I have had my nose deep in several books in preparation for my CCIE R&S written exam, so I haven’t been blogging much at all. Now that I’ve made it to the more familiar topics, I’m hoping to get some notes posted. I’ll start with OSPF message types.
Tag: cisco
Cisco stuff
Home-grown IOU Scripts
I’m sure you’ve all heard of Cisco IOU by now, and I’m finally catching up with the other bloggers of the world by mentioning it. It’s an executable version of an IOS image that runs on a Unix (or Unix-like) platform and it’s the backend behind Cisco’s Learning Labs.
Cisco Live 2011 Schedule
For the first time ever, I’m headed to Cisco Live – the big Cisco users conference in Las Vegas! I usually don’t go to these things since I wind up just hanging out by myself, but I’m meeting all sorts…
Stubby Post – Final Tally of 3750 Failures
It’s pretty widely known that I hate Cisco 3750 switches. We’ve had so many hardware and software failures with them that I’ve got a seriously bad taste in my mouth. Since I’m leaving for a new company, I thought I’d…
Stubby Post – Cisco IOS Petition
Greg Ferro has brought back the petition for Cisco to provide an emulator to the community for learning. Since our current and only family of emulators is well on Garcinia Mangostana its way to oblivion, I ask that we all…
Stubby Post – Changing the Prompt on the ASA
RichardF commented on an article I wrote last November and mentioned the prompt command in the ASA. I never set aside any time to research it, but I finally took the time today while waiting for a maintenance window.
Stubby Post – Null VTP Domain Scare
Remember a few weeks back when I had a bad day? I was actually at HQ that day to do some work for a project, but that got put off due to the extenuating circumstances. When we finally got back…
Another Blow to Dynamips/Dynagen/GNS3
It looks like Cisco is trying to crack down on illegal distribution of their software. I can't really blame them since it's their property. Aaron ConawayI shake my head around sometimes and see what falls out. That’s what lands on…
Configuring an Active/Passive ASA Pair
A buddy asked for some help on configuring a pair of ASAs in active/passive mode, and, by pure coincidence, my newest project is to set up the same. I’ve done it many time, but it’s one of those things that…
Stubby Post – Changes to CCNA Voice, CCVP, and CCSP
Cisco changes every certification track I go down. This time they’ve changed others, too.