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Voice Lab - Headquarters build

Josh — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:20:56 +0000

I just finished the video tutorial for the headquarters part of the virtual voice lab. This tutorial will basically walk you through adding all the devices for the headquarters location. Here are the basic steps: Open GNS3 as root (this is necessary for bridging to the LAN) Add a cloud icon bridging to eth0 Add an ethernet [...]

Voice Lab, Rd II Scheduled for Feb. 17th

James — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:16:06 +0000

Once again, I would like to say thank you for all of your comments and words of encouragement. All of the positive feedback definitely gives me the motivation to continue on. Although I would be lying if I said I wasn’t disappointed to see that I failed, that disappointed only lasted a couple of [...]

The Journey Continues……

James — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:12:10 +0000

The results are in, and I didn’t pass. I got tripped up on a few tasks and coupled with nerves, my time management was off. Overall, I felt the exam was fair and very passable, but time management HAS to be there. There is no room for error in my opinion. I know [...]

The Day Before….11/9/08

James — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 13:40:08 +0000

I have made it to San Jose. Hard to believe how time goes by so fast and that my exam is tomorrow. For the past nine months since I completed the written exam, I have been getting ready for this day. As I mentioned in my previous posts, all of [...]

CCIE>Blog_ Featured BLOG Promotion!!

Josh — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:19:23 +0000

Blindhog.net is currently the featured blog on the CCIE>Blog_ website for the month of November! Make sure you visit CCIE>Blog_ and vote for your favorite blogs (blindhog.net) and find new ones As part of being featured, IPExpert would like to offer the readers of Blindhog.net — and only readers of BlindHog.net — an opportunity [...]

5 Days out… 11/5/08

James — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:44:53 +0000

Starting day 4 of the 16 hour lab days and I have to say, I am feeling it. But, labs have been going very well and I have worked through lab 5 in vol3. Last night’s eight hour lab went very well and I was able to complete the entire lab (with the [...]

8 Days out… 11/2/08

James — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:33:28 +0000

Eight days until my lab exam and I have just finished day two of my lab marathon. I decided to take vacation this week (even though I will be spending all of my time at work labbing, nice vacation, huh? ) so that I can focus on nothing but voice. Every day until next [...]

How to bridge GNS3 to a wireless NIC (linux and windows)

Josh — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:23:29 +0000

While poking around the new GNS3.net forum, I found two very interesting howto posts. Jeremy Grossman (gns3 author) describes the processes needed to bridge a wireless NIC to GNS3 using both Linux and Windows. Here are the links: Bridge with a Wireless NIC on Linux Bridge with a Wireless NIC on Windows

Maintaining Class of Restriction during SRST

James — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:56:13 +0000

With Callmanager, partitions and calling search spaces are utilized for implementing calling restrictions and creating closed dial groups. But what happens when in SRST? During SRST, any call restrictions defined within Callmanager will not apply and all devices will have unrestricted dialing. COR resolves this issue. COR (Class of Restriction) is [...]

Status Update 10/14/08

James — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 03:23:43 +0000

Well, I am under the 30 day mark. 27 days until my first attempt at the CCIE voice lab. I started this journey back in February and can’t believe how fast time flies. My studies have gone very well over the past few months and I feel I have a good understanding [...]