Tutorial: OSPF Network Types & Frame-Relay Series

Knowing the OSPF Network Types and how they work with different frame relay topologies is one of those things that you should know inside out if you are attempting the CCIE lab. This five part series of tutorials are designed to take you through all the different OSPF network types and demonstrate how they interact with Frame-Relay over various partial-mesh topologies.

News: Antonie Henning Passed!

Thanks for visiting! If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. This blog posts regular tutorials, news, and study tips about networking, especially about Cisco CCIE related topics. Go ahead, subscribe to the feed! You can also receive updates from this blog via email. Thanks for visiting!Antonie Henning, the blogger [...]

CCIE Salary Survey

I got an email this morning from Emmanuel Conde asking this to be posted. I think a salary survey is a great idea and Emmanuel does a fantastic job servicing the CCIE community so I encourage everyone reading this to take the time, fill it out and send him a response.

Blog: Cisco, the new CCIE Plaques suck!

I got my CCIE plaque in the mail yesterday.To be honest, I’m really disappointed. I wish they didn’t get rid of the old ones (Greg I’m soooo jealous!). After all that hard work, this thing looks like its made out of plastic. What am I saying, it IS made out of plastic! Plastic with a bit of glass stuck on the front. Bring back the old medallions. That is something you can show of with pride! Continue reading for a photo…

Keith Tokash CCIE#21236

Keith passed! Well deserved. He’s built a monster gaming rig and celebrating right now. Head on over to CCIECandidate and congratulate him!
“F*&^ this lab! That’s right, right where it hurts. I decided that if the lab exam was a person I was going to do the equivalent of knocking its damned teeth into its [...]

CCIE Job Search Article

Emmanuel Conde has written a fantastic article on job search considerations when you are a CCIE. Emmanuel is a CCIE recruitment guru who specializes in locating CCIEs and Senior Network Professionals for Cisco Systems and their international Partners. Next time I’m in the job market I know where I’ll be going for help! Awesome work [...]

Blog: My CCIE story….

I have been waiting to write this post. I am just so deliriously happy right now. Before I start, I want to thank my beautiful wife for her support. She was that voice I heard in my head that told me to just keep going, and never give up when I’d lost hope. I’m glad [...]

CCIE #20716

I passed. I’m so happy right now. :)
I’ll post a full write up later…time for a scotch or three!!! CCIE #20716…has a nice ring to it!

Blog: Coming up for air…2 days to go

Okay, in the last week I have redone Mocklabs 3,4,5,6, and 7, Workbook2 Lab 8, Workbook 3 labs 7, 8 and 9. I’m done with labs. :) I was mainly focusing on speed because there wasn’t anything on those labs that I hadn’t seen before. At this stage, I’m pretty exhausted and I think I [...]

DocCD Reading List

I was putting together some notes on what DocCD chapters I should read and I found this from Internetwork Expert: CCIE R&S DocCD Recommended Reading List. Now why didn’t I know about this before!? :)

New Version of Dynagen Out!

Version 0.11.0 of Dynagen has just been released. The Dynagen tutorial has also been updated with info on how to set up PIX emulation. This is great news for those preparing for their security CCIE (and for those of us who want to play!). Check out the release notes here.

Blog: 28 days to go….A day in the life of a CCIE candidate

4:45am: Crawl out of bed. I went to bed at around 11pm last night, and couldn’t really get to sleep. My brain just wouldn’t unwind, and I kept thinking about a redistribution problem i was trying to solve. My quality of sleep has definitely gone down lately. I’ve been doing a minimum of 12 hours a day on labs, and then about an hour watching COD videos before dozing off. I think i need to take a rest day sometime soon. Maybe just watch COD videos all day, otherwise I think I will burn out.

Blog: 68 Days to Go….

After reading through the fantastic (and inspirational!) CCIE in 3 months blog I’ve decided I need to get more organised. His post on his dynamips environment contained something that literally caused me to sit up and say “now why the heck haven’t i been doing that!”. In the post is a picture of a pdf file, that he fills out after each and every lab that he completes to grade himself.

Blog: My Favourite Net Things

I’m feeling a bit more confident about the lab. I have been working steadily through the IE workbook and things are falling into place nicely. I still need to work on my speed and accuracy but i can do the Core (Switching, Routing, BGP) sections of most of the labs within 2-3 hours. This is a big improvement for me.

Blog: Network World features Ardenpackeer.com blog!

G’day Networkworld.com Readers!
You can imagine my suprise when I discovered that Network World has published a list of 20 useful sites for Cisco networking professionals that includes none other than ardenpackeer.com! Wow!
There are some awesome sites on that list and its definitely worth checking it out. Most of these have been on my list [...]

ccieblog.com

I discovered this while reading my rss reeds. It is a CCIE Blog portal! It has all the major CCIE blogs and even has provision to set up your own CCIE blog! What a great idea! I wish something like this was around when i was first looking around for CCIE blogs! If you [...]

Blog: CCIE Practice Lab Built

I’ve got my own practice labs! Well it’s not really mine, but work has graciously let me do my CCIE prep on the BSCI gear they have. What this means is that when a BSCI class is not running, I can use it for my CCIE lab prep. We run a BSCI class about once a month, so that means the rest of the time its mine! The BSCI kit consists of 14x 2600 routers, 1x 2522, and 1x 2950. I’ve cabled it up to mimic the Internetwork Expert Topology (minus the 4 switches!). All the 2600’s are cabled into the 2950, and the 2522 acts as an 8 port Frame-relay switch for 8 of the 2600’s.

Emulating JunOS

Himawan Nugroho has updated his awesome blog with information on how to set up JunOS on an emulator using jqemu. Awesome! Dynamips/Dynagen to study for your CCIE, Jqemu to study for your JNCIE!

Resources

Links & Resources

Amazon.com Widgets
Cisco Resources:

Cisco Doc CD
Dynagen
Dynamips
Hacki’s Dynamips & Dynagen Forum
GNS-3
CCIE R&S Lab Blueprint
CCIE R&S Written Blueprint
CCIE Secrets eBook
CCIE Agent - Specializing in Hiring CCIE’s
IP Multicast training slides from Cisco
CCIE>Blog_ - Create your own CCIE Blog!
networking-forum.com - Cisco Networking Forum

Cisco [...]

My Top 6 Cisco Blogs of 2007

I was working on putting up a resources section and a blogroll on ardenpackeer.com today. I have a pretty big list of Cisco blogs that I subscribe to and check regularly. I will eventually put up all these links into a seperate section on the site, but in the mean time these sites are definitely my favourite and well worth checking out…

Blog: CCIE Lab Booked

So I’ve booked my CCIE Lab. Having an actual lab date changes things. It focuses you because you have an end point. So far my life has been: get up, study for a couple of hours, go to work, study for a few more hours. I can’t remember what it was like not to study. I remember something vaguely about having a social life. Somthing about sunshine outside and laughing and joking with my friends. Carefree Arden. Don’t get me wrong I still go out and meet up with friends (My wife keeps me from going totally insane), but the CCIE is always in the back of my mind. Having a lab date means there is a possible end. The proverbial light at the end of the tunnel[...]

BGP allowas-in, BGP local-as tips and tricks…

BGP Local-AS
BGP allows you to manipulate your Autonomous System (AS) number in a number of different ways including confederations, local-as, and remote-as commands. This article focuses on manipulating your AS as seen by other remote AS’s using the local-as command. We will also look at some tips and tricks using this in conjunction with BGP [...]