well since 2016 is waning, I'll start the new thread.
probably going to go for that CISSP next.
maybe look into the AWS Solutions Architect
or maybe one of those Python Certs,
my eye are big again.... looking for that next fix...
Oh lawdy, CISSP beckons me as well.
There's some good stuff in it, and it's helping me to tell management about stuff.
Mine is reach 1st base.
:zomgwtfbbq:
Quote from: Dieselboy on October 01, 2016, 06:01:49 AM
Mine is reach 1st base.
:zomgwtfbbq:
What, is this you?
:awesome:
I'm working today so needed some light entertainment.
Certification goals of mine are still to pass the CCNA Collaboration so I can get back onto the CCNP voice/Collab. Just need to revise for the exam, still.
Must get CCNP collab by end of 2017.
Also want to get the SMB certs again, Riverbed, Nimble, and get to a level with AWS where I can be useful when our other AWS guys are not available. :)
Well, get started on that collab goal, 2017 is going to fly by like 2016 did.
Don't do it, it's a trap! (https://s3.amazonaws.com/tapatalk-emoji/emoji14.png)
seriously though guys, there's 3 months left in 2016.... don't run up the white flag just yet!
Quote from: deanwebb on October 01, 2016, 07:40:08 AM
What, is this you?
The young ones!!! Haven't seen those guys since I was just a kid staying up late with my older brother. We used to do the voices and the rear facing peace sign to each other.
Quote from: ChestHair on October 01, 2016, 11:04:40 PM
Quote from: deanwebb on October 01, 2016, 07:40:08 AM
What, is this you?
The young ones!!! Haven't seen those guys since I was just a kid staying up late with my older brother. We used to do the voices and the rear facing peace sign to each other.
Hands up, who likes me?
Hello everyone! I am new to the forums and have just purchased a CCNA R&S book from Todd Lammle. I am starting my journey into Network Engineering today! I am very excited to begin this as I have been in IT for some time now, but wish to focus on networking now.
Thank you!
Quote from: Ullmer on November 09, 2016, 04:21:27 PM
Hello everyone! I am new to the forums and have just purchased a CCNA R&S book from Todd Lammle. I am starting my journey into Network Engineering today! I am very excited to begin this as I have been in IT for some time now, but wish to focus on networking now.
Thank you!
Hello and welcome aboard, Ullmer! Good to see you!
Don't forget to register! :)
I am looking to begin my journey with the CCNA Routing and Switching certification. I look forward to learning all I can about becoming a Network Engineer.
Quote from: PackersPride on November 10, 2016, 08:38:28 AM
I am looking to begin my journey with the CCNA Routing and Switching certification. I look forward to learning all I can about becoming a Network Engineer.
Step one: Get Wendell Odom's official cert guide. He does a great job of writing.
Step two: Get some labbing gear. Buying stuff piece by piece is better than so-called certification kits. You can also go virtual with Cisco Packet Tracer and/or GNS3.
Step three: Ask questions here. Think up weird scenarios and ask us, we love to answer and discuss stuff like that. You learn a lot that way.
Quote from: deanwebb on November 10, 2016, 11:08:57 AM
Quote from: PackersPride on November 10, 2016, 08:38:28 AM
I am looking to begin my journey with the CCNA Routing and Switching certification. I look forward to learning all I can about becoming a Network Engineer.
Step one: Get Wendell Odom's official cert guide. He does a great job of writing.
Step two: Get some labbing gear. Buying stuff piece by piece is better than so-called certification kits. You can also go virtual with Cisco Packet Tracer and/or GNS3.
Step three: Ask questions here. Think up weird scenarios and ask us, we love to answer and discuss stuff like that. You learn a lot that way.
Thank you for the tips! I recently purchased the Todd Lammle CCNA book. Is this a good one as well?
As far as lab equipment, yeah, I am looking at picking some items up very soon.
Thank you for the kind offering! I do plan on asking as many questions here as I can so I can get comfortable with routers and switches.
Thank you!
