So much to do, so little time. It’s been tiring lately, work and family have led me to decide to stop the CCIEing for the time being. I just did the RS written a couple of weeks ago and got recerted until  2013, which is very cool, plus that gives me 18 months to sit the new RS blueprint that is about to be implemented in Oct 18th. Will focus on lighter certs until I can have some things straighten out, the next several months I’ll...

Been struggling with keeping up with studying and then writing here. It’s been very busy at work with a Contact Center we are deploying, takes a toll to stay late everyday to do stuff that you can’t while everyone is working. And I consider voice a lot less entertaining than Security or RS, by far. I will be back at working on Frame Relay from the beginning in the next few weeks, I’m sure I will cause we are reaching a good...

After trying to start with this for the past few weeks I managed to hit the keyboard for the first lab on the workbook, particularly the one that goes through with creating a FR hub and spoke topology using R1 as hub and R2, 3 and 4 as spokes. This is quite easy imho, on the hub you go like this: int s1/0 ip add 192.168.234.1 255.255.255.0 encap frame Since most labs are connected in a full mesh topology the most common thing is that they ask...

It was just a few days ago, I have not hanged anything on my new office since I moved it from the previous room, it’s time to do something about it. It looks cool, on the new logo, and it’s way better looking than the certificate!

As I type this Khawar is still lecturing on the SL1 , it’s been an intense bunch of hours, 12 hrs a day for 7 days straight is certainly a challenge. But warriors don’t fear challenges, they charge ahead, proud and brave, all is left at the end of the course is that feeling of how little you know, how much you still have to practice if you want to be as good on a different track. In the following weeks I will be trying to relax, sit...

Nobody in yet in the door so I waited in the car until I noticed someone else just arrived and the door was opened, then sat in the lobby to wait for the proctor, a few guys were there, 2 voice, bunch of RS and another guy packing his luggage entered last, he was taking Security too. Got in, explained the rules, I’m putting attention although I’ve already hear it 4 times before, the RS bunch got routed to their seats first to let...