Motivational Quote

“The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time.”

Greets!

20% off Cisco Exams!!

Well, thats true. :)

I came across this voucher on one of the blogs that I follow regurally and have availed of 20% discount on the list price for the CCIE R&S written exam. Finally I have an appointment scheduled for this test.

Infact I was to take this test, by the end of July 08. But then somehow that din't work for me. Anyways gald that I had to commit to test, no matter what served as an excuse. Btw, I am an old aspirant when it comes to CCIE. Infact I'm pretty much through with the 5 core topics including lab practise for the same ..they being Frame Relay, IGPs, BGP, IPv6 and Switching. So guess the written was long due.

Next all I hope is to clear the test, asap!

Greets!

PS: Here is the referral code if you like to avail the offer, Promo Code: xxxxxxx. You need to punch the code, when scheduling your exam through Pearson Vue.

Edit: I had to remove the code, because of certain distribution policy.

Motivational Quote

Ok, here is the quote for today:

" Sometimes I look at myself and I see an imperfect person, trying just to do my best in any way possible. One of those ways is to never let people kill my beliefs and faith that help me to face life everyday. This world already has so much evil and negativity that I REFUSE to add more into my own world. My dream is that someday I see myself old and feel the big satisfaction that I had the opportunity to help many in my life, that I can remember my life with a smile and die with the feeling of peace and happiness that I had done my best."
- Maria Uman

Greets!

Motivational Quote

Alright,

Well I have decided to post a inspirational quote everyday, it will serve majorly two purposes for me: a) It will keep me in the right frame of mind for the day, as I can see really tough days ahead. b) It will keep this blog live and ticking. :)

Ok, so here it is for today.

"Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will."
- Norman Vincent Peale


I can not agree more to this, I think its all about believes, one just has to keep his head up in the positive direction, no matter what lies ahead ..for mankind has survived for eons on hopes and positive believes!


PS: As of Monday, my daily schedule will be 10 hours at work, around 2 hours of travelling and lets see how much ccie prep can I squeeze in. I'm aiming at 3-4 hours daily. :)

Dynamips Tutorial

Ok, this is a brief tutorial of how to use dynamips for your ccie lab prepration. This tutorial was originally created by folks at internetworkexpert.com and is freely available for all. Thought I would post it here. :)

Btw, I'm speechless when it comes to dynamips, simply funtabulous work of art!!

Part 1 of 3:



Part 2 of 3:



Part 3 of 3:




Enjoy!

CCIE Worldwide Statistics Updated!

Hello all,

Cisco has a new update to the CCIE Worldwide Statistics page, check the link below:

http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/ccie/certified_ccies/worldwide.html


See here the progress since January 2006:

http://pwp.netcabo.pt/amsoares/wwccies/wwccies.htm


Greets!

My progress so far

I aim to score off each and every topic as I complete them in forth coming days. Btw, I wont be following the exact order actually. What follows is the blueprint of the ccie lab topics:

• Bridging and Switching
• Frame Relay
  
• IP IGP Routing
  • EIGRP
  • RIPv2
  • OSPF
  • GRE
  • IPV6
    
  • GRE
  • ODR
• BGP
  
  • IBGP
  • EBGP
• IP and IOS Features - August 4th 2008
  • IP addressing
  • DHCP
  • HSRP
  • IP services
  • IOS user interfaces
  • System management
  • NAT
  • NTP
  • SNMP
  • RMON
  • Accounting
  • SL
• IP Multicast - August 4th 2008
  • PIM-SM, bi-directional PIM
  • MSDP
  • Multicast tools, source specific multicast
  • DVMRP
  • Anycas
• QoS - August 4th 2008
  • Quality of service solutions
  • Classification
  • Congestion management, congestion avoidance
  • Policing and shaping
  • Signaling
  • Link efficiency mechanisms
  • Modular QoS command lin
• Security - August 4th 2008
  • AAA
  • Security server protocols
  • Traffic filtering and firewalls
  • Access lists
  • Routing protocols security, catalyst security
  • CBAC
  • Other security features

Why this blog ..?!

I am using this as a means to track how my studies are going, I know pretty selffish of me. Perhaps! I think using the art of blogging I can sought of keep it going at all times and this place will serve as a good archive for me to look up any info on a specific topic that I stumbled upon, thereby serving as a ready reckoner.

Its very fresh so bare with me, as I was not all that keen at first and thought blogging will actually take some time away from me. As you know that time is scarse when you have a full-time job and ccie studies to manage. But what the heck lets give it a try ..

Feel free to comment… I like it when you do because it makes me feel like someone is actually listening and I am not just typing this to myself. :)

Btw, I will be doing the Routing and Switching track!!

Greets!