Tom is a good writer also, he makes the read very easy. puts forth information in a simple forward manner.
Quote from: PackersPride on November 10, 2016, 08:38:28 AM
I am looking to begin my journey with the CCNA Routing and Switching certification. I look forward to learning all I can about becoming a Network Engineer.
Welcome and good luck with your studies.
I was born and raised in Green Bay, WI. Sadly the Pack isn't doing so great this year.
Mine has to be to finish my CCNP R&S. In November my company dropped it in my lap that my position will require it on the new contract. And they start filling those slots in February...
Luckily I had already passed SWITCH and started on the ROUTE book. I'm sitting that exam Thursday and hope to do TSHOOT around late January.
I'm not sure where to go after that, and that is the main reason I registered to this site this afternoon. Where to go after CCNP R&S? I already have CCNA Security, but not really interested in that path right now. We are just deploying the new ISE boxes, but I really have little control over that piece. We have a new data center complete with new network core/distribution layers that I will be standing up late in 2017. Part of that project will be having multiple separate campus networks collapsing down into one (finally). I am thinking the design track will be most useful in the short term. But I have also thought of taking some time off Cisco and working on something else. Maybe learn a scripting language, do a linux cert or dig into wireshark.
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The Design track would indeed make sense in your case, and if I remember well it's only two exams to the CCDP after you've cleared CCNP
I'd say that CCNP-Security is now much more specialized than it was when I sat for it. It's less general security knowledge and more "Here's how to spell 'security' with 'Cisco' in the middle!" CCDP is only the CCDA and CCDP exams, which is nice for you with an R&S.
Watch out on the Design tests: there is a LOT of emphasis on how to sell and run a project the Cisco way.
Quote from: deanwebb on December 21, 2016, 08:20:32 AM
I'd say that CCNP-Security is now much more specialized than it was when I sat for it. It's less general security knowledge and more "Here's how to spell 'security' with 'Cisco' in the middle!" CCDP is only the CCDA and CCDP exams, which is nice for you with an R&S.
Watch out on the Design tests: there is a LOT of emphasis on how to sell and run a project the Cisco way.
Ugh, please tell me the design track is not similar to the partner tests (I did ASASE for my company). I hated that test.
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Blah, I have 9 months to recert my CCIE RS. Would seriously consider letting it laps but my wife would stab me in the face with a butter knife just for mentioning it.
So around new years Ill be picking up the materials needed to start on the CCDE written. yay!
Quote from: jason.copas on December 21, 2016, 01:18:56 PM
Quote from: deanwebb on December 21, 2016, 08:20:32 AM
I'd say that CCNP-Security is now much more specialized than it was when I sat for it. It's less general security knowledge and more "Here's how to spell 'security' with 'Cisco' in the middle!" CCDP is only the CCDA and CCDP exams, which is nice for you with an R&S.
Watch out on the Design tests: there is a LOT of emphasis on how to sell and run a project the Cisco way.
Ugh, please tell me the design track is not similar to the partner tests (I did ASASE for my company). I hated that test.
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I never took a partner test, but I'll bet a lot of that kind of stuff is in the non-technical part of the Design tests.
Got an email from Cisco my CCNP is expiring. Could have sworn I just renewed it. Time flies. Coincidentally my wife hit a $300 jackpot on a slot machine this week. Sounds like a free CCIE Written attempt to me.
-Otanx
Quote from: Otanx on December 22, 2016, 01:17:35 PM
Got an email from Cisco my CCNP is expiring. Could have sworn I just renewed it. Time flies. Coincidentally my wife hit a $300 jackpot on a slot machine this week. Sounds like a free CCIE Written attempt to me.
-Otanx
GOGOGOGOGOGO DOO EET NAO!
Quote from: that1guy15 on December 22, 2016, 08:14:10 AM
Blah, I have 9 months to recert my CCIE RS. Would seriously consider letting it laps but my wife would stab me in the face with a butter knife just for mentioning it.
So around new years Ill be picking up the materials needed to start on the CCDE written. yay!
