Cisco Live 2019: Now Cisco Livelier! I spent a week at Cisco Live US recently, or, as Denise Fishburne calls it, the “Summer Camp for Geeks”. It’s amazing to see how much can change in one year. One year ago, I was an Network Consulting Engineer with Cisco’s Advanced Services Read more…
Spoke: IGMP (Multicast) In the last post, we talked about some of the fundamental details of multicast, the challenges it solves, and the basics of how it works. This time, let’s focus on the method by which receivers signal their interest in multicast feeds. I’m intentionally skipping a few things Read more…
Basic Multicast Topology Since I’m knee-deep in preparing for my CLUS 2019 breakout, I figured I’d pull some double duty and post an update to my blog. Currently, I’m working on labbing some multicast scenarios and building a topology that will help teach most of the multicast solutions/features. Let’s take Read more…
Thursday morning was pretty slow. I checked out of the Airbnb, checked my luggage into the concierge at the convention, and headed off to breakfast where I found (finally) the last person on my scavenger hunt and got a bonus with another RG to boot! After that, it was hanging Read more…
Tuesday was the day of the CCIE Party. After grabbing breakfast (which was free and not bad) I went to World of Solutions to continue check out the Cert Lounge, WISP, DevNet, dCloud (This is a pattern for the rest of Cisco Live). The rest of the day was spent Read more…
Monday was crazy! We all got an early start, and now the convention was in full swing. Since I couldn’t do any breakouts, I decided to stop by the CCIE Certification Lounge in WoS, and then tackle a WISP or two. Unfortunately the network connection crashed mid-Monday and my Viptela Read more…
I had a budget and an Imagine Pass. Now I had to work out the logistics. I wanted the crowdfunded money to go as far as possible, so I got the cheapest flight and started looking for roommates for a hotel/Airbnb. Luckily for me, a few of my fellow RouterGods Read more…
Picture this scene: I had just passed my CCIE R/S and was taking the family to Great Wolf Lodge. The first day was awesome, and full of much-needed family time. The morning of the second day, I was lying in bed waiting for the kids to wake up, when I Read more…