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Switch Vs Route

I see a lot of people as Questions such as what is harder the Switch or the Route exam, Or Why is the Route coarse materials so much larger than the Switch, does this mean there is less to it? 642-902 ROUTE  642-813 SWITCH … Continue reading

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Using Syslog while Studying in GNS3 (or indeed and cisco Lab)

I have been getting back in to my studying a lot lately and one thing I have found is the need to use a lot of debug commands so I can watch what is happening during things like routing updates and neighbour formation. One thing I … Continue reading

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I need to learn more C#

Been playing around with it a lot, but come to the conclusion that I need to learn a bit more out of a book, than just using google and Microsoft sites. To be fair not done badly just a few areas … Continue reading

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Continuing in to C# and Automation.

So still not had much time to be studying CCNP, but have been getting my hands dirty on C# around the automation of generating configuration for cisco devices. As mentioned before part of my job is change management which means … Continue reading

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CCNP SWITCH EXAM

Well I was going through emails a few weeks back and came across an email for cisco with an exam voucher for the switch exam. (from back last year when the exam crashed on me). Checking it out the date … Continue reading

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A bit of perl while I’ve been away (Always including some CISCO of course).

Well no matter how many times I head back to post just lately I have never had the time. Studying been put on hold, house move on hold, and working falt out at the new job, but I have to … Continue reading

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Spanning Tree enhancements (Backbone Fast)

Last time I look at the spanning tree enhancment I covered uplink fast, this is for detecting when a directly connected root port fails and switching over to a back up in the shortest time possible. But what happens if … Continue reading

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CCNP ROUTE (Part 10 EIGRP Over NBMA)

In what I think will be the last post on EIGRP (I will save redistribution between routing protocols for another time), I want to look at what is needed to insure EIGRP runs smoothly over NBMA (non broadcast multi access) … Continue reading

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Simulating PC’s in GNS3

One of my main issues with GNS3 for studying that there are no end devices (PC’s) by default. Ok you can set up loopback interfaces, or add in an extra router and just configure one interface with an IP to … Continue reading

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Spanning Tree enhancements (Uplink fast)

In my last job, I jumped straight in to configuring Rapid spanning Tree, I mean what is the point of running Standard STP with its 50second fail over times, when you can enable Rapid-STP and gain sub second fail over?? … Continue reading

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