tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37035150636754060082011-11-23T16:32:51.950+02:00The pursuit of Newton to obtain the CCIE statusDaninoreply@blogger.comBlogger191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703515063675406008.post-76920155053019960682011-11-23T16:32:00.000+02:002011-11-23T16:32:51.955+02:00

A new change in the direction of my certification has occurred. This is due mainly to my work, but I also think that it is connected to my past Certifications and that it will help me a lot in the future. VCP 5 comes from VMware certified Professional on vSphere 5 (which was released this summer). Although I have been successfully using vSphere 5 since it was in beta version, I feel I do not use

Daninoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703515063675406008.post-1033073903090184942011-03-23T12:55:00.000+02:002011-03-23T12:55:23.841+02:00

I used to have a big mug with this words written on it. It's in German and it means: The first step is the hardest. I don't know if anybody is reading this blog anymore (not meaning that it had a lot of readers when it was active) but I decided to bring it back to life. After more than a year of delay I took the MS 70-642 (Configuring Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure) exam. I started

Daninoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703515063675406008.post-25818653767638910822010-01-03T21:16:00.000+02:002010-01-03T21:17:27.479+02:00

After a half year of absence, I decided to get back to writing here. As you can see from the title of this post, I’m not going to write about Cisco certifications for the next 2-3 months, but about Microsoft because this is what I’m currently using at work. I will keep using this blog because I find it very useful in keeping a plan and sticking to it and because I will get back to CCNP after I

Daninoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703515063675406008.post-85426710630200581982009-09-23T16:03:00.002+03:002009-09-23T16:12:07.299+03:00

I'm sorry for the long pause, but there has been a change in my work. I have shifted from networking devices to Windows servers now, so the focus moved away from cisco, for the moment.Anyway, after revitalizing my MS skills, I have decided it's time to get back to cisco learning, if not for my daily work at least to stay in touch with cisco technology.So, here I go again.P.S. schedule updated

Daninoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703515063675406008.post-68618700836394131072009-06-09T20:23:00.003+03:002009-06-09T20:57:07.264+03:00

Today I saw my BCMSN schedule and I saw that I should have taken my exam already. Unfortunatly, I didn't have time to study (work+personal life) and I'm still at the beggining at the STP chapter.The first part I have studies, VLAN and VTP was pretty much a review of the knowledge I already had. I would like to emphasize on one of the things I didn't knew that were possible on cisco gear and that

Daninoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703515063675406008.post-20150597937194197492009-04-27T10:01:00.002+03:002009-04-27T10:04:15.225+03:00

After a week long Easter break I am back on track with the BCMSN studies.I deserved this, although this means postponing my exam for later in June.

Daninoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703515063675406008.post-6037009296606562352009-04-02T22:39:00.002+03:002009-04-02T22:50:02.912+03:00

First I would like to say that I am happy I didn't postpone the BSCI exam as I was tempted to do.Second, I am already behind the BCMSN study schedule, for three reasons: - no more study time during work (hope it will improve after Easter) - the study material (at least the first two chapters) look very familiar from the CCNA study time and it's hard to focus reading - I'm having a deja-vu (it

Daninoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703515063675406008.post-66585860417535183362009-03-16T13:12:00.002+02:002009-03-16T16:21:53.323+02:00

Four months ago I decided to take the long and hard path (CCIE). The first little step was BSCI (642-901). Today I made that step and I am very proud and happy.It was a hard exam, I would say harder than CCNA. This time some of the teoretical notions made some problems but the labs I did during study using Dynamips proved to be a very good choice.Next BCMSN.

Daninoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703515063675406008.post-73544426550865624652009-03-11T13:34:00.003+02:002009-03-11T20:38:37.850+02:00

I have just scheduled my BSCI exam (642-901) for Monday the 16th of March. This time I did it online at pearsonvue.Until then I will use the week-end to review my notes and to make sure I will not loose points on the topics I know. I hate it when after an exam I realize I made a mistake on a question I knew the answer due to the exam pressure or lack of concentration. So I plan to use this time I

Daninoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703515063675406008.post-41555269608729510802009-02-22T19:13:00.002+02:002009-02-22T19:24:16.387+02:00

Last week was a slow one for my study. I feel bad for not being able to keep the peace of one post per week. I read a lot of ccie blogs/forums (thanks to Aragoen Celtdra for the study notes) but I see that I am not able to give anything back to the community.At least I was able to retake my studies, I have finished the multicast module and now I'm having fun with the IPv6 labs. I hope next week I

Daninoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703515063675406008.post-88490219543183032502009-02-08T01:07:00.005+02:002009-02-08T01:25:54.054+02:00

First of all I would like to congratulate CCIE #23347, CCIE #23373, and CCIE #23394.It has been a hard week and I haven't been able to study very much, but I am making good progress during this week-end. Thanks to Jeremy and GNS 3 I managed to go through the BGP topics, tomorrow I will start doing the labs from the BSCI curricula. Unfortunately, I am again behind schedule and I will have to

Daninoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703515063675406008.post-40560569791456964752009-01-27T17:13:00.000+02:002009-01-27T17:18:53.070+02:00

I have underestimated the route optimization chapter. At the beginning, when I saw the outline I thought it would take 3-4 days, but now I realize the importance of it, is like a review of all the IGP. I am still at the labs from the end of the chapter (done 2 of them, 3 more to go). They are really fun because of the interaction between the different routing protocols.I will have to update my

Daninoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703515063675406008.post-22729987856570652442009-01-19T10:16:00.000+02:002009-01-19T10:19:45.439+02:00

Although I broke the chain and I feel a little bit guilty, I would say I have a good reason for this: I have a life besides work.I am done with IS-IS (thanks to Jeremy’s CBT nuggets), I managed to do the labs, I have some hand-on experience although I’m not really confident in my knowledge of the OSI protocol (better said not as confident as IP). Next is route Route Optimization and I hope to get

Daninoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703515063675406008.post-72860772410502629922009-01-13T21:17:00.001+02:002010-01-03T21:23:09.639+02:00

1. Configuring IP Addressing and Services (24 percent) – 3 January 2010a. Configure IPv4 and IPv6 addressingb. Configure Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).c. Configure routing.d. Configure IPsec. 2. Configuring Name Resolution (27 percent) – 4-10 January 2010a. Configure a Domain Name System (DNS) server.b. Configure DNS zones.c. Configure DNS records. d. Configure DNS replication.e.

Daninoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703515063675406008.post-79961110971382623662009-01-12T17:38:00.005+02:002009-01-12T22:43:14.735+02:00

It’s been a productive week; I managed to finish the OSPF module with the curricula labs. It is a lot of information, I wonder why would anybody use another routing protocol because OSPF has so many features that is seems you can do everything with it. The next topic is IS-IS, and I hope to finish it by the end of the week.I will also try to make an updated version of the schedule, I’m way behind

Daninoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703515063675406008.post-1441354108585417082009-01-08T00:08:00.002+02:002011-03-23T17:28:06.609+02:00

I am Newton. I am a 28-old Senior QA Systems & Network engineer. I am a CCNA since August 2007 currently seeking for the CCNP status and later for the precious CCIE numbers. I have made the first step in this direction - BSCI (2009). I am also MCP and MCTS, looking forward for MCITP.

Daninoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703515063675406008.post-630537791444207822009-01-07T23:57:00.005+02:002009-09-23T16:15:20.775+03:00

1. Network Requirements (17 – 22 March 09)1.1 Introducing Campus Networks2. Defining VLANs (23 – 29 March 09)2.1 Implementing Best Practices for VLAN Topologies2.2 Implementing VLANs2.3 Implementing Trunks2.4 Propagating VLAN Configurations with VLAN Trunking2.5 Correcting Common VLAN Configuration Errors2.6 VLAN Lab Exercises3. Implementing Spanning Tree ( 9 – 27 September 09)3.1 Describing

Daninoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703515063675406008.post-64257508531757840112009-01-06T23:52:00.001+02:002009-03-18T00:19:02.424+02:00

1. EIGRP (11 - 14 December 09)1.1 EIGRP Fundamentals and Features1.2 EIGRP Components and Operation1.3 Implementing and Verifying EIGRP1.4 Implementing Advanced EIGRP Features1.5 Configuring EIGRP Authentication1.6 Using EIGRP in the Enterprise1.7 EIGRP Lab Exercises2. OSPF (15 – 21 December 09)2.1 Review of OSPF Fundamentals and Features2.2 Review of OSPF Operation2.3 Implementing and

Daninoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3703515063675406008.post-91668024485100202822009-01-05T21:08:00.005+02:002009-03-17T23:50:33.171+02:00

A big hello to all you in the pursuit of the CCIE status. The main reason for creating this blog is to keep me on the track in this long journey I have started a month ago and maybe to inspire other people like me, who has been inspired by others that have made the transition from CCIE wannabe to CCIE. I am a CCNA at this time dreaming to obtain one of those precious CCIE numbers. My first

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