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Blog: Cisco Announces New CCIE Learning Program…Why didn’t they Partner?
Cisco has just announced a new Cisco 360 Learning Program for CCIE® Routing and Switching. CCIEPursuit has an excellent post on it, and a few of the guys on groupstudy were buzzing this morning discussing it. It got me thinking. Why didn't Cisco par...
Scott Morris Joins Internetwork Expert
Man this is huge news. Scott Morris joins the all-star team at Internetwork Expert! Scott Morris, Quad CCIE, Uber Geek, The man behind that lab, has officially joined Internetwork Expert. Scott was Vice President of Technical Training at IPexpert whe...
Blog: CCIE:R&S…Done…Now What?
After doing what anybody passing their CCIE does (killing brain cells with beer), I had time to reflect on what has been an awesome year so far. I've had emails from all around the world, calls from family and friends congratulating me. But you would...
Internetwork Expert Twitter
Looks like Internetwork Expert has set up a twitter account. You can follow them here: http://twitter.com/InternetworkExp Read this article and more like it on ardenpackeer.com...
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’...
Internetwork Expert Brainteaser #1 Solution
Richard Bannister has proposed 4 solutions to the Internetwork Expert Brainteaser. They are great examples, especially on how to match certain fields of a Layer3 packet using Cisco Flexible Packet Matching (FPM). Read this article and more like it on...
Blog: 10 Days to go…Last Mock Lab Done!
“Knowing is not enough. We must apply.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. I just finished Mock Lab 7 which is the hardest of the Mock Labs. I should probably rephrase that...it is the Mock Lab with the highest difficulty rating. I actually thought th...
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!? :) Read this article and more like it on a...
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...
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 ...
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 abou...
Study Tip: CCIE Practice Lab Strategy
I was reading through the GroupStudy archives and stumbled on this fantastic thread on another CCIE study strategy. In the thread, Brian Dennis from Internetwork Expert notes that a highly successful approach that they recommend for some candidates i...
