The Quest of the CCIE, the game has just begun

I arrived on the atfor center at 1:35pm, has my test was @2pm. Take the time to complete and sign the VUE paper, put my stuff on the safety box and switch off my cell phone. Coffee for free (delicious !) and nice people, I start the exam with 170min ( +20min because I am …

Postponing my written exam

Things turned in another way, family duty and new job took me all the time that I supposed to use for the written exam, so I’ll move my exam to another date, Thinking after the summer. I am feeling good with the layer 2 technologies, ospf and some BGP concepts,  and still continue to learn …

My RoadMap of the Written Exam

Based on the exam blueprint, this listing show my progress on the written exam. Green mean I already study/knew it, Orange mean I had to more read/understand that part, and red is the part that I have to study/don’t know ! I am about 30% …. General Networking Theory General Routing Concepts Link State and …

Lan Switching part 1: Ethernet, Vlan & Trunk

Notes takes during my layer 2 reading. Cross-over cable ( T568A ) : KeY pins 1-3; 2-6 E1 Cable : Key pins : 1-2;4-5 Auto-MDX allow to use the wrong cable ( bot all cisco switch models) Switches are on auto-negotiation mode ( auto-determine speed and duplex ), use FLP (Fast Link Pulse) to “detect …