Yes, it is inevitable that I cover these. I’m sure network types will be next.
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.
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.
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 of people there – from bloggers to Tweeps to personal friends. It should be a […]
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 publish some statistics while I still have access to the numbers. Total TAC cases online […]
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 take the time and sign this petition. To use a cliché, we need to act […]
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.
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 around to do the work, we wound up adding a switch in the data center […]
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.
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 you don’t really do every day (unless you’re a VAR or something). These things always […]