Blessay: On CCIE Core Knowledge Waivers. The HP Fallout Continues. — UPDATED

I’m bet­ting that the CCIE Core Knowledge Question waivers is because of HP. Oh, and mak­ing money.

Opinion: Observations on CCNP Changes and New CCIE SP Ops

Some obser­va­tions on what the changes to the CCNP and CCIE pro­grams tell us about Cisco inten­tions for their cer­ti­fic­a­tion programs.

Install GNS3 on Mac OSX Leopard

This post looks at installing GNS3 on Snow Leopard and has a num­ber of screen­shots and some tips on mak­ing it go well.

Internets of Interest: 18^th Sep

Collection of use­ful, rel­ev­ant or inane places on the the Internets for 18^th Sep:

Cisco Credential Verification Report — Checking Certification Status

I found this in Cisco’s Certification site today. Allows recruiter’s and employ­ers to con­firm your Cisco Certification status.

Internets of Interest: 10^th Sep

Collection of use­ful, rel­ev­ant or inane places on the the Internets for 10^th Sep:

Internets of Interest: 21^st Aug

Collection of use­ful, rel­ev­ant or inane places on the the Internets for 21^st Aug:

Blessay:VTP Version 3.0 — Is VTP Making a Comeback ?

VTP Version 3.0  —  Is VTP mak­ing a comeback ?
I found this doc­u­ment at Cisco​.com today about VTPv3. What ? VTPv3 ? I had to dig into that.

Rant: Buying From the USA — Ccbootcamp

I went to buy a writ­ten study guide from ccboot­camp yes­ter­day, cost USD$129, ship­ping USD$80. I guess busi­ness is too good for US companies.

Cisco CCIE 360 Program — Press Here to Add to Cart

I saw Cisco 3660 CCIE study pro­gram in an online store today. It struck me as poor value for money. Here’s why…

Blog:Considering CCIE Security Training Material

I am ser­i­ously con­sid­er­ing whether to under­take my second CCIE exam by doing the CCIE Security. Since the credit crunch has cre­ated a down­turn in the mar­ket it is the best time to study. I am review­ing the train­ing resources avail­able and decid­ing which products might be worth purchasing.

Algoryhme by Radia Perlman

Radia Perlman penned this poem while she developed Spanning Tree.

What Is a ‘Free’ or ‘Unattached’ CCIE Number or Status ?

If you have never worked for a Cisco reseller, you may not know about this vital pro­ced­ure of “attach­ing” your CCIE status to the reseller.

Musing: On Permananent and Ephemeral Knowledge and Exam Study

Like many tech-​​​​workers, we need to ingest vast quant­it­ies of know­ledge to get star­ted in our jobs. Without that know­ledge, there is no work­ing in our busi­ness. What is unique, how­ever, is that we con­tinue to ingest know­ledge for the remainder of our careers  —  often con­sum­ing large por­tions of our per­sonal time and energy. Worse we […]

The CCIE Medallion

Arden Packeer was passing com­ments on his plaque.… but mine is much cooler.…

On Passing My CCIE Exam in 2001 — Day Two

So its the second day, I haven’t slept much. I am stressed. I ring the fam­ily to check that everything is fine, and get ready to go for the second round.

On My CCIE Lab Exam in 2001 — Day One

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: Reverse SSH Console Access — Part 2

Following my ori­ginal post about con­fig­ur­ing Reverse SSH on a Cisco con­sole server, I wanted to make some fol­lowup to extend the usage.

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