Earlier this week Juniper announced it is to buy Trapeze Networks. Below is a link to the announcement.
I am sure this can only be good news for Trapeze, juniper and the wireless industry as a whole.
http://forums.juniper.net/t5/The-Network-Ahead/Juniper-to-Acquire-Trapeze-Networks-What-It-Means/ba-p/62475
Friday, 19 November 2010
Friday, 12 November 2010
Whats next?
Well over the last few months some of the things I have wanted to study have been on the back burner as I was really struggling wiith the CCDA, now thats out of the way I can focus on a few things.
I have to take my CCNP R&S for career developement which is fine, just do not want to tackle another design exam. I struggle with business goals, technical goals etc and how they differ from constraints, sometimes the differences are subtle. The CCNP wil be a milestone, the ROUTE xam is the one I will struggle with most bu I have done a littel studying and its actually making sense.
My wireless exams I will get though as time permits as there are quite a few of them. CWNA, CWSP and the two new exams from the good people at CWNP and also the CCNP Wireless.
The CCNP R&S is going to take up much of my study time and I will be labbing alot, the CCNP Wireless I should be able to get through pretty easily. The CWNP exams well I think they are a different level as they test your understanding of the core concepts rather than deployment so I have to make sure my concepts are solid. Good thing is I know where I need to focus and I understand all of the wireless stuff unlike the CCNP R&S some of which has me scratching my head.
All in all i have about 12 or 13 exams to do, will it be worth it in the end? Well I guess I can only answer that later when I am getting towards my goals. At the end of the day its a journey not a destination.
I have to take my CCNP R&S for career developement which is fine, just do not want to tackle another design exam. I struggle with business goals, technical goals etc and how they differ from constraints, sometimes the differences are subtle. The CCNP wil be a milestone, the ROUTE xam is the one I will struggle with most bu I have done a littel studying and its actually making sense.
My wireless exams I will get though as time permits as there are quite a few of them. CWNA, CWSP and the two new exams from the good people at CWNP and also the CCNP Wireless.
The CCNP R&S is going to take up much of my study time and I will be labbing alot, the CCNP Wireless I should be able to get through pretty easily. The CWNP exams well I think they are a different level as they test your understanding of the core concepts rather than deployment so I have to make sure my concepts are solid. Good thing is I know where I need to focus and I understand all of the wireless stuff unlike the CCNP R&S some of which has me scratching my head.
All in all i have about 12 or 13 exams to do, will it be worth it in the end? Well I guess I can only answer that later when I am getting towards my goals. At the end of the day its a journey not a destination.
Passed AWLANSE
Well after last week taking the CCDA I sat the AWLANSE today and passed. I didn't want to take it on the same day as my CCDA as I was under so much pressure with the CCDA it was untrue.
The exam was not hard but alot of the questions were a little dated, nothing at all on 802.11n and quite a bite on the WLSE, which I have only seen two of and do not like working with.
All in all a fair test but if you don't read wireless guff as a hobby, particularly Cisco it will be a struggle to study for as there is no real training material apart from the Cisco course.
Quite a few of the questions had me scratching my head and there were a lot of questions for a 75 minute exam. It was either know it or guess and move on.
Passing this also achieves a career milestone for me which I am really pleased about.
The exam was not hard but alot of the questions were a little dated, nothing at all on 802.11n and quite a bite on the WLSE, which I have only seen two of and do not like working with.
All in all a fair test but if you don't read wireless guff as a hobby, particularly Cisco it will be a struggle to study for as there is no real training material apart from the Cisco course.
Quite a few of the questions had me scratching my head and there were a lot of questions for a 75 minute exam. It was either know it or guess and move on.
Passing this also achieves a career milestone for me which I am really pleased about.
Friday, 5 November 2010
Passed CCDA
I have finaly passed my CCDA, not sure how to descrbe it as I was so worried perhaps I over prepared.
I studied for about 3 months, hence no blogging, and thought I wasn't ready but had to sit it anyway as the syllabus is changing thought "what the hell" and went for it.
Well I went along and did quite well in all areas.
It is a tough exam don't get me wrong but this is the one I have been avoiding for so long it has held me back in other areas.
