Comments for Cisco Certified Hell

Comment on About by Gerren

Gerren — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:07:33 +0000

Well, if its any consolation, I’ve stopped using GNS3 due to the overhead. Acronyms – 1

Comment on About by Theodore Zuckerman

Theodore Zuckerman — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:52:54 +0000

I forgot to check the “notify me” boxes last time.

Technical accuracy? A description of the path to Cisco certification as including “an assload of acronyms” seems to me like a good example of technical accuracy.

I’ve downloaded GNS3 (and obtained a bunch of IOS images, somehow) but I haven’t installed it yet, because I noticed that just the title alone has added to my acronym load, instead of reduced it.

Comment on About by Theodore Zuckerman

Theodore Zuckerman — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:00:21 +0000

Just in case you haven’t noticed, most, if not all, of the books published by computer professionals, are replete with modifiers that are so misplaced, it is impossible to determine what they are supposed to modify – unless of course you already know. But the reason most people want to read these books, is because the DON’T already know.

While I don’t expect correctitude grammourly, or propper speling, I do expect to be able to tell what word you are triying to spel, and what noun a adjective refers to, or your writing cannot help me lerne.

Comment on CCIblah by CC[NI]P

CC[NI]P — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:14:48 +0000

I’ve been doing exactly that. I’m trying to get a lab environment setup to test and I’m most of the way through Beau Williamson’s Cisco Press book on Multicast – it seems fairly comprehensive. Now I need my fingers to remember it! If I find anything neat, I’ll post here.

Comment on CCNP Checklist by Gerren

Gerren — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:24:49 +0000

Good luck! ONT was pretty nitty gritty, but manageable. Let me know how it goes.

Comment on CCNP Checklist by HuntWithCheney

HuntWithCheney — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:09:46 +0000

Wazzup ! I have completed the first 3 CCNP exams, in the same order as you.

I am taking ONT this weekend, ran across your blog, muy cool !

Comment on Beta Results Came Back (Finally) by CC[NI]P

CC[NI]P — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:13:48 +0000

I got a 737, but I’m still bummed that I missed it. I’m also planning on doing some multicast prep (I need to get deeper into some routing protocols and get more practice with switching technologies, also some misc. technologies like WCCP).

Great to hear that the little one is starting to sleep through the night!

Good luck on the study prep!

Comment on Week 1 Down…??? to Go by Justin M

Justin M — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:53:59 +0000

I am totally stealing your sheet. I created one similar but I like your layout and tracking better.

Comment on DTP Negotiation for Dummies by CC[NI]P

CC[NI]P — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:54:05 +0000

Another neat thing about nonnegotiate and DTP (or DISL) is a case covered in Kennedy Clark’s Cisco LAN Switching (page 544). If I have two VTP domains and I want to get a trunk going between the two, they won’t come up! Reason: different VTP domain name in the DTP/DISL request. How does one make this situation work? “on” or “nonnegotiate”.

Kind of neat, figured I’d share.

Comment on CCIE Written v4.0 Tomorrow! by CC[NI]P

CC[NI]P — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:41:28 +0000

I just did/am doing the life with a newborn thing! He is 6 weeks old. Time studying per day (once you go back to work): 20-40 minutes (but I like to go in early).

I hope all goes well with your (expected) new arrival! Make sure you take lots of pictures and get ready to leave sleep behind!