Stuart Biggs, who was awarded CCIE number 1025, was able to track down the original CCIE lab's number plaque and get a picture (see below). I asked where it was currently located: They moved it to bldg K - ground floor where the elevators are. Stuart Stuart noted that the frame's glass makes...

In Brad Reese's Cisco Subnet blog , Robert Williams of CertGuard commented on the article about my recertification: I'm sure many "professionals" in his position would have opted to take the easy road and just "study to pass"... There are a bunch of 'study guides'...

Well, I'm now recertified; having passed the written (350-001) this morning. My challenge, like many of the long-term CCIEs, is that my job is far removed from daily operations, which is what the CCIE test measures. I had not kept up with several of the newer technologies, so I had a fair amount...

Cisco announced the Cisco Certified Design Expert today. This is an excellent program that extends their certification programs. The Design Expert program is more about understanding network designs than about the nitty-gritty of network operations, which is where the CCIE applies. Cisco's press...

A lot of people have misconceptions about the CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert) program and its numbering. I was consulting at Cisco in 1993 when I first heard about the program and inquired about participating. Brad Wright was the program manager and he knew what I had been doing with Cisco...

I’m studying for my CCIE recertification and was reading up on Rapid Spanning Tree (RSTP) operation. Cisco has a really nice white paper on its operation, with a lot of good pictures and excellent description of how it works and how it interoperates with the older 802.1d STP protocol: Understanding Rapid...