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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Dennis, CCIE #2210</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note that this announcement from Cisco is sort of a &#8220;pre-announcement&#8221; in that the official CCIE Security 4.0 change hasn&#8217;t been announced but will be really soon. This means if you want to take the v3 Security lab you should book your date ASAP. From Cisco.com: The Real Life of an Expert: Introducing the New [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Note that this announcement from Cisco is sort of a &#8220;pre-announcement&#8221; in that the official CCIE Security 4.0 change hasn&#8217;t been announced but will be really soon.  This means if you want to take the v3 Security lab you should book your date ASAP.</p>
<p><strong>From Cisco.com:</strong></p>
<p>The Real Life of an Expert: Introducing the New CCIE Security</p>
<p>CCIE Security 4.0 is unusual among security certificates for its up-to-date, real-world content. It emphasizes security competency and efficient problem solving in networks that use cloud services, carry voice and multimedia traffic, and are accessed by a variety of wireless devices.</p>
<p>The content, currently in development, may include real-world applications that involve:</p>
<li>Securing both wireless and wired networks, including managing security policy by device and service</li>
<p></p>
<li>Extending application awareness to security devices, moving security up to Layer 7 from the stateless packets of Layers 3 and 4, and applying policy on a per-identity basis</li>
<p></p>
<li>Applying security policy in a network that has voice and video traffic</li>
<p></p>
<li>Securing networks that use managed services, dual ISPs, IPv6, or IP multicast</li>
<p></p>
<p>Cisco will soon announce the blueprints for the CCIE Security 4.0 written and lab exams; the first exam will take place approximately six months later.</p>
<p>Although there are no prerequisites for registration, Cisco offers a preparation path through its CCNA and/or CCNP Security levels, and recommends that candidates have at least three years of hands-on network security experience.<br />
<a href="http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/solutions/small_business/resource_center/articles/be_more_productive/how_to_become_an_it_security_expert/index.html" title="CCIE Security Lab Changes" target="_blank">more&#8230;</a></p>
<p><em>
<p>Also I hope to see a few of you at the CCIE party here in London tonight.  I&#8217;ll be easy to spot as I&#8217;ll probably be one of the only sober CCIE&#8217;s there <img src='http://blog.ine.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />  Lastly if you&#8217;re really bored you could follow me on Twitter while I&#8217;m here at Cisco Live Europe: <a href="https://twitter.com/ccie2210" title="CCIE 2210 Twitter" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/ccie2210</a></p>
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		<title>Troubleshooting Voice: MGCP</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:17:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Snow, CCIE #14073</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the coming weeks I will be running a new series here on Troubleshooting Voice. I often have students in class that report to me that one of the most difficult parts of their CCIE Voice exam experience was having to deal with the inner workings of some of the protocols and how to read [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Over the coming weeks I will be running a new series here on Troubleshooting Voice. I often have students in class that report to me that one of the most difficult parts of their CCIE Voice exam experience was having to deal with the inner workings of some of the protocols and how to read and decipher them accurately. I have also begun to see this more and more across the various mailing lists and forums, and so I decided it was time to start an entire series on these not-to-be-feared topics. Since these protocols are covered quite in-depth in the CCNP Voice course (most specifically in the CVOICE portion), I highly encourage people starting out in Unified Communications, not to skip the lower level courses, and to really dig in at that CCNA Voice and then CCNP Voice level, before going into the CCIE Voice. At each level something is presented that is not explained at the next level, so it really is crucial to go through each progression of the track in a sequential and systematic order. This goes especially for those who might already have a CCIE, and think they understand what the CCIE is all about. They probably understand very well what the exam itself is all about, however the underlying Voice technologies are quite vastly different than the data world they may be used to. In fact, I hear this quite a lot from people making the jump from a R&amp;S IE to the Voice side of the realm &#8211; &#8220;<em>Man, this Voice stuff is <strong>totally</strong> different!</em>&#8220;.</p>
<p>To begin with, we will start out a bit easy, and go over the basics of everyone&#8217;s favorite client/server gateway protocol &#8211; MGCP or &#8220;Media Gateway Control Protocol&#8221;.</p>
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<p>MGCP has a series of commands that are exchanged between the client and the server. In the basic Cisco UC world (basic meaning enterprise side of things rather than the carrier side), the client (&#8216;gateway&#8217;) is almost always an IOS voice-enabled router, and the server (&#8216;call agent&#8217;) is always the Unified Communications Manager (UCM).</p>
<p>Here are the basic commands that are used to exchange messages between call-agent and gateway:</p>
<p><strong>Connection Commands</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>CRCX = CReate Connection</li>
<li>DLCX = DeLete Connection</li>
<li>MDCX = MoDify Connection</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Audit Commands</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>AUEP = AUdit EndPoint</li>
<li>AUCX = Audit Connection</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Request Command</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>RQNT = Request for Notification</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Endpoint Command</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>EPCF = EndPoint ConFiguration</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Notify Command</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>NTFY = Notify</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Restart Command</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>RSIP = ReStart In Progress</li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Now, let&#8217;s look at each command in a bit more detail.</p>
<h4><strong>Connection Commands</strong></h4>
<p><strong></strong>Three messages are used by a call-agent to manage an RTP connection on a media gateway</p>
<div>
