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Welcome to Internetwork Expert’s CCIE Blog! This site is dedicated to helping you in your pursuit of becoming a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert in Routing & Switching, Voice, Security, Service Provider, and Storage. Through this blog you can submit questions to our expert instructors, Brian Dennis - Quintuple CCIE #2210, Scott Morris - Quad CCIE #4713, Brian McGahan – Triple CCIE #8593, Petr Lapukhov - Quad CCIE #16379, Anthony Sequeira - CCIE #15626, Marvin Greenlee - Triple CCIE #12237, Keith Barker - Dual CCIE #6783, Mark Snow - Dual CCIE #14073, and Josh Finke - CCIE #25707. Check back daily as this blog will be updated frequently.

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March 19th, 2010

Terry Vinson Promoted to TechEdit Team Lead

Most of you have commented on and are aware of the INE.com TechEdit Team. This group has been hard at work editing the Volume 1 and Volume 2 workbooks. In addition to this, they have been answering queries and facilitating many of the interesting discussions that take place every hour in the INE online community ieoc.com.

When it came time to pick a leader of this group, the answer was pretty obvious to all – it needed to be Terry Vinson. Terry has been doing an incredible job for INE and its students for months.

Terry has about every IT-related certification you can think of, and will be completing his CCIE R&S over the next two months.

Terry Vinson is a highly experienced training consultant, specializing in documentation development, validation and verification and communications. Terry is a Combat Veteran, having served in the United States Army where he worked as a Communications Electronic Warfare and Countermeasures Specialist and Trainer. After leaving the military Terry joined the New Equipment Fielding Team (NEFT), as a contractor to the Intelligence Material Management Center (IMMC) were he worked developing training manuals, and as an Instructor of Key Personnel in the area of network maintenance, troubleshooting, and fault isolation. During his tenure Terry provided or supported instructional services to thousands of soldiers in more than half a dozen countries.

For the last 10 years Terry has worked in the private sector as a Senior Technology Consultant and Trainer for several consulting firms in Washington DC, Northern and Central Virginia. In this capacity he has provided services to Major Metropolitan Health Systems, the Mexican Embassy, and the Executive Office of the President of the United States of America (EOP).

Congrats Terry! It is so wonderful to be working with you here at INE!

March 15th, 2010

Reminder: Free Open Lecture – Mastering the DOC-CD

Just a reminder to everyone that we have a free Open Lecture scheduled for Tuesday, March 16th at 7 PM EST USA.

This event will reach maximum capacity for the classroom, so if you want to be in the live class, be sure to be early.

Instructors for the event are Anthony Sequeira and Keith Barker. Cannot wait to “see you” in class!

Classroom link:

http://ieclass.internetworkexpert.com/r91196977/

March 9th, 2010

Instructor Open Office Hours

Join us for the latest Open Office Hours!

Wednesday, March 10, 8 PM EST USA.

See you there everyone.

http://ieclass.internetworkexpert.com/r23809704/

March 7th, 2010

Let’s Meet Up in the New Lab Meet-Ups!

If you had a blast in the recent Lab Meet-Up with Keith Barker, you will not want to miss these events…

Friday, March 19, 2010 – 2 PM EST USA  - Volume 2, Lab 5

Friday, April 2, 2010 – 2 PM EST USA – Volume 2, Lab 6

March 3rd, 2010

Interactive Video Companion and New Advanced Technologies Video Updates

Hello INE fans!

You might have noticed we stalled new video production for the last week.

Two reasons:

1) We are busy in bootcamps around the world right now. Always good. :-)

2) For each new video series, we wanted to incorporate all of the great feedback we received on these products. I presume that since the Advanced Technologies Series is legendary in the CCIE Training space, this helped to generate what seemed to be a mountain of opinions on the “new and improved” edition.

After meetings and much discussions on the absolute greatest new products we could create, we are now back to “shooting videos” on a daily basis. Check your accounts for new lessons appearing DAILY. Of course we still want your feedback so keep it coming, but I think you are going to be very impressed with the new lessons!

Also, many students have asked about the “old” or shall we say “classic” ATCoD and if it will be removed once we are complete with the new materials. The answer is NO. If you want nostalgia, want a different “take on the technologies”, or just want to hear a different voice, you will always be able to access the classic ATCoD.

I cannot wait to “see you” in class, and as always, thank you for choosing INE.

March 3rd, 2010

Join Us in the Upcoming Open Lectures!

I just want to thank everyone for the awesome topic recommendations we have been flooded with for our upcoming Open Lectures.

If you do not see your topic listed below – do not fret! We will get to it soon…

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 1 PM EST US – MPLS Troubleshooting

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 7 PM EST US – Mastering the DOC-CD

Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 3 PM EST US – PfR (OER) – Profile Phase

Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 2 PM EST US – v6 Multicast – RP Assignment

Friday, March 26, 2010 at 2 PM EST US - Reg Expr and BGP

NOTE: The March 16th Open Lecture will be available for ANY guests that would like to attend free of charge. We will also be having an exciting prize giveaway during the event…you will not want to miss it!

Anthony Delivering an Open Lecture

Anthony Delivering an Open Lecture

March 2nd, 2010

Updated Bridging and Switching Chapter Posted for the Latest Volume 1 Workbook

Thanks for all the feedback regarding this important chapter of our Volume 1 workbook. There is an updated chapter posted as of today. Enjoy your Tier 1 studies everyone!

February 27th, 2010

Join Us in the Upcoming Open Lectures!

Please join us in the following Live Open Lectures this week!

Tuesday, March 2, 2PM EST US – TCP Intercept Explored

Thursday, March 4, 2PM EST US – Troubleshooting Layer 2 – Catalysts

There was a problem with the recording of Troubleshooting Layer 2 – Catalysts last week, thus the “mulligan”.

Enjoy the lectures everyone and we cannot wait to “see you” in class!

INE Instructor Keith Barker

INE Instructor Keith Barker

February 26th, 2010

Lab Meet-Up MOVED! – Volume 2 for 4.0 – Lab 4

We need to move this Lab Meet-Up to run sooner than originally announced.

The new date and time is:

Wednesday, March 3 at 2 PM EST US

If you cannot attend, remember to send your questions about the lab to labmeetup@ine.com so that we can cover them in class. Also, this will enter you in the class drawing for 100 Graded Labs Rack Rental Tokens! Woo-hoo!!!!!!

OK, OK, I know what you are thinking – I never win raffles either, but you definitely cannot win if you do not play.

:-)

February 25th, 2010

INE Student and CCIE Josh Jones Just Misses V4!

Well I sat for my v4 R&S lab and just got the core report back. I am very sad to say I was close, but didn’t make it over the bar. Here is my feedback and preparation strategy.

First – I used INE workbook volume 1 through 4. Whatever you do, don’t make the assumption that you should skip the volume 1 because it is too basic. I will tell you first hand, it is critical to work through volume 1. Not only will it help you adapt new methods for dealing with specific technologies, but it will also help you out when it comes time answer those pesky core knowledge questions at the beginning of your lab! Some people may be fine just reading lots of books but personally, I learn better by doing a little bit of readying and the applying the knowledge using a hands-on approach. Also ally the video on demands that INE has to offer. You can pause it during certain topics you wish to lab it up on. Then, watch it over to see if you did it right.

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