Looks like I may have to remove the "or Bust" from the Blog title...

A long road complete.

The T-SHOOT test was as much fun as I thought it would be. The break-fix work I did at my last job probably helped. With limited actual configuration rights on the Carrier core network, the test was like work was, just ping your way to the the answer and find the incomplete or incorrect configuration.

So... Now, I'm an unemployed CCNP.

We'll see how the rest of this next week plays out and that may change.

I'm pretty sure that either position that is high on my list will require me shuttering this blog for a good while, if not indefinitely as I'll possibly be moving back into the management track, and the way I work, there won't be a lot of time for extra-curricular activities like this, or likely much more Cisco certification need.

It's been fun, I'll keep people posted, and look for me to promote a book that I've been working on, related to what I've learned in maintaining this blog. It's about half complete and I expect it will be available on Amazon, and possibly iTunes/iBooks.

And one day until T-Shoot...

Just been running through the CBT nuggets vids and simulating some of the issues that CBT Nuggets has to rectify on the set up I built simulating the Cisco Topology.

My CCNP rack is already listed on Ebay. If I don't pass, I'll have to decide if I want to leave it or not...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251467713528?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1558.l2649

T-Shoot simulation setup IPV4 layer 3 topology

Just wanted to drop a pic of the physical set up. I guess you could say it's not a simulation, since it's on live equipment.

It is setup to switch to the Layer 2/3 topology by moving the connections to the 2811 in the middle of the rack setup which is set up as a Frame Relay switch.

hostname FRSW1
enable secret cisco
no ip domain lookup
!
interface Serial1/0
no ip address
encapsulation frame-relay
serial restart-delay 0
clock rate 56000
frame-relay intf-type dce
frame-relay route 403 interface Serial1/1 304
no shut
exit
!
interface Serial1/1
no ip address
encapsulation frame-relay
serial restart-delay 0
clock rate 56000
frame-relay intf-type dce
frame-relay route 302 interface Serial1/2 203
frame-relay route 304 interface Serial1/0 403
no shut
exit
!
interface Serial1/2
no ip address
encapsulation frame-relay
serial restart-delay 0
clock rate 56000
frame-relay intf-type dce
frame-relay route 201 interface Serial1/3 102
frame-relay route 203 interface Serial1/1 302
no shut
exit
!
interface Serial1/3
no ip address
encapsulation frame-relay
serial restart-delay 0
clock rate 56000
frame-relay intf-type dce
frame-relay route 102 interface Serial1/2 201
no shut
!
line con 0
no exec-timeout
!
line vty 0 4
no exec-timeout
password cisco
login

T-SHOOT scheduled

taking T-SHOOT about a week from Switch.

One more week of craziness, then hopefully a bit of a break... at least for a weekend maybe ;-)

Link to the T-SHOOT demo. It's pretty cool actually. I think I'm actually looking forward to this one:

T-SHOOT demo