Buckle up, it’s BGP time. This ticket, or tickets features multiple fault points. I went a little overboard to be completely honest. So here we go! When all tickets are resolved, both R6 and R7 should have full readability to R1. You are not allowed to modify the configuration on…
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Working on a Fun BGP Lab
I’m not dead and gone! I’ve just been extremely busy with work and studying. Things might calm down next week, and for the few that actually check this blog I have a fun BGP ticket coming. It’s about 75% done now, I want to toss a couple curve balls in…
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Fun with MPLS – Part 2/’however many of these I feel like doing’
It’s been a peaceful couple weeks at iHatethisjob INC., perhaps too peaceful… Come to think of it you haven’t had ANY calls. Seeing as you’re Xbox is broken, and you’re all caught up on Downton Abbey (don’t lie to yourself), you decide to investigate. First things first you try to ping the…
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No Dice
Well, it kills me to report that I’ve failed my third attempt. I knew at 9:30am my day was shot, I had not been able to complete either of the three pointers on the troubleshooting section of the lab. It’s hard to explain how that felt… it was the first…
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Off to Raleigh, for my third (and hopefully final attempt)
No trouble ticket today, just nervous as hell and wanting to vent to the glorious internet. My lab @RTP is scheduled for the 8th, the Monday following this long weekend. I feel pretty good, but there’s always the unknown… which is killing me. The amount of time and stress that…
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Quick EIGRP Ticket
This is a really simple EIGRP lab, based off of a lab objective I ran into over this past weekend. There are a couple different ways to solve it, but for as simple as the topology is it makes for an interesting lab. As promised, I’ll deliver on my MPLS…
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Fun with MPLS – Part 1/’however many of these I feel like doing’
So you’re an Engineer for a small company with offices in Delaware and Carmel, both locations are just awful but at least in Delaware you’re near the water. Your SP provides both Layer 3 and Layer 2 MPLS VPN between both locations, you’re not entirely sure why you have both…
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R3’s clock is out of sync!
You’ve just received a ticket from the NOC stating that R3’s clock is out of sync. Please make sure R3 is receiving accurate time from it’s NTP server. Also note that you may not disable any security features on any device, per company policy. Also note the solution of this…
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Starting off with the basics
So, after a fun bout on Facebook I decided to take this troubleshooting ticket on the road! Here’s the scenario. You have two routers directly connected via a Serial connection. R1’s is assigned IP address 10.1.1.1/24 and R2 is assigned 10.2.2.2/24. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, restore…