<p><strong>CRCX = CReate Connection</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>In this message the call-agent instructs the gateway to establish a connection with an endpoint. The parameters in the CReateConnection provide the what is necessary to build an understanding of each connection. The parameters include the codec, packetization period, QoS marking, usage of echo cancellation, silence suppression, gain control, RTP security, and resource reservations.</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div><strong>DLCX = DeLete Connection</strong></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>This message informs the recipient to delete a connection. The call agent or the gateway can issue the command. The gateway or the call agent issues the command to advise that it no longer has the resources to sustain the call. As a side effect, the call agent collects statistics on the execution of the connection. The statistics include number of packets sent, received, and lost, interarrival jitter, and average transmission delay.</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div><strong>MDCX = MoDify Connection</strong></div>
<div>
<ul>
<li>This message instructs the gateway to update its connection parameters for a previously established connection. The call agent issues the command. The parameters used are the same as in the CreateConnection command, with the addition of a ConnectionID that identifies the connection within the endpoint.</li>
</ul>
<h4><strong><br />
Audit Commands</strong></h4>
<p><strong></strong>Two messages are used by a call-agent to query the status of a media gateway</p>
<div><strong>AUEP = AUdit EndPoint</strong></div>
<ul>
<li>This message requests the status of an endpoint. Information that can be audited with this command includes RequestedEvents, DigitMap, SignalRequests, RequestIdentifier, QuarantineHandling, NotifiedEntity, ConnectionIdentifiers, DetectEvents, ObservedEvents, EventStates, BearerInformation, RestartMethod, RestartDelay, ReasonCode, PackageList, MaxMGCPDatagram, and Capabilities. The response will include information about each of the items for which auditing info was requested.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>AUCX = Audit Connection</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>This message simply requests the status of a connection.</li>
</ul>
<h4></h4>
<h4><strong>Request Command</strong></h4>
<p><strong></strong>One message is used by a call-agent to request a notification of events on a media gateway</p>
<p><strong>RQNT = Request for Notification</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>This message instructs the media gateway to watch for events on an endpoint and the action to take when they occur, such as fax tones. The call-agent may then decide to specify use of a different type of encoding method should be used and instruct the gateway to change with a ModifyConnection command.</li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h4><strong>Endpoint Command</strong></h4>
<p><strong></strong>One message is used by a call-agent to manage a media gateway</p>
<p><strong>EPCF = EndPoint ConFiguration</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>The EndpointConfiguration command can be used to specify the encoding of the signals that will be received by the endpoint, such as A-law or mu-law. The call-agent can use the EndpointConfiguration command to pass this information to the media gateway.</li>
</ul>
<h4><strong><br />
Notify Command</strong></h4>
<p><strong></strong>One message is used by the media gateway to notify the call-agent about an event which the call-agent requested notification about</p>
<p><strong>NTFY = Notify</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>This message informs the call-agent of an event for which a notification was requested. A single notification message may carry an entire list of events that the gateway detected and accumulated.</li>
</ul>
<h4><strong><br />
Restart Command</strong></h4>
<p><strong></strong>One message is used by the media gateway to tell the call-agent that it is in the process of restarting</p>
<p><strong>RSIP = ReStart In Progress</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>This message tells the call-agent that the gateway and its endpoints are removed from service or are being placed back in service. The message carries an EndPointId to identify the endpoint(s) that are put in-service or out-of-service. The RestartMethod parameter specifies the type of restart.</li>
<li>The various RestartMethods are defined as:</li>
<ul>
<li>&#8220;Graceful&#8221; restart method indicates that the specified endpoints will be taken out-of- service after the specified delay.</li>
<li>&#8220;Forced&#8221; restart method indicates that the specified endpoints are taken abruptly out- of-service. The established connections, if any, are lost.</li>
<li>&#8220;Restart&#8221; method indicates that service will be restored on the endpoints after the specified &#8220;restart delay,&#8221;that is, the endpoints will be in-service. The endpoints are in their clean default state and there are no connections that are currently established on the endpoints.</li>
<li>&#8220;Disconnected&#8221; method indicates that the endpoint has become disconnected and is now trying to establish connectivity. The &#8220;restart delay&#8221; specifies the number of seconds the endpoint has been disconnected. Established connections are not affected.</li>
<li>&#8220;Cancel-graceful&#8221; method indicates that a gateway is canceling a previously issued &#8220;graceful&#8221; restart command. The endpoints are still in-service.</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
</div>
<div>Here is a brief visual aid I quickly put together to help put some of these commands into a bit of perspective as to when each is sent and what function it serves:<a href="http://blog.ine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-Shot-2012-01-25-at-10.19.19-AM.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-6632" title="MGCP Messages Between Call-Agent and Gateway" src="http://blog.ine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Screen-Shot-2012-01-25-at-10.19.19-AM.png" alt="" width="937" height="433" /></a></p>
</div>
<div>In our next post, we will explore how these messages interact in a much more in-depth fashion, between the call-agent and the gateway, with the aid looking at debug output from a live UCM and IOS MGCP gateway.Throughout this series, we will be taking a look at virtually every protocol that is used in the Cisco UC network, so be sure to check back regularly for the complete set.</p>
</div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3>Related Posts</h3>
<li><a href="http://blog.ine.com/2011/12/15/the-only-true-ccie-voice-lab-experience/">The Only TRUE CCIE Voice Lab Experience</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.ine.com/2011/11/23/ccnp-voice-trivia-contest-dynamic-routing-of-dns-w-nice-prizes/">CCNP Voice Trivia Contest :: CCD Dynamic Routing of DNs (Nice Prizes)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.ine.com/2011/08/19/222-hours-of-voice-content-now-available-in-cdn-streaming-and-downloadable-format/">222 Hours of Voice Content Now Available in CDN Streaming and Downloadable Format</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.ine.com/2011/07/29/from-ccna-voice-to-ccie-voice-in-a-year-2/">From CCNA Voice to CCIE Voice in One Year &#8212; A Detailed Study Plan</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.ine.com/2011/07/14/cisco-live-2011-future-of-ccie-voice-data-center-and-overall-ccie-program/">&#8216;Cisco Live! 2011&#8242; &#8212; Future of CCIE Voice, Data Center and Overall CCIE Program</a></li>