Now its AWLANSE next week and a proper start on my CCNP and CCNP Wireless.
Just so glad that hurdle is over as it is well outside my comfort zone.
I studied for about 3 months, hence no blogging, and thought I wasn't ready but had to sit it anyway as the syllabus is changing thought "what the hell" and went for it.
Well I went along and did quite well in all areas.
It is a tough exam don't get me wrong but this is the one I have been avoiding for so long it has held me back in other areas.
Now its AWLANSE next week and a proper start on my CCNP and CCNP Wireless.
Just so glad that hurdle is over as it is well outside my comfort zone.
Tuesday, 13 July 2010
Lab update
I have taken delivery of an AIR-WLC4402-12-K9 from my great freind George Stafanck. This will allow me to get a lot more practice with senarios using the later code versions, my existing controller is an AIR-WLC2006-K9 which will not run later codes.
The main advantage of the 4402 is being able to setup guest access in a DMZ which I could never test with the 2006. Obviously there is additional functionality from the later codes.
I still want to add another controller but that will probably be a 2106 or a newer variant thereof if one is released soon, however the code would not be downgradeable to 4.2 which is the CCIE Wireless code.
Its very much a can of worms as there is a strong rumour that the CCIE Wireless will change next year which will mean a code change so its difficult to know what to add.
Anyway thats a brief update, however I am extremely busy at work at the present time so do not have a great deal of time to lab but will hope to get some time this weekend to test a few things out.
I need to start running scenrios more with Windows 2008 and take a serious look at ACS 5.1 as apparently its very different. Always a challenge I guess.
I will post a few lab pics later in the week.
The main advantage of the 4402 is being able to setup guest access in a DMZ which I could never test with the 2006. Obviously there is additional functionality from the later codes.
I still want to add another controller but that will probably be a 2106 or a newer variant thereof if one is released soon, however the code would not be downgradeable to 4.2 which is the CCIE Wireless code.
Its very much a can of worms as there is a strong rumour that the CCIE Wireless will change next year which will mean a code change so its difficult to know what to add.
Anyway thats a brief update, however I am extremely busy at work at the present time so do not have a great deal of time to lab but will hope to get some time this weekend to test a few things out.
I need to start running scenrios more with Windows 2008 and take a serious look at ACS 5.1 as apparently its very different. Always a challenge I guess.
I will post a few lab pics later in the week.
Monday, 12 July 2010
All you need to know about wireless - Einstein
You see, wireless is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is there is no cat.
—Albert Einstein
If its on the exam you can have my house
—Albert Einstein
If its on the exam you can have my house
Monday, 21 June 2010
Cisco WLC Software Advisory
Software Advisory – Wireless LAN Controller Software
Base Code: 6.0.182.0, 6.0.188.0, 6.0.196.0
Platforms: 2100 / 4400 / 5500 / WiSM / WLC3750 / WLCM
This Software Advisory Notice is issued against all the above Wireless LAN Controller software versions due to the following bugs:
CSCtf34858 Client can't transmit traffic if it reassociates to an AP within 20 sec
CSCte89891 Radio may stop transmitting beacons periodically
Special Build: Following options are available:
1. Move to 7.0.98.0 Release posted on CCO. Please note, 7.0 is a new feature release.
2. Contact TAC to get a 6.0 Special or Beta release with fixes for the bugs below.
3. Wait for the CCO release of 6.0 MR3 (Maintenance Release), which is planned for July/August 2010
Base Code: 6.0.182.0, 6.0.188.0, 6.0.196.0
Platforms: 2100 / 4400 / 5500 / WiSM / WLC3750 / WLCM
This Software Advisory Notice is issued against all the above Wireless LAN Controller software versions due to the following bugs:
CSCtf34858 Client can't transmit traffic if it reassociates to an AP within 20 sec
CSCte89891 Radio may stop transmitting beacons periodically
Special Build: Following options are available:
1. Move to 7.0.98.0 Release posted on CCO. Please note, 7.0 is a new feature release.
2. Contact TAC to get a 6.0 Special or Beta release with fixes for the bugs below.
3. Wait for the CCO release of 6.0 MR3 (Maintenance Release), which is planned for July/August 2010
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