In same boat myself except have started reading. Definitive MPLS designs is old but awesome
I'm considering going the design route and the first one would be CCDA exam. Most of the exam topics look like common sense anyway but perhaps I'll get some new insights. Anyone here that has taken the most recent 200-310 exam?
I've just spoken to a few people who failed the real CCDE several times (all are current IEs and all are excellent engineers in my book). They have all said that you basically need a CCIE-SP level of understanding of MPLS stuff in addition to enterprise RS. Its seriously put me off taking it past the written (purely for recert)
Don't think I would ever go up to the E-level, CCDP would probably be the furthest I go. Actually I was first looking at the Juniper Design track (pre-assessment exam was super-easy) but they don't have publicly available courseware.
Quote from: SimonV on March 03, 2017, 03:34:52 AM
I'm considering going the design route and the first one would be CCDA exam. Most of the exam topics look like common sense anyway but perhaps I'll get some new insights. Anyone here that has taken the most recent 200-310 exam?
Its been about 4 years since I took my CCDA/CCDP but the CCDA was simple as hell. A quick run through the book and taking notes along the way and a couple practice test and I passed on the first attempt. This was about 6-8 months after getting my CCNP.
The CCDP ARCH was harder and it took me a couple time to get that one.
Damn it...
Just got the Cisco email I have 6 months to recert my CCIE. I seriously dont want to do this right now...
Damn, time flies. Seems like you just got it :)
I took and failed the CCDA in 2014, and it was the Cisco vendor-ese questions that got me. If you know how to consult THE CISCO WAY!!! then you should be fine. If not, make yourself familiar with all the marketing stuff and methodology stuff in the OCG that there are maybe 2 sample questions on in the test bank.
And it's already March... I need to book the exam I'm ready for and get trained up for the one I want to do. I'm going with ForeScout certifications because that's an area I'm quite skilled in right now and I'd like to formalize that knowledge with some shiny certificates.
Quote from: ristau5741 on September 30, 2016, 12:32:31 PM
well since 2016 is waning, I'll start the new thread.
probably going to go for that CISSP next.
maybe look into the AWS Solutions Architect
or maybe one of those Python Certs,
my eye are big again.... looking for that next fix...
here it is March already and I've done zip, zilch, nada, nothing.
well next to nothing, I did load a debian VM and wrote my first python script
'Hello World'
Quote from: ristau5741 on March 03, 2017, 10:46:13 AM
Quote from: ristau5741 on September 30, 2016, 12:32:31 PM
well since 2016 is waning, I'll start the new thread.
probably going to go for that CISSP next.
maybe look into the AWS Solutions Architect
or maybe one of those Python Certs,
my eye are big again.... looking for that next fix...
here it is March already and I've done zip, zilch, nada, nothing.
well next to nothing, I did load a debian VM and wrote my first python script
'Hello World'
Hahaha - sounds like me buddy. Here's to slackers! :pub:
Quote from: SimonV on March 03, 2017, 09:04:31 AM
Damn, time flies. Seems like you just got it :)
Yeah no kidding! I forget - is it 3 years or 1.5?
Quote from: AspiringNetworker on March 03, 2017, 10:50:11 AM
Quote from: SimonV on March 03, 2017, 09:04:31 AM
Damn, time flies. Seems like you just got it :)
Yeah no kidding! I forget - is it 3 years or 1.5?
every 2 years. But really 3. After 24 months you go into "suspended status" for 12 months. After that you fully lose your CCIE and have to start over.
Suspended status means you can't represent yourself officially as a CCIE with partners or use the logos and such.
Quote from: that1guy15 on March 03, 2017, 12:11:37 PM
Quote from: AspiringNetworker on March 03, 2017, 10:50:11 AM
Quote from: SimonV on March 03, 2017, 09:04:31 AM
Damn, time flies. Seems like you just got it :)
Yeah no kidding! I forget - is it 3 years or 1.5?
every 2 years. But really 3. After 24 months you go into "suspended status" for 12 months. After that you fully lose your CCIE and have to start over.