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		<title>Cisco Career Certification Path Poster</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:01:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Snow, CCIE #14073</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just ahead of our brand new CCNA Voice live online bootcamp beginning this Monday, I thought it might be nice to provide an easy-to-follow graphic for those starting out in Voice (or on any other Cisco networking track). This graphic was from last year, but remains quite easy to follow for each and every Cisco [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just ahead of our brand new <a href="http://www.ine.com/self-paced/ccna-voice/bootcamps.htm">CCNA Voice live online bootcamp</a> beginning this Monday, I thought it might be nice to provide an easy-to-follow graphic for those starting out in Voice (or on any other Cisco networking track). This graphic was from last year, but remains quite easy to follow for each and every Cisco track.</p>
<p>Be sure you have a high resolution set if you wish to see the entire thing, otherwise scrolling may be necessary.</p>
<p><a href="https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadBody/11573-102-7-43955/CiscoCareerCertPaths-PosterFinal.pdf" title="Cisco Career Cert Path Poster">Click here for the Cisco Career Certification Path poster</a></p>
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		<title>New Bootcamps Added – R&amp;S and Voice</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Snow, CCIE #14073</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve added a new CCIE Voice bootcamp in London, UK this June, and loads of new CCIE R&#038;S bootcamps to our schedule. &#160; Of course with every 10-Day R&#038;S or Voice Bootcamp purchase, INE gives you your choice (at no extra cost whatsoever) of adding on either: INE will cover your USD $1500 CCIE Lab [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;ve added a new <a href="http://www.ine.com/instructor-led/ccie-voice/bootcamps/ccie-voice-10-day-bootcamp-course.htm">CCIE Voice bootcamp in London, UK this June</a>, and <strong>loads</strong> of new <a href="http://www.ine.com/instructor-led/ccie-routing-switching/bootcamps/ccie-routing-switching-10-day-bootcamp-course.htm">CCIE R&#038;S bootcamps</a> to our schedule. </p>
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<p>&nbsp;<br />
Of course with every 10-Day R&#038;S or Voice Bootcamp purchase, INE gives you your choice (at no extra cost whatsoever) of adding on either:</p>
<ul>
<li>INE will cover your USD $1500 CCIE Lab exam Fee</li>
<li>2 Year Subscription to Our <a href="http://www.ine.com/all-access-pass-monthly.htm" target="_blank">All Access Pass</a></li>
<li>CCIE R&#038;S or Voice Advanced Technologies Class &#8211; Download Version</li>
</ul>
<p>OR<br />
<!--more--></p>
<ul>
<li>2 Year Subscription to Our <a href="http://www.ine.com/all-access-pass-monthly.htm" target="_blank">All Access Pass</a></li>
<li>Apple iPad2</li>
<li>1500 <a href="http://www.ine.com/rack-rentals.htm" target="_blank">Rack Tokens</a></li>
<li>CCIE R&#038;S or Voice Advanced Technologies Class &#8211; Download Version</li>
</ul>
<p>Of course, you may still choose to attend simply the first or second week of any of these classes listed on the schedule.</p>
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		<title>EEM Challenge – Change Control</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: I have received numerous submissions and currently in the process of reviewing them. I&#8217;m going to extend the deadline until Wednesday (2012-01-18). At that time all people who submitted working solutions will be awarded 100 tokens! Recently I have been working with a large enterprise customer that is looking to implement a new change [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>UPDATE: I have received numerous submissions and currently in the process of reviewing them.  I&#8217;m going to extend the deadline until Wednesday (2012-01-18).  At that time all people who submitted working solutions will be awarded 100 tokens!</strong></p>
<p>Recently I have been working with a large enterprise customer that is looking to implement a new change control policy.  The main goal of the policy is to be able to track who is making changes to devices in the network, and specifically what those changes are.  As opposed to using a full blown network management suite to do this for them, I suggested a simple solution of using TACACS for exec and command accounting (all devices are Cisco), and EEM scripting along with a TFTP server for tracking the actual configuration changes in case they need to roll back to a well-known good working config.  The final result worked out very well, and I thought it would make a good CCIE level challenge as well.<br />
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So here is the challenge &#8211; write an EEM script to manage change control in the network as follows.  <strong>The first person to submit a working script will win 100 rack rental tokens valid for any rack rental or mock lab session.</strong></p>
<p>Every time a user makes a change to the configuration, the router should automatically TFTP its running configuration to the TFTP server 10.0.0.1 using the following naming convention:</p>
<p>HOSTNAME.YYYY-MM-DD.HHhMMmSSs.ADMIN_NAME.working.cfg</p>
<p>This ensures that if a change is made to the network but not actually saved to NVRAM, and there is a device crash, you can recover the last working running config of the device.  Also this naming format tells you when exactly the change was made and by who.  Remember that the router always generates a %SYS-5-CONFIG log message when a change is made.  So for example suppose the following  change was made:</p>
<pre>
EDGE-ROUTER-1#conf t
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
EDGE-ROUTER-1(config)#int lo1234
EDGE-ROUTER-1(config-if)#shutdown
EDGE-ROUTER-1(config-if)#
*Jan 11 19:05:49.694: %LINK-5-CHANGED: Interface Loopback1234, changed state to administratively down
*Jan 11 19:05:50.694: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface Loopback1234, changed state to down
EDGE-ROUTER-1(config-if)#end
EDGE-ROUTER-1#
*Jan 11 19:05:59.054: %SYS-5-CONFIG_I: Configured from console by bmcgahan on console
</pre>
<p>The router would then TFTP its running config to 10.0.0.1 using the filename EDGE-ROUTER-1.2011-01-11.19h05m59s.bmcgahan.working.cfg</p>
<p>Secondly, the script should also make backups of configs that are actually saved to NVRAM.  Similar to the previous requirement, files should be backed up to TFTP using the naming convention HOSTNAME.YYYY-MM-DD.HHhMMmSSs.ADMIN_NAME.startup.cfg.  However in this case you need to account for the fact that different admins use different syntax when saving configs.  Some of them use &#8220;write memory&#8221; or shorter variations like &#8220;wr m&#8221; or just &#8220;wr&#8221;, while others use the &#8220;copy run start&#8221; variations.  However regardless which variation is used, the router spits out the same output afterwards as follows:</p>
<pre>
EDGE-ROUTER-1#wr
Building configuration...

[OK]
EDGE-ROUTER-1#copy run start
Destination filename [startup-config]?
Building configuration...

[OK]
</pre>
<p>Lastly make sure that the script doesn&#8217;t mistake a &#8220;show run&#8221; output for the same as a &#8220;write memory&#8221;, as the outputs are similar:</p>
<pre>
EDGE-ROUTER-1#sh run
Building configuration...

Current configuration : 3438 bytes
!
