Humbling experience
Ouch. Humility is a painful process… I’ve just been taught a lesson in humility and authorship. My post about Cisco’s NTP authentication implementation received a comment from a certain Frank. I’ve...
View ArticleF5 certification
Not posted much recently, it’s time to add some more meat… Last week I passed the F5 BIG-IP LTM v9.0 essentials exam. Was easier than I thought, however tomorrow I may be humbled further as I go for...
View ArticlePython rocks
Doing a network upgrade of 28 sites, 60 services and roughly 160 old devices to just 60 devices. Python has become my friend for reading configs, creating csv files and verification. Will be posting my...
View ArticleAlcatel 7210 port mirroring
Recently I’ve been doing more on Alcatel as I’m working in O2′s test-bed down in Slough, slaving away at testing aspects of their new LLU broadband core and new BT 21CN wholesale connectivity. Although...
View ArticleTo CCIE or not to CCIE?
This one has been coming for a while… Last time I went for my CCIE was Q3 2007 and it’s been pretty quiet here since. In the mean time I’ve moved country, changed jobs and moved again, though not as...
View ArticleTwittertools is dead
Long live Social http://alexking.org/blog/2012/05/22/social-2-5 Testing automatic posting to Twitter and Facebook from my blog, sorry if you consider this spam.
View ArticleCisco Voice-VLAN (VVLAN) inconsistencies
First off I’d like to say that this is just a minor issue, more relating for routers versus switch, I’m still a lot happier at how Cisco implements config and features as opposed to most if not all of...
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SSL Intercept headaches
A recent proxy upgrade, has seen me working many hours – fixing things that weren’t broken before. It was intended to be a drop-in replacement, but somebody couldn’t resist the opportunity to specify...
View ArticleTemporary London CCIE LABs
Just received an email about Cisco’s mobile CCIE LAB coming to London: Mobile CCIE Lab Available in London, United Kingdom, from October 6 to October 14, 2014 To address the urgent need for certified...
View ArticleCisco LACP config for Aruba AP
Don’t we all love it when we find that a standard requirement states one thing and what to date is implemented elsewhere doesn’t comply? Dual active uplinks for a premium office standard is one of...
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