I have done mostly rack rentals so far and for pure layer 2 it’s a must but I want to mix with Dynamips for labs that are not heavy on layer 2. I wanted to use the configs provided for
INE workbool vol1 labs 2.1 – 2.8
Went through the frame-relay labs today. I have never used frame-relay in real life so although it wasn’t very difficult to configure I think I need to go through some videos and documentation to understand the details of inverse ARP
Started labbing
I have now oficially started to prepare for the lab. Yesterday I did my first rack rental via Graded labs. This worked flawlessly even though I am located in Sweden. Getting access to the equipment was easy and the command
Written = done
Passed the written, a lot tougher than I expected. The exam was more heavy in certain areas than I had anticipated. When I finished the test I thought I would pass or fail by a question or so but it
235
That is the number of hours put in as I take the written tomorrow. Only studied some in the morning nothing during the evening. Time to hit the bed to be prepared for tomorrow.
INE deal on rack rental tokens
INE has a deal on rack rental tokens. Got myself some more and I now have enough to keep me busy for a couple of months and combined with Dynamips I can probably do most of the labs in the
Final rush to written
Doing a lot of practicing with Anki reviewing the concepts from the CCIE cert guide. Will do a final review of notes I have and then some more Anki and Boson practicing and that should get me ready for the
Spaced repetition with Anki
As many CCIE candidates know, the blueprint is massive and gaining knowledge in all areas and then remembering it is difficult. Sometimes when you learn something new an old subject is no longer kept in memory. The problem is that there is
CCIE – 350-001 booked
Written test is now booked, next tuesday is the magic date. Doing some questions in Boson and the cert guide and going through my notes one final time and hopefully that should be enough to earn a pass. Time will
Dynamips – findings
So I have made some more findings about Dynamips Running more hypervisors is not more effecient than running one, will load balance over cores anyway GNS3 is just a hassle, stick with Dynagen if you have a set topology This