! Last configuration change at 19:05:59 UTC Wed Jan 11 2012 by bmcgahan
version 15.1
</pre>
<p><strong>Submit your script as a comment and the first one with fully functional requirements wins 100 tokens!</strong></p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Snow, CCIE #14073</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is another small sampling those of you who have <a href="http://www.ine.com/success-story.htm" title="Free Custom Polo Shirt for Success Story" target="_blank">written in to tell us how our products helped you succeed</a>, after having passed your CCIE Lab in the past couple of months.</p>
<p><strong>Don&#8217;t look, but there is an unprecedented <a href="http://ads.ine.com/webview/735f12" title="BOGO FREE Bootcamp Seat" target="_blank">Buy-One, Get-One FREE Bootcamp Seat offer here</a>. But it&#8217;s only around until Dec 31.</strong> These are the same Route/Switch, Voice and Security bootcamps that many of these successful people below used in helping them to attain their CCIE number.</p>
<blockquote><p>
The road to both my CCIE Security (Passed on Oct. 8, 2009) &#038; Voice (Passed on Sept. 26, 2011) were the greatest hurdles but at the same time the topmost achievements of my life so far but I didn&#8217;t do it alone. I have partnered with the expert and the best study mate that every CCIE aspirants should meet, the INE.<br />
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This dream of mine started 5 years ago when I was still at Uni. They say, the secret to success is visualizing your dream and at the same time working hard on your visions. I did the two. I mapped a 3 to 5 year career plan for myself. Financial resources was the greatest challenge, unlike others who can afford to study full time, I have to work to pay for my exam fees, study hard and sacrificed a lot of things to achieve these goals.</p>
<p>I started with my CCIE in security 3 years ago which means I have been in a &#8220;relationship&#8221; with INE since then. Everything that I need to know from the workbooks, walk throughs and rack rentals. I even got some good points on how to motivate myself when I failed for the 1st time on my exams. I can say that I passed the 2 exams but not on the first takes by heart. I fully understood the technologies, the techniques and confidently can say that I am a true CCIE professional and a big chunk of this success is attributed to INE. </p>
<p>Unsolicited advice for those who are aiming high on these fields just like me before, put your heart on your dream, visualize it, claim it, work hardest on it, sacrifice if you must and most of all, partner yourself with the best and the expert, INE.</p>
<p>Good luck and may your story be the next on this site.</p>
<p>-Rejohn Ronald A. Cuares CCIE# 25647
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p>
The Voice training materials was wonderful, it is an easy way to understand the different technologies in short time, it was always attract me to continue and jump from one chapter to another, I always kept as my first reference in my library</p>
<p>-Ahmed Zaky CCIE# 33090
</p></blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p>
Thank You INE&#8230;..I Cleared my CCIE Security LAB on 8th December 2011..INE Workbooks gives a right guidance &#038; direction to achieve this milestone &#8230; I found INE materials had that perfect balance of doing just that&#8230;The workbooks really helped me to have a deeper understanding of the various technologies&#8230;I would strongly recommend INE Workbooks to those who are really Serious about BEING A CCIE&#8230;:)</p>
<p>-Pramod Shrikant Kamat CCIE# 32635
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p>
Big thanks to INE for their superb workbooks and study materials. I passed my RS lab exam on the 1st attempt thanks to INE workbooks and online community. I began studying about 2 years ago and am soooo glad to be done! Back to my social life!</p>
<p>-Matthew McCool CCIE# 32885
</p></blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p>
Hi All,</p>
<p>I cleared my CCIE in first attempt on 7th December 2011. After the hard work of around 14 months, I was able to clear it. I used INE online racks to practice all the labs as well as different scenarios. Online racks are very user friendly due to great Web based rack Access system available with INE. Also it is very easy to Save the Config and retrieve the config due to this web based Rack Access System. In addition to that INE Blogs were very helpful for me. INE blogs are very simple and clear for some of the topics which are very difficult to understand only by using the Cisco Doc CD.</p>
<p>-Sandaka Ranatunga CCIE# 32555
</p></blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p>
After 18 months of intense studying with bootcamps and INE workbooks on my own home rack, i finally passed CCIE R&#038;S. INE Vol1 and Vol2 were key to my success.<br />
Thanks to INE!</p>
<p>Greetz<br />
-Philipp Neidlein CCIE# 32305
</p></blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p>
I am very delighted to say that I have finally cleared CCIE (R&#038;S). I am grateful to Almighty God, my family and friends for their unwavering support over the past one year. I am glad that I came across INE Resources during this journey, which truly helped me to achieve my Dream Digits (32160). It&#8217;s been a fun and good experience..! as I achieved what I dreamt. Achieving it has finally relieved me as now, I get to do so many things which were least priority some time before. Hanging out with family, is one of them <img src='http://blog.ine.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>CCIE is something every network person can achieve but, he has to have the will to dream &#038; urge to own it. And, yes giving your time &#038; effort to your new professional lady CCIE and adjusting on the personal one will help you achieve it. I am sooo happy to thank INE and it&#8217;s directions with added hours of studying; which helped me to finally achieve my CCIE R&#038;S. </p>
<p>CCIE# 32160 belongs to me..! <img src='http://blog.ine.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Thanks a ton&#8230;..!!!!!!</p>
<p>-Chandrakant Rai CCIE# 32160
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p>
INE really played an amazing role in getting my CCIE Voice number. When I first started my studies I bought CCIE Deep Dive and went through each one step by step. I figured out how much these videos are organized in a way that makes you confident when the big day comes and really makes you an Expert in the real world. I spend huge time experience all kinds of technologies and solutions for passing my exam. Mark Snow techniques and strategy helped me a lot in enhancing my knowledge and provided me with the proper guides for attacking the exam. I would strongly recommend INE CCIE Voice Deep Dive Videos for serious people who really want to pass the CCIE Voice exam and become an expert in VoIP Technology. The Videos display the technology and how we deal with it from different aspects. It&#8217;s like you don&#8217;t have to worry about what the next step is to do, it just shows you the road for having the solution in a very useful way&#8230;Thanks Alot</p>
