Archive for December, 2011
We have added some new US and International CCIE Voice bootcamps to our schedule!
With every 10-Day Bootcamp purchase, INE gives you your choice of either:
- Cover your $1500 CCIE Voice Lab Fee
- 2 Year Subscription to Our All Access Pass
- 56 Hour CCIE Voice Advanced Technologies Class Download
Tags: CCIE Voice, Cisco IP Phones, l2tpv3, L2VPN, UC, unified communications
We are finished with our L2VPN beta testing, and are very happy to report that all 38 of our beta testers reported back not only no issues with connecting to us, but also an incredible experience overall with phones that appear directly connected to their rack switchports, and that behave and function exactly as they did when any of them have previously sat for the CCIE Voice lab exam. We are happy to announce that every one of our Voice racks now fully supports SIX Layer 2 VPN connections – one for each phone.
At INE, we are all about putting as much knowledge in your mind as it can hold, as many tools in your hands as possible, and doing it all for far less than anyone. We offer so many ways of connecting to our Voice racks and often I get asked which method is the best and which they should use. So I thought I would take this time to quickly outline all of the ways we offer to connect to our racks, and then break them down by most-to-least desirable methods for doing so after the break.
Outline of Connection Methods
- Layer 2 Hardware VPN – Use Your Own Hardware Cisco IP Phones
- (This option is the only true way to experience the CCIE Voice lab)
- Layer 3 Hardware VPN – Use Your Own Hardware Cisco IP Phones
- SSL AnyConnect VPN – Use Our Rack-Connected Phones with FREE Web-Based Remote Control
- IPSec (EzVPN) VPN – Use Our Rack-Connected Phones with FREE Web-Based Remote Control
- NO VPN AT ALL – Use Our Rack-Connected Phones with FREE Web-Based Remote Control
Tags: CCIE Voice, CCNA Voice, ccnp voice, ezvpn, L2 Tunnel, l2tpv3, L2VPN, Voice Rack
A new update to INE’s CCIE Routing & Switching Written Exam Bootcamp is now available in streaming format for All Access Pass subscribers, and available for purchase as a download. This completely new video series, taught by me – Brian McGahan, 3 x CCIE #8593 (Routing & Switching, Security, Service Provider) – is specifically designed for students looking to focus on the topics and technologies covered in the CCIE Routing and Switching Written Exam version 4 blueprint.
As a precursor to our CCIE Routing & Switching Advanced Technologies Class and our CCIE Routing & Switching Lab Workbook Volume 1, the Written Exam Bootcamp helps to create a solid foundation of the concepts covered in the CCIE Routing & Switching version 4 Written Exam, as well to give students the knowledge they need to continue straight into their hands-on CCIE Lab Exam preparation. This bootcamp will also benefit current CCIEs who need to re-affirm their knowledge from a theoretical standpoint in order to recertify on the various technologies covered on the CCIE Routing & Switching Written Exam blueprint.
Tags: aap, ccie written, update
With so many requests for these classes, but also with so many telling us of their limited travel budgets, we made the decision to change our previously Seattle-based courses for CCNA Voice and CCNP Voice to online courses. They will still be packed with all of the same material to fully prepare you for all your exams. We have also reduced the price of the course to only $499, and once the course is over, you will have the ability to download this course at no additional charge. These will be live classes taught by CCIEx2 #14073 Mark Snow.
You may get more information, as well as register for the courses here.
Also, for our existing All Access Pass subscribers, you will be given access to this online streaming class. You will still need to register with sales, but no additional cost will be necessary.
Tags: CCNA Voice, ccnp voice, Online Bootcamp
A Proctor from RTP called me up on Friday, as he often does, and wanted me to disseminate some information. The word this time is that RTP is opening it’s doors on Saturday 12/10 and Saturday 12/17 for lab attempts. This is mainly due to the fact that they are closing RTP on 12/20 for the remainder of the year (opening back up in Jan), and they wanted to allow people a few extra days to get their attempts in before the close of the year. So if you happened to be waiting until the last minute to book, and couldn’t find a date – now you have two!
Tags: CCIE Lab Date
I mentioned a few weeks back in bullet #3 in my post titled “SO Many Voice Updates!” that we would be adding Layer 2 VPN support for our Voice racks. Well, our hardware is in place and tested (by us), and now it is ready to be tested by you!
To start out, we are going to select a few beta customers to try out the service, and work out any kinks that may be there. I will work personally with all beta customers, and any issues will be resolved very quickly. I just want to make sure that we get everything documented properly.
Tags: CCIE Voice, l2tpv3, L2VPN, rack
Earlier this year we announced that we were sending out customized INE polo shirts with your name and CCIE number on them when you submitted a success story. After an overwhelming response to this program we now have over 3000 CCIEs on our Wall of Success – this is more than most other vendors combined! In fact the response has been so overwhelming that our shirt vendor has had a little trouble keeping up with the demand – after all, each of these shirts are custom made with your name and CCIE number. However please be assured that the shirts are currently shipping, and they are going out in the order in which your success story was received.
You can see a preview of what the shirt design looks like below:
For those of you that have passed the CCIE lab exam using our self-paced products, classes, or rack rentals, and you haven’t yet submitted a success story, we would like to hear from you! Even if you didn’t buy these products directly from us, but still used INE as a resource, we want to hear about it! In return for you submitting your success story we’ll ship you a customized INE polo shirt with your name and CCIE number on it. These are free of charge and we even ship them free worldwide! Visit http://www.ine.com/success-story.htm to submit your story.
