Review: How Close Was My Top5 on Cisco’s Viral Marketing for ASR9000

Couple of weeks ago I posted Top 5 things about Cisco’s Viral Marketing announcement. How did I do ? Read more

Review:Cisco ASR9000 Router - Nothing to Look at Here, Move on Please.

I didn’t bother with the Cisco ASR9000 launch thing. Glad I didn’t waste my time. Read more

RANT:Cannot Copy Text From Product Quick Reference Guide. What ?

I attempted to copy some text from the CPQRG today only to find it is copy protected. Why ? Is it a secret ? Don’t we want to sell things anymore ? Read more

Cisco Product Quick Reference Guide- Finally, You Can Download It for Free.

Once upon a time, the Cisco Quick Reference was free to download. Then you had to pay for it. Now it’s free again. Does that tell you anything ? Read more

Dear Cisco, Stop the Lame “Meme” Marketing - It Sucks…..Badly

Dear Cisco, Have you suddenly hired too many marketing people ?
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Opinion:Certification Matters -Part 2- Knowledge or Experience - Which Is More Valuable ?

Is knowledge or experience better when hunting for a position ? It’s a good topic and worth putting some ideas down here and having a discussion. Read more

Rant:New Logos ? Tasteless Rubbish

When I first heard about the logos, I thought, fair enough. Now I have had a closer look, and taken a few days to think about it - they are rubbish. Read more

Bob Cringely - CCIE:the Leading Men - Judge Economic Progress

Bob Cringely analyses GDP per CCIE in a country to judge their future economic progress. Who cares about the information, this is a huge push for our CCIE certification. Folks, time to think about asking for a raise! Read more

Enterprise Cloud Computing - Build Your Own With Cisco VFrame - Why Wait ?

I can see some value in external Cloud Computing, but why not just build your own with Cisco ? Take a bunch of leftover machines, that old storage system and get a demo version and make your own. Read more

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. Read more

IOS: Setting the TCP Timeout on IOS

One of my favourite default commands on IOS is “ip tcp synwait 5″. Lets look into this command and why you might like to use it as well.

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Cisco Security Manager - Shortcut to Restarting Services

If you work with CiscoWorks, you often need to restart services for changes to take effect. This tip shows how to chain the stop and the start together on Microsoft Windows. Read more

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 even get tested on it by sitting formal examinations.

How can we manage this process to be more effective ?

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Rant: Computerworld - World’s Youngest CCNA: 12-Year-Old Irtiza From Pakistan

So a 12 year old passed the CCNA test. I suspect that many people will use this to point out how easy, or pointless, certfication is, but I believe it is a testament to education and the value of a well organised teaching system
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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.
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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.

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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. Read more

Blue Coat ProxySG VIP and Cisco Switches Need Multicast Enabled

You have a pair of shiny new ProxySG boxen that you want to setup in active / standby for high availability. You configure it up and everything seems to work, and then it doesn’t, or other equipment on the same network experiences random problems.

What you are having is a Multicast problem with your Ethernet switches, most likely your Cisco switches, that has the problem. How to understand and solve the problem after the jump.

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