<p>-Amr Sherif CCIE# 29193
</p></blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3>Related Posts</h3>
<li><a href="http://blog.ine.com/2010/04/02/ccie-voice-promotion/">CCIE Voice Promotion</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.ine.com/2012/01/25/troubleshooting-voice-mgcp/">Troubleshooting Voice: MGCP</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.ine.com/2012/01/18/new-bootcamps-added-rs-and-voice/">New Bootcamps Added &#8212; R&#038;S and Voice</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.ine.com/2011/12/22/lots-of-new-ccie-voice-bootcamps-added-to-schedule/">Lots of New CCIE Voice Bootcamps Added to Schedule</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.ine.com/2011/12/15/the-only-true-ccie-voice-lab-experience/">The Only TRUE CCIE Voice Lab Experience</a></li>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have added some new US and International CCIE Voice bootcamps to our schedule! With every 10-Day Bootcamp purchase, INE gives you your choice of either: Cover your $1500 CCIE Voice Lab Fee 2 Year Subscription to Our All Access Pass 56 Hour CCIE Voice Advanced Technologies Class Download OR 2 Year Subscription to Our [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We have added some new <a href="http://www.ine.com/instructor-led/ccie-voice/bootcamps/ccie-voice-10-day-bootcamp-course.htm">US and International CCIE Voice bootcamps to our schedule</a>!</p>
<p>With every 10-Day Bootcamp purchase, INE gives you your choice of either:</p>
<ul>
<li>Cover your $1500 CCIE Voice Lab Fee</li>
<li>2 Year Subscription to Our <a href="http://www.ine.com/all-access-pass-monthly.htm" target="_blank">All Access Pass</a></li>
<li>56 Hour <a href="http://www.ine.com/self-paced/ccie-voice/bootcamps/ccie-voice-advanced-technologies-class.htm" target="_blank">CCIE Voice Advanced Technologies Class</a> Download</li>
</ul>
<p>OR<br />
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<li>2 Year Subscription to Our <a href="http://www.ine.com/all-access-pass-monthly.htm" target="_blank">All Access Pass</a></li>
<li>Apple iPad2</li>
<li>1500 <a href="http://www.ine.com/rack-rentals.htm#Voice" target="_blank">Rack Tokens</a></li>
<li>56 Hour <a href="http://www.ine.com/self-paced/ccie-voice/bootcamps/ccie-voice-advanced-technologies-class.htm" target="_blank">CCIE Voice Advanced Technologies Class</a> Download</li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3>Related Posts</h3>
<li><a href="http://blog.ine.com/2011/07/29/from-ccna-voice-to-ccie-voice-in-a-year-2/">From CCNA Voice to CCIE Voice in One Year &#8212; A Detailed Study Plan</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.ine.com/2011/12/15/the-only-true-ccie-voice-lab-experience/">The Only TRUE CCIE Voice Lab Experience</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.ine.com/2011/12/02/layer-2-vpn-for-ccie-voice-racks-is-complete/">Layer 2 VPN for CCIE Voice Racks is Complete!</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.ine.com/2010/12/13/ldap-synchronization-authentication-cisco-uc-architecture/">LDAP Synchronization and Authentication in Cisco UC Architecture</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.ine.com/2010/11/18/congratulations-eduardo-elizondo-ccie-voice-27511/">Congratulations Eduardo Elizondo, CCIE Voice #27511</a></li>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are finished with our L2VPN beta testing, and are very happy to report that all 38 of our beta testers reported back not only no issues with connecting to us, but also an incredible experience overall with phones that appear directly connected to their rack switchports, and that behave and function exactly as they did when any of them have previously sat for the CCIE Voice lab exam. We are happy to announce that every one of our Voice racks now fully supports SIX Layer 2 VPN connections &#8211; one for each phone.</p>
<p>At INE, we are all about putting as much knowledge in your mind as it can hold, as many tools in your hands as possible, and doing it all for far less than anyone. We offer so many ways of connecting to our Voice racks and often I get asked which method is the best and which they should use. So I thought I would take this time to quickly outline all of the ways we offer to connect to our racks, and then break them down by most-to-least desirable methods for doing so after the break.</p>
<h4>Outline of Connection Methods</h4>
<ol>
<li>Layer 2 Hardware VPN &#8211; Use Your Own Hardware Cisco IP Phones</li>
<ul>
<li>(This option is the only true way to experience the CCIE Voice lab)</li>
</ul>
<li>Layer 3 Hardware VPN &#8211; Use Your Own Hardware Cisco IP Phones</li>
<li>SSL AnyConnect VPN &#8211; Use Our Rack-Connected Phones with FREE Web-Based Remote Control</li>
<li>IPSec (EzVPN) VPN &#8211; Use Our Rack-Connected Phones with FREE Web-Based Remote Control</li>
<li>NO VPN AT ALL &#8211; Use Our Rack-Connected Phones with FREE Web-Based Remote Control</li>
</ol>
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<p><strong>Option 1: Layer 2 Hardware VPN &#8211; Use Your Own Hardware Cisco IP Phones JUST LIKE Actual CCIE Lab</strong><br />
This is by far the best option, and gives you <strong>the exact lab environment</strong> that you will experience when you give your actual CCIE Voice lab exam &#8211; and if you are just starting on studying for your CCNA or CCNP Voice exams, this option will make by far the most sense, giving you the ability to test everything naturally as if you had your own rack of equipment. Pretty much the only reason you would <em>not</em> use this option, is if you don&#8217;t have the needed hardware to support it, or you are on the move a lot and don&#8217;t have a place to dedicate to setting up hardware phones. This option is <em><strong>exactly</strong></em> what Cisco uses to connect all of their remote CCIE testing facilities back to all of the centralized gear in San Jose. In fact, even if you give your exam in San Jose, CA, you will still experience this same setup (they do this to keep every experience the same). This is also the exact same method that we use in each of our <a href="http://www.ine.com/instructor-led/ccie-voice/bootcamps.htm" target="_blank">live CCIE Voice bootcamps</a>.</p>
<p>To use this option, you need to have a Cisco IOS router and a Cisco Catalyst switch. The router needs to have 2 <strong>Fast</strong>Ethernet interfaces &#8211; be it either a 2611XM, 1841, 28xx, 29xx, 38xx, etc., etc.. No older 2600s (must be XM) and no 8xx routers. Also no ASAs (sorry, they just don&#8217;t provide the needed feature set). For the switch, it needs to be a 3550 or better (sorry, no 3500XL or older). Oh, and hardware IP phones. Oh, and the switch doesn&#8217;t need to be a PoE switch &#8211; you can use power cubes with your phones if you prefer. Details on how to connect with this option will be found in Appendix A of the newest <a href="http://ine.com/l/vo_rrag" target="_blank">Voice Rack Rental Access Guide</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Option 2: Layer 3 Hardware VPN &#8211; Use Your Own Hardware Cisco IP Phones</strong><br />