Suspended status means you can't represent yourself officially as a CCIE with partners or use the logos and such.
That's _a lot_ of work for only two years, seems like ya gotta go back in it to recert after only a few weeks.
Ugh... the knowledge is valuable no doubt.. but man.. screw that. I'm doing just fine with my expired CCNP - at least until I lose this job ;P
Its only the written you have to recert with. You dont ever have to take the lab again unless your CCIE fully expires.
And then you are "CCIE Written, But Expire".
After i knock over my re-cert, thinking of either something AWS (feels dirty....) or the OCSA/OCSE (next-to-no-recognition exams, interesting material).... or in all likeliness actually put up and shut up with the RHCSA / RHCE path.
I reckon I can knock over a RHCSA in a month or less, I know enough linux to be dangerous (e.g. run a VPS, host a domain, build out a LAMP stack, basic chef, semi-competent ansible, basic docker, apt-get/yum/pip everything I need for my python environments, persisted with desktop linux for a year back in the Fedora 3 / Athlon 64 days when it was waaay more brutal than n00buntu 14 look ma all my drivers work etc).
I'm just not particularly interested in some of the detailed nuts and bolts, filesystem operations or specific apps (how to configure SQL, apache, etc. as its all extremely non-core to our roles but I figure linux knowledge is always going to be handy.
If there was a good cert that specialised in modern DC leaf/spine trends (various underlay routing topologies, VXLAN/EVPN overlay designs and the interaction between underlay/overlay, DCI topologies) then I"d be all over it but there really isn't esp. as Cisco hasn't refreshed the CCNP-DC syllabus yet nor produced something sane (i.e. minus the UCS and fibre channel stuff, seriously why the f--k didn't they have a CCNP-DC-compute and CCNP-DC-fabric etc.... I've only met possibly two engineers in this world who actually knew UCS well AND networking well, even CCIE-DCs I meet know one or the other IRL and have forgotten the other half as soon as they walk out of the lab)
And before you Arista guys are in there, I don't have enough prod Arista XP, though I do have plenty of hours in vEOS and have read arista warrior if that counts :) That sample question in your website that asked for the colours of the handles (no joke... )really put my entire team off doing the ACE, even the guys who are literally on Arista projects!
You're spot on in noting that Linux is quite handy, especially in troubleshooting the underside of just about any specialized system, such as the syslog product, the firewall management product, the DDI product, etc. They all run on top of Linux. Something goes boom on one of them, you'll be needing to do tail -f and ls and df -h and pwd and grep, grep, grep, and more grep!
It's not hard to do, and I'll be happy to be in a Linux study group to help out there.
Just ordered the CCDA book. I will be in hotels the whole month so might as well read a bit (when I'm sober at least)
took a squiz at the RHCSA/RHCE syallabus. Auto mounting shares for LDAP users, partitioning etc.... no thanks
on a note that y'all would enjoy, pushed my CCDE written back to May, seriously CBF right now to do any more reading.
on a non-cert side, I have now read 80% of the Viptela documentation cover to cover (who cares about WAN multicast.... /s)... that stuff is the next frontier. Too bad all SD-WAN stuff is proprietary but I am seriously loving this particular flavour.
Quote from: ristau5741 on March 03, 2017, 10:46:13 AM
Quote from: ristau5741 on September 30, 2016, 12:32:31 PM
well since 2016 is waning, I'll start the new thread.
probably going to go for that CISSP next.
maybe look into the AWS Solutions Architect
or maybe one of those Python Certs,
my eye are big again.... looking for that next fix...
here it is March already and I've done zip, zilch, nada, nothing.
well next to nothing, I did load a debian VM and wrote my first python script
'Hello World'
I need a better python book, the swampy package that goes with thinkpython.....well I don't like downloading and installing things I don't understand...
Quote from: ristau5741 on March 31, 2017, 08:13:36 AM
I need a better python book, the swampy package that goes with thinkpython.....well I don't like downloading and installing things I don't understand...
