On My CCIE Lab Exam in 2001 - Day One
June 30, 2008 by Greg Ferro · 1 Comment
When I passed my CCIE in 2001, I remember both the jubilation and exhaustion of the moment. Also the loneliness, after all, my wife and children had been without a functional partner and father for more than year, and they were not there with me at the final moment.
Let me explain.
IOS: ROMMON on the C6500/Sup720 - Lesson Learned
June 28, 2008 by Greg Ferro · Leave a Comment
Recently, one of my Supervisor 720 goes into a permanent reboot cycle. I was able to break it into ROMMON mode, but I couldn’t get it to ’stick’ the boot settings.
Finally….
IOS: Reverse SSH Console Access - Part 2
June 25, 2008 by Greg Ferro · 3 Comments
Following my original post about configuring Reverse SSH on a Cisco console server, I wanted to make some followup to extend the usage. Read more
Rant: That Is Not an Apology CertGuard. You Have to Say Sorry!
June 18, 2008 by Greg Ferro · 3 Comments
So after Bred Reese got on the phone to Robert Williams at Certguard and told them what to do, they have contacted Ethan Banks. Ethan has returned to the web and indicates that all is well.
I am not so forgiving.
Rant: Who Is Robert Williams and Certguard ? And Are They Moral or Just Plain Stupid ?
June 17, 2008 by Greg Ferro · 7 Comments
I won’t go into the circumstances surrounding CertGuard accusing Ethan Banks of cheating. You can read articles at other Cisco Blogs. Here is my take:
What Is a CCIE ?
June 14, 2008 by Greg Ferro · 2 Comments
Originally published at Techtarget when I sent it to them for fun. Reproduced here because I wrote it, and it still seems funny today. Note it is derivative from some joke that was around at the time.
Interestingly, much of the puns on CCIE study topics are forgotten technology as modern CCIE’s no longer study Token Ring, DLSW, Appletalk and other fine technologies.
Musing: On Reading and Learning From a Computer Screen
June 13, 2008 by Greg Ferro · 2 Comments
One of the other tricks I have had to learn is how to read from a computer screen. Here are my musings on learning and reading from a computer screen instead of paper. Read more
Configuring Windows 2003 / XP SP2 to Use IOS NTP Server
June 10, 2008 by Greg Ferro · 4 Comments
In certain networks, it is difficult to get the time on your servers to be exactly the same as the NTP time on your network equipment. In this case, you want to force the Windows servers to use the same NTP Network time source as your routers and switches. But Microsoft Windows doesn’t understand NTP by default, it has its own ‘way’ of setting up NTP so you need a little tweak to make it compatible.
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Fast Introduction to SOCKS Proxy
June 6, 2008 by Greg Ferro · 3 Comments
Introduction
In the Blue Coat forums I often see people ask questions about SOCKS that show they haven’t taken the time to learn what it is. This is a fast introduction to what SOCKS is.
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Network Dictionary - Grok
June 4, 2008 by Greg Ferro · 1 Comment
In networking, used to describe your exalted understanding of a particular network , typically by working on it for enough time to know all the areas of the network including memorising IP addresses, architecture, connectivity. As in, I grok my network.
Also used in reference to your experience of a technology, i.e. I know multicast but I don’t grok it.
IOS:Open Source Lab DNS and IP Addressing
June 2, 2008 by Greg Ferro · 1 Comment
A number of Cisco Bloggers have talked about making labs available for others to use. However, part of what will be needed is some conventions to make these labs work for the largest number of people.
Following Ivan Pepelnjak posting on Private Domain Names, and an earlier posting that I made on Reserved IP Address for Testing I believe we have perfect combination for DNS and IP addresses for building live test environments, that will work for Open Source lab scenarios.
