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TECCCIE-8006 – CCIE Wireless Techtorial
There is another CCIE Wireless Techtorial is happening during next week CiscoLive 2013-Orlando. In my opinion this is the best opportunity to any CCIE wireless candidate could get (though I haven’t...
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Wireless CCIE Count Declining ?
Worldwide wireless CCIE count listed as 64 in a one of CCIE-Service Provider (BRKCCIE-9163-CCIE Service Provider) breakout session during CiscoLive US (June 2013). According to this stats are updated...
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WGB Config Example
Let’s consider the following scenario. A WGB is connected to a root AP (AAP1) using EAP-FAST as security method. AAP1 is having 192.168.20.99 (Vlan20) management IP. A Printer (Passive Client)...
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STP Root Port Selection
In this post we will see how to manipulate STP root port selection in a given topology. We will use the VLAN 10 (management vlan) STP instance to see which ports will be Root Port in each switch. Any...
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Called & Calling Station ID
As per the RFC3580 (IEEE 802.1X RADIUS Usage Guidelines) here are the definition of two terms “Called Station ID” & “Calling Station ID“. As you can see if your wireless deployment is RFC3580...
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QoS for H-REAP
In this post we will look at how to configure QoS for a switch port where H-REAP is connected. In this example we are considering H-REAP local switching scenario & normally a switch port is...
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WGB – Roaming – Part 1
WGB Roaming time is the time taken by a WGB radio role to disassociate from one AP and reassociate to another AP. During this interval there is no data transfer & therefore roaming time is...
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VoIP Phone – Switchport Config
Let’s see how we can configure a switchport connected to VoIP phone. Here is my setup for this post. Here is the SPAN configuration. monitor session 1 source interface Fa1/0/7 monitor session 1...
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How to Configure CME ?
In my home lab, I have used Cisco 3725 router as my Call Manager Express (CME). Even though it is not expected CME related configuration in your wireless lab exam, it is important to have it in your...
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Suppress a Syslog Msg
I had this problem in my home lab’s CME router where it has a faulty fan & every 30s it generates a syslog msg saying “%FAN-3-FAN_FAILED: Fans had a rotation error reported“. This will fill up my...
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AAP QoS – A Closer Look
In this post, we will have a closer look at QoS in Autonomous AP. Primary focus of the QoS in autonomous AP deployment is for radio downstream (arrow B) I have very basic configuration in AAP1 as...
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WMM & QoS Profile
In this post we will see the impact of enabling or disabling WMM (Wireless Multi Media) to QoS of wireless traffic in a given WLAN. WMM setting is based on IEEE 802.11e standard to provide QoS to...
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A Wireless Bridge with QoS
In this post we will look at a wireless bridge configuration with QoS. Here is the topology for this post. A VoIP phone (vlan 1) and a Laptop (vlan 6) is connected to a 2960 Switch where it is...
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Save Time with “Alias”
In my R&S CCIE lab exam this is one thing I used all the time. There are multiple verification commands you need to run all the time & “Alias” will help you to execute those commands without...
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Reliable Multicast with WGB
In this post we will see how multicast can be configured on WGB (workgroup bridge) solution. Here is the topology for this post. WGB (3502I) is connected to Autonomous AP (AAP2- 1131), where a wireled...
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20th Aug – My Lucky Day
This was my dream blog post I have been waiting to write for last 12 months (since I passed my written exam 30th Aug 2012). After 15 hours of nervous time since finishing my lab exam finally I got my...
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My winning Strategy….
Prior to go for my 2nd attempt I knew what are my weaknesses through my 1st attempt in May. Here are they. 1. Slow Approach (planned for 30 min, took 1 hr & 15 min ) 2. Heavily relied on GUI &...
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How to Become a CCIE Wireless …
I started my wireless CCIE journey in July 2012. Like any other CCIE track, most important task was planing the journey. For me I had an additional advantage of going through a similar process in 2008...
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Why I want to go for WLC 7.5
WLC 7.5 introduced lots of new features and you can see the full feature list from WLC 7.5.102.0 Release Notes. From my network environment perspective there are few key features that I would like to...
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Words of Appreciation…
When I came to work today I got an envelop on my desk with below message inside it. It is from one of a VP in my organization & it made my day. Even small things like this goes distance in memory...
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