Alot of people recommend "automate the boring stuff with Python" as a good starter book. I have not read it.
https://automatetheboringstuff.com/
Ive done codeacademy (https://www.codecademy.com/learn/python) which was a good hands on intro and I also poke around in Googles python classes (https://developers.google.com/edu/python/)
There are tons of resources online. You can sift through here and see if something works for you
https://github.com/vhf/free-programming-books
Quote from: that1guy15 on March 31, 2017, 10:06:50 AM
Quote from: ristau5741 on March 31, 2017, 08:13:36 AM
I need a better python book, the swampy package that goes with thinkpython.....well I don't like downloading and installing things I don't understand...
Alot of people recommend "automate the boring stuff with Python" as a good starter book. I have not read it.
https://automatetheboringstuff.com/
Ive done codeacademy (https://www.codecademy.com/learn/python) which was a good hands on intro and I also poke around in Googles python classes (https://developers.google.com/edu/python/)
There are tons of resources online. You can sift through here and see if something works for you
https://github.com/vhf/free-programming-books
I like the code academy course very Monty Python.
Lots of audits coming up, there goes either free time or desire to do networky stuff in free time.
:flipdesk:
aaaand its looking increasingly remote that I am in a state to tackle the CCDE written by even May. Let alone RHCA/RHCE or Azure. Thankfully re-cert deadline is November (well technically November next year if I want to drift in suspended state - my employer won't care LOL).
I have a stack of EVPN and automation books/white-papers to digest from multiple vendors. Then some product development work on various SD-WAN stacks. Rapidly approaching information overload.....
Beginning to wonder if employers loading up staff with so much work that they earn a big bonus, but have no time to study for a cert is some kind of HR thing to retain employees... if the schedule ever clears up enough for one to get a new cert that demands more comps, maybe the employer is hoping you'll leave so they can hire a new guy.
Quote from: ristau5741 on September 30, 2016, 12:32:31 PM
well since 2016 is waning, I'll start the new thread.
probably going to go for that CISSP next.
maybe look into the AWS Solutions Architect
or maybe one of those Python Certs,
my eye are big again.... looking for that next fix...
I just became CCNA DC certified and also looking at the AWS associate certs and learning a bit more of Linux.
But Python cert? Is there one?
Quote from: ristau5741 on September 30, 2016, 12:32:31 PM
well since 2016 is waning, I'll start the new thread.
probably going to go for that CISSP next.
maybe look into the AWS Solutions Architect
or maybe one of those Python Certs,
my eye are big again.... looking for that next fix...
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Don't know about a python cert, but there's a thread here about going to humblebundle and loading up on python books there.
I think that python expertise makes itself evident rather quickly, if given permission to turn on a Linux scripting host.
No such thing as a dev cert... The horror. Multiple choice python exam ROFL
Quote from: deanwebb on April 15, 2017, 08:12:34 AM
Don't know about a python cert, but there's a thread here about going to humblebundle and loading up on python books there.
I think that python expertise makes itself evident rather quickly, if given permission to turn on a Linux scripting host.
Yep. You just brought something relevant too for all "windows only" folks like me: a bit of Linux doesn't hurt. I remember there was a cert called LPI. Still relevant today?
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I think if you show up sober and say, "I know Linux", they'll hand you the Red Hat box everyone else is scared of and invite you to go to town on it.
Long time no see fellas.
ForeScout is my new sexy. I had a pretty cool offer to move to VA and become a ForeScout engineer so I jumped on it.
Quote from: config t on May 01, 2017, 01:24:30 PM
Long time no see fellas.
ForeScout is my new sexy. I had a pretty cool offer to move to VA and become a ForeScout engineer so I jumped on it.
If you're in VA, I'mma gonna guess you're working in the public sector... feel free to pick my brains on ForeScout, I've been working with it for over 3 years now and a bunch of what you see in the product today is because of what my company put it through.
PROTIP: that minimum recommendation for a VCT-10000 to have 8 CPU and 16GB RAM is a joke. A lowly CT-2000 comes with 16 CPU and 24GB RAM. We're going to go through all our VCT-10000s and start bumping them up to 16/24 because we'd like them to do lots of stuff without having any resource issues.