This is the 2nd best option. You get to use your own hardware phones (which at <em>some</em> point in your studies, is a must to be <strong>fully prepared</strong> for your studies, even if you start out using our remote control option). The <strong>only</strong> reason you would choose this option over Option 1 is if you don&#8217;t have both a supported Cisco IOS router and Catalyst switch. If you do have both of those (see above for requirements), then move back up to option 1 for the only <strong>true</strong> lab experience.</p>
<p>To use this option, you need to have a Cisco IOS router or a Cisco ASA 5505 or a PIX 506 (no ASA 5510 or PIX 515 support) and hardware IP phones. And for this option, it can be a Cisco 8xx router &#8211; it just needs to have 2 ethernet interfaces (not switched interfaces, routed interfaces &#8212; easy way to tell is if you can assign an IP address to them). Details on how to connect with this option will be found in Appendix B or C (depending on IOS or ASA respectively) of the newest <a href="http://ine.com/l/vo_rrag" target="_blank">Voice Rack Rental Access Guide</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Option 3: CiscoAnyConnect SSL VPN &#8211; Use Our Rack-Connected Phones with FREE Web-Based Variphy Remote Control</strong><br />
This is your third best option, and one that you would most likely choose if you either were on the move a lot, or else didn&#8217;t have the resources for both IP phones and a router. Using this option gives you full routable access to everything on your rack, which allows you to remotely control the IP phones attached directly to our racks using our provided free Variphy web-browser-based software, or else your own software phones, if you so choose. The nice thing about this option, is that you don&#8217;t have to manually download or install any software from Cisco&#8217;s web site &#8211; everything is automatically installed through your web browser when you first sign on.</p>
<p>To use this option, all you need is a Mac, Windows or Linux laptop/desktop. Details on how to connect with this option will be found in Appendix D of the newest <a href="http://ine.com/l/vo_rrag" target="_blank">Voice Rack Rental Access Guide</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Option 4: IPSec (EzVPN) VPN &#8211; Use Our Rack-Connected Phones with FREE Web-Based Variphy Remote Control</strong><br />
This is your fourth best option, and one that you would choose if for some reason you prefer not to use SSL VPN and also again if you either were on the move a lot, or else didn&#8217;t have the resources for both IP phones and a router. Using this option again gives you full routable access to everything on your rack, which allows you to remotely control the IP phones attached directly to our racks using our provided free Variphy web-browser-based software, or else your own software phones, if you so choose.</p>
<p>To use this option, you need to have the Cisco VPN Client (separate download from Cisco.com &#8211; we cannot provide) and a Mac, Windows or Linux laptop/desktop. Details on how to connect with this option will be found in Appendix E of the newest <a href="http://ine.com/l/vo_rrag" target="_blank">Voice Rack Rental Access Guide</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Option 5: NO VPN AT ALL &#8211; Use Our Rack-Connected Phones with FREE Web-Based Variphy Remote Control</strong><br />
This is your fifth best option, and one that you would be likely to choose if you were either visiting a remote machine, or if you simply could not or did not want to install or use any sort of VPN connection.<br />
Using this option gives you routable access to most everything on your rack, and does provide you with everything you need to practice, with the only exception being that you cannot use your own software phones, however you CAN remotely control all of our rack-connected phones since all you need is a web browser to accomplish this. This method gives you access to everything you need to study on our voice racks via the following methods:</p>
<ul>
<li>Web browser access to all configuration windows</li>
<li>RDP access to UCCX and XP-UTIL machine</li>
<li>Telnet to all your devices in one of two ways:</li>
<ul>
<li>RDP to XP-UTIL and then use Putty installed there to telnet/SSH to anything</li>
<li>Telnet directly to PSTN router and then telnet/SSH to anything</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p> which allows you to remotely control the IP phones attached directly to our racks using our provided free Variphy web-browser-based software, or else your own software phones, if you so choose. This nice thing about this option, is that you don&#8217;t have to manually download or install any software from Cisco&#8217;s web site &#8211; everything is automatically installed through your web browser when you first sign on.</p>
<p>To use this option, all you need is a web browser and a Remote Desktop Protocol client. Details on how to connect with this option will be found in Section 8 of the newest <a href="http://ine.com/l/vo_rrag" target="_blank">Voice Rack Rental Access Guide</a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Finally a note about our provided free Variphy remote control software called Insight. We have a strategic relationship with Variphy that allows us not only to provide you with free control over our voice racks, but also allows us to give you their software for free usage in your own private racks, if that&#8217;s how you choose to study (If you would like a personal copy, please <a title="Email Me for Variphy Lab Client" href="mailto:msnow@ine.com?subject=Web-Based Variphy Remote Control Client for My Lab" target="_blank">unicast me</a>). This software is accessed purely through your web browser, and therefore is completely OS agnostic. It also looks, acts and performs exactly like a Cisco IP phone &#8212; not relying on some obscure software client interface that not only looks nothing like an actual Cisco phone, but requires complex keystrokes, mouse clicks and about 10 shots of espresso to fully understand and operate. It&#8217;s very simple. You want to press a Softkey? Press that softkey. You want to dial a number? Dial that number on the keypad. Desire QoS stats? Press the help key. Sure, it has loads more powerful features than any other client (in fact remote control is not even close to it&#8217;s primary feature &#8211; just the one we utilize most), but we don&#8217;t require you to know them nor do we tout them as they really have nothing to do with studying for your CCIE Voice Lab exam. They simply exist should you wish to dig deeper. If you are a consultant, this might be the most invaluable tool you have in your arsenal. In fact it is used by some of the largest global consulting firms providing managed UC services to multi-cluster installs with overlapping IP schemes with hundreds of thousands of phones per customer. For instance, install a system, and go back later and want to see exactly what has changed (and exactly who changed it), this tool will do that in spades. And not just for CUCM. Oh, and it doesn&#8217;t rely on arcane CTI protocol. Everything is done through lightweight and modern HTTP. <a href="http://variphy.com/products/video-tour" title="Variphy Insight 2 Min Tour" target="_blank">Take a quick 2 minute tour of it here</a>.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3>Related Posts</h3>
