Where have I been? BUSY!!

Well, I have been lost in the CCIE R&S lab world. Last week I completed Narbiks Advanced Technology Vol 3 Section. That is close to 200 pages of BGP. Talk about a lot of BGP. But thats cool, because I like BGP. Anyway, I am doing the Section on NAT right now. I hope to finish the Advanced Technology labs before the end of the year and review the material from them that I do not comprehend well.

As for my GNS3 Server, I finally have it up and running. It is running like a champ. I haven’t put it under a full load yet but i did test it with 12 routers and 11 EBGP connections. CPU utilization was less than %20. Also, I am running XP 64-bit. So for those that aren’t familiar with linux, don’t worry XP 64-bit can easily handle the fully CCIE lab with the following PC Specs:

Intel Q9550 processor,  4 GIG DDR3 RAM, MSI X48C Motherboard and Adaptec ANA-62044 quad port nics.

Also, on a side note. When I installed my quad port nics and rebooted my computer, windows XP 64-bit auto installed them. So no worries with the quad port nics, they are working just fine :]

I hope this helps those who are looking at a good GNS3 Server build. This build is exactly what I was looking for. I am now just waiting on purchasing 4 3550’s and my CCIE R&S lab will be complete. So stay tuned because I will be posting videos on my youtube channel (www.youtube.com/bowlersp) on how to setup the pc and switches for the R&S lab.

Happy Holidays to Everyone!

Passed CCIE R&S Written

Well, I passed the CCIE R&S Written yesterday. Now I can finally dedicate all my time to doing labs. I think that is my best way that I learn, so I will continue to do labs and break stuff to find out what is going and why. Now I will buy my layer 3 switches and quad core computer to practice for the lab exam. I’ll keep you all posted.

RIPV2 LAB 1 and MULTICAST LAB 1 added

MULTICAST LAB1

In this video I configure the following:

IP Protocol Independent Multicast Dense Mode (PIM-DM)

RIPV2 LAB 1

In this video I configure the following:

RIPV2 on 6 routers
RIPV2 plain text and md5 authentication
Detailed look at rip hop count metric

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Floating Static Route Lab 1 has been uploaded

Floating Static Route LAB 1

In this video I configure the following:

Floating Static Route

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On-Demand Routing Lab added

On-Demand Routing LAB 1

In this video I configure the following:

On-Demand Routing (ODR)

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MPLS VPN LAB 1 has been added

In this video I configure the following:

Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF), Multi-Protocol BGP (VPNV4), Mutual Redistribution, MPLS, RipV2 between ISP and Customer, EIGRP to run as IGP for the ISP routers.

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CCIP Certification has been obtained

Thursday August 6th, 2009 I obtained my Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional (CCIP). I sat and passed the BGP/MPLS composite exam. I have to say that my list of study materials is what really put me in front of this exam. My study materials included:

CCIE Exam Cert Guide, Routing TCP/IP Vol 2, MPLS and VPN Architectures, KNet BGP, KNet MPLS, Trainsignal BSCI videos, CBT Nuggets BSCI videos, Internetwork Expert CCIE Service Provider CoD, Narbik “Gap from CCNP to CCIE” labs, CCNP ISCW lab portfolio (MPLS Labs), and last but not least My own labs.

So, now on to the CCIE R&S. I plan on creating my own home lab which will include:

Quad core workstation to run all routers via Dynamips/GNS3, 4 3550’s connected to my quad core workstation, and go to my pc software for remote management of my quad core workstation so that I can access my lab from anywhere I want.

I am going through some changes here at my work so stay tuned and I’ll update you with more lab videos including everything covered on the CCIE R&S exam and I also plan on making some videos on how to create a CCIE home lab using dynamips/GNS3 with real switches.

Stay Tuned!!

MPLS LAB 1 Added

Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Lab 1

 In this lab I configure the following:

 EIGRP to run as IGP for the ISP routers

Static routes from ISP routers to customer networks

One-way Redistribution of static routes into EIGRP

MPLS Unicast IP Forwarding on ISP routers

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BGP Lab 5 added

Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Lab 5 has been added. In this lab I configure the following:

EBGP

IP Prefix-Lists for BGP

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BGP Video Training Labs 2,3 and 4 now added!

Well, I have been very busy the past two weeks studying bgp (CCIE exam cert guide, Routing TCP/IP Vol 2, KNet Videos, Narbik Labs). I have put together some more BGP Video training labs that can be found at:

www.youtube.com/bowlersp

Check out the videos and let me know what you think. As you know I am studying for the BGP/MPLS CCIP exam 642-691. Now I am directing my studies towards MPLS and I will soon have some MPLS video training labs out. Here is what the new BGP labs cover.

BGP Lab 2:

In this lab I configure the following: Frame Relay Point-to-Point Connection, EBGP, BGP Route Aggregation, BGP Route Dampening, BGP Suppress-Maps, BGP Unsuppress-Maps

BGP Lab 3:

EBGP, IBGP, EBGP Multihop, BGP Update Source Loopback, BGP Weight Attribute, BGP Multi-Exit Discriminator (MED) Attribute, BGP Community Attribute

BGP Lab 4:

EBGP, BGP Confederations