I had a good converstation about it and given what I do MCM would be my next logical step but between work and school and home there is only so much time.

    I'm glad to see that you are making good progress on your lab studies, you'll be testing before you know it! :)
    Thanks, Tom

    M.S. - Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
    B.S: IT - Network Design & Management
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    That's great to hear. It sounds like you will be a busy guy no matter what you choose. Good luck! I'm hoping to test by January at the latest, but we shall see.
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    I'm trying to catch my WBII troubleshooting labs up to where I am in the WBII config labs. I'm half way there. I think the troubleshooting WB has been one of my favorite parts so far.

    I was assigned a project 2 days in to my new job to redesign a large portion of our network. The new network has to be in the implementation phase by mid August. It was a multifloor network that wasn't designed, but was pieced together over time by storage engineers as access was needed. My job is to make something scalable, redundant, and that offers plenty of speed. They have about 750 devices (servers/pcs/network appliances/storage/etc) in 8 different /24 subnets with no VLANing. Its all in the same broadcast domain. Performance and stability have been issues in the past so it needs to be done. I'm hoping to knock this out of the park since its my first project and I have already interviewed 3 stakeholders with another set for this afternoon.
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    SDM templates for the 3560...

    Catalyst 3560 Software Configuration Guide, Release 12.2(52)SE - Configuring SDM Templates  [Cisco Catalyst 3560 Series Switches] - Cisco Systems
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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