It’s official! Cisco has finally decided to do a complete rebuild of their certificate program.
Check out the famous network blog by Kevin Wallace: https://www.kwtrain.com/blog/certupdate?cid=98b3de66-d267-46fd-b804-d5824a287ea8&fbclid=IwAR1Be9O8nZcTTXMyd6FsH-O30USC09wTzB03rAuDHhKO3HJzv3QSkHGFxfQ
This is all the information we have right now, but stay tuned and keep learning!
Today, I’m starting my journey for the CCNP v2 R&S.
I’m learning about the different Routing connections (Building Access, Building Distribution, Campus backbones, etc..). I’m glad to know that my campus is actually set up like their suggestions, with the exception of two buildings.
Knowing more, I now see where I may add a building distribution switch to limit the number of fiber connections running back to the core, but also increase feasibility of troubleshooting fewer switches in the long run.
Topics that I need to remember or work on the most:
All routing protocols are currently IGP (Interior Gateway Protocols) except for BGP, which is an EGP (Exterior Gateway Protocol).
The second topic that I need to focus on is Split-Horizon and Poison Reverse.
Split-Horizon is the feature that prevents a route learned on one interface from being advertised through the same interface again. (CH.1)
The Poison Reverse feature causes a route received on the same interface to be advertised back out, however, it uses a metric of “infinite“.
The third important technology emphasized in this chapter were the different network traffic types.
Reference:
Official Cert Guide by Kevin Wallace, CCIE No. 7945 for CCNP ROUTE 300-101
Today, I start the journey with my CCNP text books. The first book that I plan to start with is ROUTE by Kevin Wallace! Join me as I lab, cry and focus on my goals of achieving CCIE and CCAr status over the next few years!
Edit: do I want to go the CCDP route? I may… I’ll post again after I make it past the Route and Switch exams.
Umm.. yeah, bro. I had a blog before. I had different priorities at the time, but now I’m back at it. You got beef? Or are you vegan?
Today, I have Eve-NG configured on the Google Cloud Platform… This ended up being a total waste of time. More about this later (See my GNS3 post).
My total cost was roughly $90/month. With me shutting the server down when I didn’t use it, the monthly cost was $20… It became more of a hassle. I deleted my compute instance and moved on.
I subscribed to INE’s All Access Pass. This was great, because for me, I paid $300(ish) about three years ago for their CCNA class, and this meant that I would have all of their classes for $99/month. I plan to have my employer pick up the tab in the new year if I end up liking the subscription.
If you’re installing Eve-NG on Google Cloud Platform, you may need to use the following:
##Community Edition installation repo command
wget -O - http://www.eve-ng.net/repo/install-eve.sh | bash -i If you’re like me and pre-installed the pro version, then you’ll need this:
## To roll back from EVE-NG Pro to the Community Edition, issue the following commands in the CLI of EVE
> apt install eve-ng eve-ng-guacamole
> systemctl disable docker
> systemctl disable docker.service
> systemctl stop docker.service
> systemctl disable udhcpd
## Reboot EVEFinally, do not forget about the license files!!
https://www.eve-ng.net/documentation/howto-s/62-howto-add-cisco-iou-iol
OSPF Command 