CCNP Recertification

Posted on Wednesday, 20th July 2005 by sean

Networking is all about understanding the behaviour of the underlying protocols. Many of these protocols are deterministic, meaning they will always produce a predictable result for a given set of inputs.
This is achieved by using predictable values, such as MAC and IP addresses, and reproducable values such as cost and hop count. These [...]

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Posted on Sunday, 3rd July 2005 by sean

CCNPRecertification.com, and some other sites, have run off my cable modem since inception. The server started to become bogged down after time, so I thought it time to pay for some off site hosting.
Dedicated servers were in the $100US/month range, and the $5/mo cheapie hosting deals didn’t have the features I needed. Virtual [...]

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Posted on Tuesday, 15th March 2005 by sean

At long last the writing for my book is done, and I can get back to studying.
The unfortunate part is that my CCNP has expired, and therefore I must do both the CCNA and CCNP.
So, the focus for a little while will be getting my CCNA. Stay tuned.

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Posted on Monday, 31st January 2005 by sean

The Cisco Certified Voice Professional sits on the same level as the CCNP. Not sure what’s happening to the CCNP+Voice.
CCVP requires 5 exams plus the CCNA:
642-642 QOS Quality of Service (QOS)
642-432 CVOICE Cisco Voice Over IP (CVOICE)
642-425 IPTT IP Telephony Troubleshooting (IPTT)
642-444 CIPT Cisco IP Telephony Part [...]

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Posted on Monday, 17th January 2005 by sean

Found this over at the Cisco CCNA site
Free NAT lab
Good refresher on NAT and setting up a DHCP server.
Really nice interface… click on a device and it either opens up a telnet connection or a terminal services window. I recommend printing out the 14 page lab guide first, since with all the windows open [...]

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Posted on Sunday, 5th September 2004 by sean

I’m working on an article on policy routing, which will lead nicely into BGP, but in the meantime, I’ve found The ABC’s of IP Version 6 from Cisco. 76 pages, I haven’t gone through it all yet, but it looks worthwhile from what I’ve read.

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Posted on Sunday, 2nd May 2004 by sean

http://www.ciscopress.com/title/1587051508
Page has a sample chapter on QoS.

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Posted on Friday, 26th March 2004 by sean

If you look at the previous entry, I didn’t set up R2 because it didn’t have IS-IS loaded. Well, I find myself with a bit of free time, and a desire to see what happens between R1 and R2, who are on the same subnet but don’t have direct access.
So, I figure I’ll load [...]

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Posted on Wednesday, 17th March 2004 by sean

I watched the February Certifications Connect: Recertification video from the community site over at Cisco.
Nothing really earth shattering, though it’s not a bad use of time.
When I took my CCNP, my routing exam was BCSN, which has now been changed to BCSI. The big change here is the addition of IS-IS. The switching [...]

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Posted on Tuesday, 16th March 2004 by sean

Cert cities review of the 642-891 composite exam

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