Internetwork Expert Volume II: Lab 9

This lab is rated at a difficulty level 8 so that means it is harder than an average lab. After reading through the lab, I saw that BGP/EIGRP was pre-configured meaning more work looking through the configs/outputs to draw the topology diagrams. Also there were no initial errors to my relief and I was able [...]

Internetwork Expert Volume II: Lab 8

After getting owned by Lab 7, I was looking at something to get my confidence back. After going over the whole thing, I don’t think it was the lab that was difficult, it was more of the fact that I didn’t understand the basics of redistribution and that in turn reflected on the whole lab. [...]

Internetwork Expert Volume II: Lab 7

I feel like smashing my head against a brick wall! I started this lab last night and finished the Switching section without any trouble. I was wondering oh wow a level 9 lab and that easy? Well I jinxed myself. First up there were 3 issues to start with and I thought I had spotted [...]

Internetwork Expert Volume II: Lab 6

Internetwork Expert Volume 2 Lab 6 is rated at a level 7 so I was expecting some level of difficulty. After I read through the lab, I said to myself “wow – can I do this?”. Well it was not that bad but required a few DOCCD lookups. Task 1 – Switching: I had a [...]

Internetwork Expert Volume II: Lab 5

Just finished IEWB Vol 2 Lab 5 and I think it was a great experience. Before I go any further, this lab had 12 points for IPV6 and most of the configuration was related to BGP for IPv6. Last time I checked, BGP was NOT on the lab blueprint so I ended up skipping that [...]

Internetwork Expert Volume II: Lab 4

Another Level 6 lab with almost 65 dedicated to core technologies but I don’t mind that at all. This lab had some initial configuration errors that we had to fix aka troubleshooting. I was able to locate 2 of the 4 errors because I was being lazy. Well here is a brief review of IEWB [...]

IPv6 Summarization

I was working through IEWB Vol Lab 4 and ran across this summarization task for IPv6. I can do summarization when it comes to IPv4 but I was kind of sketchy on IPv6 summarization. Well I attempted the task and was close to say the least. So after I went through the whole task and [...]

Internetwork Expert Volume II: Lab 3

This was another diffculty level 6 lab so according to most people this won’t be that difficult. My approach for atleast first 10 labs is to take my time and understand exactly what they are asking. This is what Brian Dennis recommends to focus on understanding rather than rushing through the tasks. I was surprised [...]

Internetwork Expert Volume II: Lab 2

I just finished Lab 2 from the IEWB Vol 2. I know I was supposed to finish this last week but things came up and had to travel over the weekend. This lab has a difficulty rating of 6 so it is harder than vol 1 which was rated at 5. As always the wording [...]

Internetwork Expert Volume II: Lab 1 Tasks 3 through 10

Finally I was able to finish Lab 1 from IEWB Volume 2. I am not sure how everyone else did this first lab but I was able to stumble my way upto BGP. After that I checked my answers with the solution guide on task by task basis. I know that’s not how you are [...]