<li><a href="http://blog.ine.com/2011/07/29/from-ccna-voice-to-ccie-voice-in-a-year-2/">From CCNA Voice to CCIE Voice in One Year &#8212; A Detailed Study Plan</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.ine.com/2011/12/22/lots-of-new-ccie-voice-bootcamps-added-to-schedule/">Lots of New CCIE Voice Bootcamps Added to Schedule</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.ine.com/2011/12/02/layer-2-vpn-for-ccie-voice-racks-is-complete/">Layer 2 VPN for CCIE Voice Racks is Complete!</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.ine.com/2011/08/19/222-hours-of-voice-content-now-available-in-cdn-streaming-and-downloadable-format/">222 Hours of Voice Content Now Available in CDN Streaming and Downloadable Format</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.ine.com/2011/07/12/ccna-voice-ccnp-voice-and-ccie-voice-products-update/">CCNA Voice, CCNP Voice and CCIE Voice Products Update</a></li>
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		<title>Updated CCIE R&amp;S Written Exam Bootcamp Videos Now Available</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:32:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new update to INE’s CCIE Routing &#38; Switching Written Exam Bootcamp is now available in streaming format for All Access Pass subscribers, and available for purchase as a download.  This completely new video series, taught by me – Brian McGahan, 3 x CCIE #8593 (Routing &#38; Switching, Security, Service Provider) – is specifically designed [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A new update to INE’s <a href="http://www.ine.com/all-access-pass/training/playlist/ccie-rs-written-exam-course/">CCIE Routing &amp; Switching Written Exam Bootcamp</a> is now available in streaming format for <a href="http://www.ine.com/all-access-pass-monthly.htm">All Access Pass</a> subscribers, and available for <a href="http://store.ine.com/cart.php?target=product&amp;action=buynow&amp;product_id=766">purchase as a download</a>.  This completely new video series, taught by me – Brian McGahan, 3 x CCIE #8593 (Routing &amp; Switching, Security, Service Provider) – is specifically designed for students looking to focus on the topics and technologies covered in the CCIE Routing and Switching Written Exam version 4 blueprint.</p>
<p>As a precursor to our <a href="http://www.ine.com/all-access-pass/training/playlist/ccie-routing-switching-advanced-technologies-class/">CCIE Routing &amp; Switching Advanced Technologies Class</a> and our <a href="http://www.ine.com/self-paced/ccie-routing-switching/workbooks/ccie-routing-switching-workbook-volume-1.htm">CCIE Routing &amp; Switching Lab Workbook Volume 1</a>, the <a href="http://www.ine.com/all-access-pass/training/playlist/ccie-rs-written-exam-course/">Written Exam Bootcamp</a> helps to create a solid foundation of the concepts covered in the CCIE Routing &amp; Switching version 4 Written Exam, as well to give students the knowledge they need to continue straight into their hands-on CCIE Lab Exam preparation. This bootcamp will also benefit current CCIEs who need to re-affirm their knowledge from a theoretical standpoint in order to recertify on the various technologies covered on the CCIE Routing &amp; Switching Written Exam blueprint.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ine.com/all-access-pass/training/playlist/ccie-rs-written-exam-course/">Samples of the class can be found here</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Snow, CCIE #14073</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a small sampling of those of you who have worked extremely hard and passed the CCIE Lab in the past couple of months, and written in to tell us how our products helped you succeed: My journey to the magic number started 18 months ago. I used two other vender products to study [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here is a small sampling of those of you who have worked extremely hard and passed the CCIE Lab in the past couple of months, and <a href="http://www.ine.com/success-story.htm" title="Free Custom Polo Shirt for Success Story" target="_blank">written in to tell us how our products helped you</a> succeed:</p>
<blockquote><p>
My journey to the magic number started 18 months ago. I used two<br />
other vender products to study for my first attempt in December 2010,<br />
which turned out to be a disaster. After taking a few weeks off from<br />
my epic failure, I started my studying again, continuing to use the<br />
other vender&#8217;s products. No matter how much time I put in, I wasn&#8217;t<br />
learning the technology. In June I decided to switch to INE. I<br />
scheduled the two week bootcamp for about 6 weeks before my lab<br />
attempt. I then started using your workbooks and watching the ATC<br />
VODS using the All-Access pass. Things finally started clicking.<br />
The ATC VODS really explained the technology, Workbooks 1 and 2<br />
allowed me to skip over the easy stuff and really focus on the harder<br />
technologies, and Workbook 3 helped me build speed. Attending the<br />
bootcamp solidified BGP and a few other technologies that I was<br />
struggling with. Going into my second lab attempt on December 6th,<br />
2011 I can&#8217;t say I was 100% certain I was going to pass but I felt I<br />
had a chance. I am happy to say, thanks to INE, and a lot of hours<br />
of studying I finally achieved my CCIE R&#038;S. CCIE# 32500 belongs to<br />
me! Thanks so much!!!!!!</p>
<p>Paul Bard, CCIE#: 32500
</p></blockquote>
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<blockquote><p>
I&#8217;ve past the CCIE SP new v3 exam on the second attempt. Between the<br />
attempts I&#8217;ve attented the CCIE SP ATC from INE and it proved<br />
especially useful for the CsC / Inter-AS part which are brilliantly<br />
explained by Brian McGahan.<br />
Overall it&#8217;s a big plus for INE for continuing the development of<br />
materials for the new CCIE SP track.</p>
<p>Kind regards,<br />
Eduard Gheorghiu, CCIE#: 32095
</p></blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p>
I spent the greater portion of a 8 months moving toward this exam<br />
and the last 4 months locked in my room when home. Using a<br />
combination of the all access pass, rack rentals, and other cisco<br />
curriculum studying for my R&#038;S, I was able to pass on first attempt!<br />
I owe a lot to the excellent quality of material offered here at INE<br />
and in particular Brian McGahan&#8217;s ability to actually keep me<br />
interested in watching his videos. Thanks! If anyone is serious<br />