Ha what a change - I don't recall you ever passionately ranting about the joys of dot1x/RADIUS unlike some people here..... congrats on the move, hope it works out for ya.
Quote from: wintermute000 on May 03, 2017, 07:41:29 AM
Ha what a change - I don't recall you ever passionately ranting about the joys of dot1x/RADIUS unlike some people here..... congrats on the move, hope it works out for ya.
Wuba-luba-dub-dub! I'm looking for something new, I keep getting pigeon holed into campus networking.
Quote from: deanwebb on May 01, 2017, 03:22:02 PM
If you're in VA, I'mma gonna guess you're working in the public sector... feel free to pick my brains on ForeScout, I've been working with it for over 3 years now and a bunch of what you see in the product today is because of what my company put it through.
PROTIP: that minimum recommendation for a VCT-10000 to have 8 CPU and 16GB RAM is a joke. A lowly CT-2000 comes with 16 CPU and 24GB RAM. We're going to go through all our VCT-10000s and start bumping them up to 16/24 because we'd like them to do lots of stuff without having any resource issues.
Appreciated. I'm willing to bet you have heard of the folks doing this project. Will drop you a PM.
Hi, I'm new to the forums...I have been working in the IT field for about 1 year and 6 months now and sad to say I'm just starting on the path of studying for certs. Originally I had plan to take A+ and Net + but as time went by I started working with alot of cisco products and running basic commands on the regular... so I now am studying for my ICND1 then taking my ICND2 in 2 months time...should have my CCNA by August. After getting my CCNA I want to take a microsoft exam becuase I also work with servers on a daily basis. Glad I found this forum!!!
Quote from: shad21 on May 28, 2017, 11:04:20 AM
Hi, I'm new to the forums...I have been working in the IT field for about 1 year and 6 months now and sad to say I'm just starting on the path of studying for certs. Originally I had plan to take A+ and Net + but as time went by I started working with alot of cisco products and running basic commands on the regular... so I now am studying for my ICND1 then taking my ICND2 in 2 months time...should have my CCNA by August. After getting my CCNA I want to take a microsoft exam becuase I also work with servers on a daily basis. Glad I found this forum!!!
Hello Shad, and welcome! In our Guides and Labs section, we have some additional study questions for ICND1 that you should go through before hitting that exam. Read the Cisco official cert guide, but also go through the extra questions, as they help guide your independent study that you'll need to take on all the questions on that exam.
Thank you
Quote from: deanwebb on May 28, 2017, 11:07:00 AM
Quote from: shad21 on May 28, 2017, 11:04:20 AM
Hi, I'm new to the forums...I have been working in the IT field for about 1 year and 6 months now and sad to say I'm just starting on the path of studying for certs. Originally I had plan to take A+ and Net + but as time went by I started working with alot of cisco products and running basic commands on the regular... so I now am studying for my ICND1 then taking my ICND2 in 2 months time...should have my CCNA by August. After getting my CCNA I want to take a microsoft exam becuase I also work with servers on a daily basis. Glad I found this forum!!!
Hello Shad, and welcome! In our Guides and Labs section, we have some additional study questions for ICND1 that you should go through before hitting that exam. Read the Cisco official cert guide, but also go through the extra questions, as they help guide your independent study that you'll need to take on all the questions on that exam.
Dont under estimate the CCNA tests. They are a bitch!
As Dean mentioned, those materials are a great resource. Get you good lab or simulator for hands on as well.
Good luck dude and keep pushing!
A little late to the thread and almost half the year done, I'm looking towards getting my JNCIS-ENT, CCNA Security and if I'm lucky start diving into CCNP R&S studies.
It's easier said than done...
That is the truth, for sure... but we are here to help, that's for sure!
My certification goals for the rest of 2017 are CCNA R&S and CompTIA Linux+. Now to my knowledge, there is no certification for Python, but I am also diving into Python programming.
Best of luck in attaining your goals, sir!