I enjoyed Petr's article regarding explicit next hop.  It reminded me of a scenario where a redistributed route, going into OSPF conditionally worked, depending on which reachable next hop was used. Here is the topology for the scenario: Here is the relevant (and working :)) information for R1. Read More

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Labs 4 and 5 in the CCIE Routing & Switching Lab Workbook Volume 2 Version 5.0 is now posted on the members site. More labs in this series will be posted shortly, along with more updates to Volume 1. Read More

Lab 3 for our CCIE Routing & Switching Lab Workbook Volume 2 Version 5.0 is now posted on the members site.  A Lab Meet-Up for this scenario is scheduled today at 10:00 Pacific time (GMT -8).  The Class-on-Demand version will be posted shortly afterwards.  More labs in this series will begin posting next week, which will give people more time to actually configure the scnearios before attending the Lab Meet-Ups. Read More

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In this post we will give a brief overview of the upgrade path from CCIE Security v2.0 blueprint to v3.0. First off all, let’s start with the good news to everyone who was preparing using the old blueprint: most of things you have learned are incorporated smoothly in the new blueprint. Basically, the only thing to forget is your VPN3k configuration skills :) Everything else either remains the same or experiences an “incremental update”, like LAN-to-LAN VPNs with IPsec VTI interfaces. Let’s... Read More

IEWB-RS Volume 2 Version 5 Lab 2 is now available for download on the members site.  The solutions will be posted tomorrow morning.  I hope to see you all at the lab meetup tomorrow to discuss the scenario. Read More

Labs 1 and 10 of the new CCIE Routing & Switching Lab Workbook Volume 2 Version 5 (IEWB-RS) are now available on the members site.  All users with an active subscription to version 4.1 should automatically see the R&S Lab Workbook Volume II Version 5.0 Beta link when you login.  The lab meetup for lab 10 is scheduled for 9am Pacific time this Thursday. Read More