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Category: Learning & Certifications
Books, bootcamps and courses reviews. Infos on certifications
Multicast lab 5: Source-Specific Multicast (SSM)
After giving a two-days training to a customer on multicast technology, I take the opportunity to have my lab and the configurations ready to share with you a suite of five different multicast configurations examples. And, how to make some tests and troubleshooting. These examples are based on the labs I used to practice the CCIE R&S practical exam.
Read More...Multicast lab 4: Any-Source Multicast with Bootstrap Router (BSR)
After giving a two-days training to a customer on multicast technology, I take the opportunity to have my lab and the configurations ready to share with you a suite of five different multicast configurations examples. And, how to make some tests and troubleshooting. These examples are based on the labs I used to practice the CCIE R&S practical exam.
Read More...Multicast lab 3: Any-Source Multicast with anycast RP
After giving a two-days training to a customer on multicast technology, I take the opportunity to have my lab and the configurations ready to share with you a suite of five different multicast configurations examples. And, how to make some tests and troubleshooting. These examples are based on the labs I used to practice the CCIE R&S practical exam.
Read More...Multicast lab 2: Any-Source Multicast with auto RP
After giving a two-days training to a customer on multicast technology, I take the opportunity to have my lab and the configurations ready to share with you a suite of five different multicast configurations examples. And, how to make some tests and troubleshooting. These examples are based on the labs I used to practice the CCIE R&S practical exam.
Read More...Multicast lab 1: Any-Source Multicast with static RP
After giving a two-days training to a customer on multicast technology, I take the opportunity to have my lab and the configurations ready to share with you a suite of five different multicast configurations examples. And, how to make some tests and troubleshooting. These examples are based on the labs I used to practice the CCIE R&S practical exam.
Read More...IT Blog Awards Finalist!
I have the honor to have my blog selected as a finalist in the Best Cert Study Journey category of the IT Blog Awards, hosted by Cisco. Voting is now open to everyone until January 4th, here! Here, in my opinion, are my two best articles related to the category “Best Cert Study Journey”: My journey to network programmability and automation 6 CCIE strategy mistakes Thank you in advance for your support!
Read More...How to install EVE-NG on Microsoft Hyper-V
Recently, my license for Cisco VIRL expired and I wanted to test alternatives to have a lab on my laptop. I got used to install the client and the server parts of VIRL on my laptop, to not have to worry about connectivity when I want to do a lab or a demo to a colleague or a customer. With the exceptional opportunities of the different cloud solutions actually, this is probably not the best solution, but it suits me well for a small lab and I’d like to continue…
Read More...My journey to network programmability and automation
Here is my journey to start learning network programmability and automation, and how I get the Cisco network programmability specialist certification (300-550 exam). In this post, I give you the links towards all the resources which I used to study. Back in 2015: SDN, new fancy buzzword or a paradigm shift? I started this journey in 2015, when at the Cisco Network Innovation Summit in Prague, I saw a presentation of Tim Szigeti about dynamic QoS with Cisco APIC-EM. That was the trigger for me, after a few years reading…
Read More...Cisco Live US 2018 – CAE and keynote speakers [updated]
After being six times at Cisco Live Europe between 2009 and 2016, this year my management allowed me to go to Cisco Live US. I registered last week and now I am starting to see some rumors about the customer appreciation event (CAE) and the keynote speakers. Customer Appreciation Event First rumor read here and there, the CAE of Wednesday June 13th, will be at Universal Studios Orlando. From 7:30 PM to 11:30 PM, CAE participants will have exclusive access to the theme park, including the rides and attractions. The event will…
Read More...6 CCIE strategy mistakes
I passed the CCIE R&S written exams version 4.0 and 5.0, studied for the lab exams for both versions with workbooks and mock labs from many vendors such as INE, IPexpert (closed today), Narbik Kocharians / Micronics Training and Cisco expert-level training. I attempted the CCIE R&S lab exam once on version 4.0 and three times on version 5.0. Now I would like to share with you my experience about the CCIE strategy and especially the mistakes to avoid to have the best chance to get your numbers.
Read More...Taking the CCIE lab exam in Brussels
As I took four times the CCIE lab exam in Brussels, I am happy to share my experience of the exam location, the test room, how to get there and the nearby hotel. No, I will not share any information about the exam content, so please don’t ask about it. Before leaving Book your exam, your flight or train, and your hotel well in advance! Like at any Cisco exam your identity will be verified at the entrance, so be sure you have two IDs with you. Take also a…
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