On 19 January 2021, I took and passed the Implementing DevOps Solutions and Practices (DEVOPS) exam on my first attempt. This is the sixth DevNet exam I’ve passed … and probably the last! Much like my experience with enterprise and
AAA Deep Dive on Cisco Devices
I’ve been working on some AAA configuration lately and I went through some of my older templates and realized that I didn’t want to simply use them without verifying first if I still believed that this was the best way
Finding Ways of Teaching
Some days ago I tweeted about that when you are trying to master a topic, you should both find different sources to learn from, as well as different mediums, such as reading, listening, watching videos, but also not to forget
Getting DevNet Associate (200-901) Certified
Earlier this week I got DevNet Associate certified, using the online testing offering. The TL DR of this post is going to be this: Get the 10-week study plan from my friend Nick Russo Follow him on Twitter Sign up
No Rush
Intro We often treat our careers like it’s a race. With only a winner. We setup goals where we want to get a degree by a certain age. Get that certification at another age. Get that job at a certain
My Journey Towards the Cisco Certified DevNet Specialist – Service Provider by Nick Russo
On 14 October 2020, I took and passed the Automating Cisco Service Provider Solutions (SPAUTO) exam on my first attempt. This is the fifth DevNet exam I’ve passed and was a topic area in which I was already strong. Many
My Journey Towards the Cisco Certified DevNet Specialist – Security by Nick Russo
On 10 August 2020, I took and passed the Automating Cisco Security Solutions (SAUTO) exam on my first attempt. In February of the same year, I passed DEVASC, DEVCOR, and ENAUTO to earn both the CCDevA and CCDevP certifications. You
DevAsc – List Consisting of Dictonaries
I was going through Nick Russo’s course Getting Started with Software Development Using Cisco DevNet at Pluralsight and one thing he went through was interacting with the DNA Center API. Using a call to /intent/api/v1/network-device, DNA-C will return a JSON
EIGRP Behavior with IP Unnumbered
Carl Zellers asked an excellent question on how EIGRP works when run over FlexVPN with IP unnumbered, considering that routers will not be on a common subnet. I thought this was a great question so I took some help from
Happy 10-year Anniversary Lostintransit
Wow! I can’t believe it. I’ve been blogging for 10 years! Where did time go? July 16th 2010 is when I posted the first time to this blog. It was a post saying “I’m game” and I included Radia Perlman’s