I think I’ve figured out part of the problem I’ve been having. I haven’t been entirely focused on my studies, and I don’t really have a set goal right now. I’ve been dancing with the idea of skipping the CCNP and going straight to the IE written. Because of that, I’ve been reading chapters in [...]
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Is it vlan trunkING protocol or vlan trunk protocol?
I’ve seen both terms used. When I renewed my CCNA in 2006, I had a CCSI tell me specifically that is was VLAN TRUNK protocol. He emphasized that point a few times.
As I’ve started working through the BCMSN study materials and the CCIE Routing and [...]
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As the chorus of the ska song goes: “sell out with me, oh yeah… sell out with me tonight!”
I started this blog after reading CCIE Pursuit, Ethan Banks, Bit Bucket, and a few other blogs on a regular basis. It was cool to see the progress these candidates were making, and to see some of [...]
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I can’t find my notes!
I think I may have a week to sit back and recover from all of the stuff we’ve been doing at work. Consider this the calm before the rest of the storm. We’re cutting over our corporate campus (including new gear AND IP addressing) the first weekend of June. There is [...]
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I feel like a horrible blogger. I haven’t updated in a few weeks. We’ve gotten into the full swing of this transition at work, and I’ve been working like a dog. I haven’t had a day off in two weeks, and there’s no stopping in sight.
I currently work in a Foundry shop, but with our [...]
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I managed to get about 6 hours of solid rack time in today. I started at the beginning of the authorized self study guide and worked through all of the chapter labs. I’m pretty solid on EIGRP, OSPF, BGP, and redistribution as far as BSCI is concerned. I forgot where to place [...]
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I have taken a ton of notes from the Authorized Self Study Guide and from the Trainsignal videos. I think I’m at about 50 or so pages between the two sources. As an extra review, I’ve been working on moving my written notes to word docs. I already did that with OSPF and EIGRP (although [...]
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Braindumps and companies like testking, pass4sure, and actual tests have been around since I started taking certification exams in ‘99. I was always under the impression that they degraded the quality of the certifications and the amount of work that people put into their certs. There have been two threads on testking over [...]
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My wife managed to keep the kids out of the bedroom long enough for me to get through the IPv6, IS-IS, and Route Map/VLSM/NAT videos from Trainsignal yesterday. I still don’t understand how I did so poorly on the IS-IS section of the BSCI exam two weeks ago. I knew EVERYTHING covered in [...]
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My wife took the baby with her to another baby shower today. She left me alone so that I could get some studying done. I dunno what happened, but I’m going to call today a wash. I struggled to focus on anything, and stay with it. I made it through another [...]
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