CCIE, here we go?!?!

SteveO86

Thanks guys! Yea I've gotten hit with some rough hours in the last 8 months but this was the first time I had to pull and all nighter in the office, at least next week will feel real short LOL.

TY for the link ipSpace, I remember I used that book when I worked on my QoS exam but forgot about it. I downloaded it again and added to my CCIE book list! I'll be reviewing that this weekend.

Yea I'm going tackle a little more QoS this weekend.

RSVP
Review some LFI
And go back over SRR

Although I'm going to find a few hours to myself and hang out with some friends to unwind a bit this weekend.

SteveO86

Well one of my calls got cancelled today so I don't have to work today!!! YAY!!

More study time

jamesp1983

SteveO86 wrote: »

Well one of my calls got cancelled today so I don't have to work today!!! YAY!!

More study time

Nice! Enjoy the studies.

SteveO86

jamesp1983 wrote: »

Nice! Enjoy the studies.

Sadly I find it a little relaxing to sit back and read/lab.. It's just more relaxing then anything else. of course I'm sure anything other than work is relaxing at the moment lol. It's just nice to do something at my own pace.

Got a decent bit of RSVP information:

Resource Reservation Protocol - DocWiki

Network Protocols Configuration Guide, Part 1 - Configuring RSVP - Cisco Systems

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_2/qos/configuration/guide/qcfsbm.pdf

Cisco IOS Quality of Service Solutions Configuration*Guide, Release*12.2 - Signalling Overview * [Cisco IOS Software Releases 12.2 Mainline] - Cisco Systems

SteveO86

Spent the better half of the day reading/labbing SRR and WTD. I'm feel it's a good move on from QoS. I'm sure I'll come back to it.

Now to tackle EIGRP and OSPF! Off to Routing TCP/IP Vol I (again!)

SteveO86

Read through OSPF in both Routing TCP/IP Vol I and the CCIE Cert Guide. It was a good refresher, I read through Routing TCP/IP Vol I a few months back

Didn't get to EIGRP since I had to work a little today, but I'll be getting that during the week.

I guess one cool thing about working for a service provider is I've got customers running running all these protocols (except RIP...so far) in all different ways.

SteveO86

Well, it's going to be a pretty gloomy weekend down here in FL. Not that it matters since it will be another weekend of reading

Did get a good amount of reading done during the week. A good 3 hours each night (except Thursday cause I didn't leave the office till 12am)

spiderjericho

SteveO86 wrote: »

Well, it's going to be a pretty gloomy weekend down here in FL. Not that it matters since it will be another weekend of reading

Yessir. I drove from South Florida to Tampa today and it was ridiculous. I went over this steep bridge with the rain pouring down heavy and was scared.

SteveO86

Yea Tampa got slammed this weekend. Thinking I might work from home the next few days

I'm guessing you ended up on one of those bridges from St Pete or Clearwater?

spiderjericho

SteveO86 wrote: »

Yea Tampa got slammed this weekend. Thinking I might work from home the next few days

I'm guessing you ended up on one of those bridges from St Pete or Clearwater?

The Sky whatever bridge on the I275. I was told it actually sways in the wind and it's super steep. It's like a wicked incline. Thunder was intermittent, the wind was blowing probably 30+ knots, torrential downpour. I was scared ish less. I told my supervisor about it and said I was crazy and should've just kept on I-75 to avoid that monstrosity.

SteveO86

They've actually closed that bridge today. (I think they have a portion of it closed still)

It's the price we pay for nice weather year round.

SteveO86

Gonna be another heavy weekend of reading.

Which topic to dive into today.. let's see

SteveO86

Some GLBP stuff

Gateway Load Balancing Protocol Overview  [IP Services] - Cisco Systems

GLBP - Gateway Load Balancing Protocol - Cisco Systems

Cisco GLBP Load Balancing Options  [IP Services] - Cisco Systems

Daniel333

Keep it up ! I am a few months behind you.

SteveO86

Daniel333 wrote: »

Keep it up ! I am a few months behind you.

Don't worry, I'll be at this for a while


Some WCCP Stuff

Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 - Configuring Web Cache Services Using WCCP  [Cisco IOS Software Releases 12.2 Mainline] - Cisco Systems

Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Command Reference, Release 12.2 - WCCP Router Configuration Commands - Release 12.2  [Cisco IOS Software Releases 12.2 Mainline] - Cisco Systems

IP Application Services Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS Release 12.4T - Configuring WCCP  [Cisco IOS Software Releases 12.4 T] - Cisco Systems

One objective at a time!