enough to dedicate their selves to making CCIE a reality, i highly<br />
recommend INE&#8217;s products for the task!</p>
<p>-Josh Stout CCIE#: 32447
</p></blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p>
I wanted to pass along my sincere thank you for your excellent CCIE<br />
products. I recently passed the Routing and Switching exam and<br />
achieved my CCIE, 32385. I found workbooks 1-3 to be fantastic and<br />
they were an instrumental part of my preparations. The fact they<br />
were designed for GNS3 was a HUGE plus. I also used some rack time<br />
and scheduled several mock labs which were excellent in determining<br />
my readiness and also pointed out some of my weaknesses and what to<br />
spend my study time on. I believe your products are some of the best<br />
in the industry as are your blog posts and I wanted to commend you all<br />
for your great work. I will recommend INE to all future candidates!</p>
<p>-Adam Jannetta CCIE#: 32385
</p></blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p>
Finally I got the magic number!!! I&#8217;ve embarked on the CCIE journey<br />
after reading all the articles about achieving the top certificate in<br />
the networking world.</p>
<p>I choose INE as my learning product because it is comprehensive and<br />
the explanation is very detail. I particularly like Workbook I and<br />
the Advance Technologies Video. With WB I, I can zoom into that<br />
particular technologies that I am weak in and work on it till<br />
perfection. As for the ATC video, it is very well taught and make the<br />
concept easy to understand. Thanks INE, particularly the 2xBrians for<br />
making such a great product&#8230;cheers. Choy. CCIE# 32275.</p>
<p>-Wai Yew Choy CCIE#: 32275
</p></blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p>
I have passed the CCIE R&#038;S Lab and would like to thank the folks at INE.<br />
I started with the 10-day COD and Vol1 &#038; Vol2 workbooks and attended<br />
the Mock lab workshop a week prior to my exam.<br />
The Vol1 workbook scenarios were good and reflected all the sections<br />
in the cisco&#8217;s official blueprint. Mock lab workshop helped me to<br />
develop my configuration speed, identify my weaknesses and build my<br />
confidence.<br />
I would recommend INE to everybody who would like to achieve their<br />
CCIE certification.</p>
<p>-Mahender Iytey CCIE#: 32310
</p></blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p>
I recently passed my R&#038;S lab exam and secured the coveted number. My<br />
CCIE number is 32325.<br />
Behind this achievement, there are lots of people I have to thank<br />
for. First and foremost, I believe in almighty and without his<br />
blessings, this would not have been possible. My wife and son were<br />
extremely supportive during this journey and I cannot repay back them<br />
anyway. My manager was very encouraging and my co-workers always<br />
providing tips.</p>
<p>The first few months of my preparation in 2010 went nowhere with me<br />
studying pages after pages in many books. Then I bought INE product.<br />
Your products are extremely structured and very modular. I wanted to<br />
get a feel of the exam and attempted once in May after going through<br />
just workbook-1. Once I had the feel, I flipped between workbook-1<br />
and 2. I was faster this time in understanding the question and<br />
configure/troubleshooting. Mock exams are very helpful and provide<br />
you an idea where you stand in your preparation. Workbooks 3 and 4<br />
provide a firm grip on the timing. VODs provide a quick access to<br />
touch-base with the concepts in gist. Very helpful.</p>
<p>Overall INE is a complete package and am very thankful to the entire<br />
staff for coming up with such a great product.</p>
<p>-Kiran Ramaswamy CCIE#: 32325
</p></blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p>
The training I received from the Internetwork Expert on demand<br />
classes and workbooks was an integral part of my success in passing<br />
the CCIE Routing and Switch lab exam. The in depth explanations in<br />
the workbooks was very valuable in helping me to understand and<br />
configure each technology. I also appreciated the fact that INE<br />
supplied configurations for GNS3 and Dynamips allowing me to study<br />
many of the technologies utilizing virtual equipment saving me money<br />
and allowing me to study whenever was convenient for me.</p>
<p>-Curtis Brown CCIE#: 31760
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p>
INE WB 1-4 were an important part of my training process. Thanks.</p>
<p>-Daniel Gheorghe CCIE#: 31995
</p></blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p>
Hello INE,</p>
<p>I am delighted to inform you that I cleared my CCIE SPv3 exam on Nov<br />
8th 2011. I really appreciate help of Brian Mcghan. The CCIE SP ATC<br />
class was simply wonderful. Once I was able to remove all my doubts<br />
in the online class which i was facing during my practice since 2010,<br />
I practiced with INE ATC topology and Brian also gave me a chance to<br />
do Beta testing on his rack for free, which was very helpful. I also<br />
relied on Cisco&#8217;s sample lab topology. I am really thankful to INE<br />
for the help.</p>
<p>Thank you!<br />
-Ramanpreet Singh CCIE#: 31549
</p></blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p>I would like to thank INE for its amazing products that have helped<br />
me to get my CCIE number on my first attempt on 8 November 2011. I<br />
used CCIE R&#038;S ATC v4.5 which is conducted by Brian McGahan, and I<br />
would say it is the best in the market. Workbook Vol I and esp Vol II<br />
helped me to prepare myself towards the full scale lab exam. Other<br />
than that, INE&#8217;s IEOC is the best community for preparing CCIE.</p>
<p>Thanks INE for its excellent support!</p>
<p>-Alexander Halim CCIE#: 31529
</p></blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p>
Thanks to INE, i passed my CCIE exam in September, 2011. on my second<br />
attempt. I bought the full self-paced bundle which included Workbooks<br />
Vol 1 &#8211; 4, and Adv tech videos, Adv troubleshooting, with R&#038;S Lab<br />
Meet-Up Series Class-on-Demand, R&#038;S Lab Preparation Bootcamp<br />
Video-on-Demand and R&#038;S Open Lecture Series Class-on-Demand. And i<br />
had hands on with the Rack rentals offered on the site.</p>
<p>The Support staff were really helpful. Keep it up guys, you really<br />
making the world a better place in your own way.</p>
<p>-Sokabi Moses Sodipo CCIE#: 30059
</p></blockquote>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<blockquote><p>
Hello INE,</p>
<p>Thanks for the magnificent study material, blog&#8217;s, vlectures, all.<br />
The material I used really enabled me to dot the I and beyond! It<br />
made the exam much more bearable.</p>
<p>Keep up the best work!</p>
<p>Greetings,<br />
-Marcel Slagter CCIE#: 29677
</p></blockquote>
<p>Many, many congratulations to you all, and thanks for writing in! Your custom polo shirts are being processed!</p>
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