In November 2021, I successfully completed the requirements to obtain a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from Western Governors University (WGU). Like studying for the Cisco CCIE certification, the process of obtaining any college degree requires extended amounts of effort to see it through to the end. Also, like…

Have you ever needed to pass a PCI device directly to a node inside an EVE-NG lab? It is certainly not a common configuration, but I had a need for it and could not find any simple explanations on how to do it. I spent some time trying a few…

This post details my experience passing the Juniper JNCIS-SP JN0-362 exam. I explain some of my background and motivations for taking this exam, as well as the study resources I used. …

This post details the materials and methods I used to study for and pass the AWS Certified Advanced Networking Speciality ANS-C00 exam, and how you can save some money on the cost of the exam. I also include a mind map and flash cards I created while studying. The exam…

This was my first time taking an online-proctored exam through Pearson VUE. For popular IT exams, this method of testing is still fairly new, and a certain amount of mystique surrounds the test-taking experience. This post details my experience passing the online exam. In 2013, I passed the JN0–101 exam…

The Cisco DevNet Associate (200–901) Exam represents a decent foundational-level body of knowledge whose importance continues to increase as the division between software development and network operations slowly erodes. A more cohesive environment is obtained when operational teams have a basic understanding of software development processes, and vice versa. As…

This post is available in its original form on my blog at neckercube.com. This post walks you through how to get a Cisco SD-WAN lab operational with a minimal number of steps. Sometimes the most difficult part of learning a new technology is reaching the point of basic operation where…

This post covers how to join together devices requiring multicast connectivity across networks that do not support multicast. This situation is common when the Internet is used for transport, and even in private networks such as MPLS L3VPN if the carrier does not support multicast (or you decided not to…

This posts walks through how to create an isolated network which has access to the IPv6 Internet via 6RD using Ubiquiti EdgeMax equipment and a router running DD-WRT. 6RD (Rapid Deployment) is a method to reach the IPv6 Internet by tunneling over an IPv4 network, similar to 6to4. While 6to4…