SteveO86

Little bit of frame relay

Frame Relay - DocWiki

Comprehensive Guide to Configuring and Troubleshooting Frame Relay  [Frame Relay] - Cisco Systems

Cisco IOS Wide-Area Networking Configuration Guide, Release 12.1 - Configuring Frame Relay - Cisco Systems

SteveO86

Cisco Press has another 50% sale
INE has the CCIE R/S videos on sale to..

So I think I'll be spending a little bit of money today lol

Along with another day of long reading sessions... VTP, Spanning-Tree here we go.

(Yes I know I'm kind of working backwards on the blueprint lol)

SteveO86

Another day of long reading.

And some more links..

SPAN/RSPAN
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst2960/software/release/12.2_40_se/configuration/guide/swspan.pdf

Configuring a SPAN session. « Another networking blog

RITE

IP Traffic Export - Cisco Systems

Router IP Traffic Export Packet Capture Enhancements  [Cisco IOS Software Releases 12.4 T] - Cisco Systems

SteveO86

Some SNMP

Cisco IOS Configuration Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 12.2 - Configuring SNMP Support  [Cisco IOS Software Releases 12.2 Mainline] - Cisco Systems

SNMP Theory and Operation

Spanning-Tree

Understanding Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (802.1w)  [Spanning Tree Protocol] - Cisco Systems

Understanding and Configuring Backbone Fast on Catalyst Switches - Cisco Systems

Understanding and Configuring the Cisco UplinkFast Feature - Cisco Systems

Understanding Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol (802.1s)  [Spanning Tree Protocol] - Cisco Systems

Reviewed my old BCMSN books as well, glab I kept those

SteveO86

It's going to be a Multicast night !!

Gonna start with the CBT Nuggets video, then hit the CCIE R/S book then Developing IP Multicast Networks.

SteveO86

Had a busy week at work (nothing odd there), ended up working half this morning (early) splitting up these OSPF areas and summarizing them. Wasn't bad at all since I created the script/commands earlier this week -although there was a little troubleshooting involved, apparently some previous engineers forgot how to subnet.

I did get a little bit of time in during the week, finished up the 2 Multicast chapters in the CCIE:R/S CG, watched the CBT Nuggets videos and working my way through Developing IP Multicast Networks... All the while labbing. It's one thing to read it in a book and watch a video, whole nother thing to see it in action.

Plus I'm going to be traveling again this week, so I'm going to get everything on my kindle apps so I can keep reading while I travel.

Going to be a another fun week.

SteveO86

Worked from home today, So I'll be able to sneak in a few hours of reading/labbing tonight

Multicast is a fairly extensive topic, I forgot almost half of Routing TCP/IP is Multicast. I'll read that portion after Developing IP Multicast Network.

SteveO86

Good PfR resource
Performance Routing Configuration Guide, Cisco IOS Release 15.2M&T - Understanding Performance Routing  [Cisco IOS 15.2M&T] - Cisco Systems

SteveO86

Got a good bit of reading done while traveling, of course I picked up a few more books.

IPv6 for the Enterprise
Deploying IPv6 Networks
Optimal Routing Design

I'll get to those once I finish with Multicast. More material never hurt.

jamesp1983

Let us know how those IPv6 books are. You're making some nice progress.

SteveO86

Definitely will I'm tearing apart multicast and the labbing out what I can since It's a pretty week subject of mine, so I'll probably get to the IPv6 books by next week.

Yea it's still seems like a pretty daunting goal but one objective at a time -I think I might take a shot at the written in another month or two. (I'm really just waiting on my employer to finish buying the part I need to complete the IE lab in the office

NetworkVeteran

I look forward to learning multicast in more detail. PIM is so popular, it'll be time well spent!

At the very least, I know what (S,G) and (*,G) mean now.

SteveO86

Yea, multicast is pretty interesting.

I'm just about done with Developing IP Multicast Networks, now I'm read the Multicast portion of Routing TCP/IP Vol II

Forsaken_GA

NetworkVeteran wrote: »

I look forward to learning multicast in more detail. PIM is so popular, it'll be time well spent!

At the very least, I know what (S,G) and (*,G) mean now.

Simple truth - alot of what you learn will be pointless. SSM is king in real world deployments, and obsoletes far too much of what they try and teach about multicast

SteveO86

Kind of like the whole frame-relay thing

Yea, I've got a few friends that building out the multicast functionality of their networks. They have said the same thing.