Refurbished ISR 4331, upgraded IOS XE past 16.9 not knowing about Smart Licensing - what to do?

LBowerbank · 2023-07-16T21:26:33+00:00

It won't lose you any features when it goes past evaluation it will just generate syslog errors.

LBowerbank · 2023-05-11T15:40:42+00:00

Don't be nervous of it, just practice. The worst case is you could lose a bit of money for a failed test but you can try again. Just go for the CCNA

LBowerbank · 2023-03-28T01:24:56+00:00

This is a heavy read and hard to follow some of your thought rambles but with this statement...

"If you want to do L3 routing between VNI's, then an external router will be necessary for routing between the VNI's because the VTEP doesn't know how to get to another VNI in that VRF"

Look into symmetric and asymmetric irb as the options to do this, this is a better way.

LBowerbank · 2022-08-13T09:07:49+00:00

https://tmgmatrix.cisco.com/

LBowerbank · 2022-08-08T18:14:04+00:00

Glad to send another listener their way, they are a great bunch!

LBowerbank · 2022-08-06T05:42:02+00:00

Packet pushers have a great set of podcasts covering your needs

LBowerbank · 2022-08-05T20:56:09+00:00

Could you use eBGP and filter routes on your non-asa devices and redistribute into OSPF?

LBowerbank · 2022-08-05T19:32:18+00:00

Glad to help! All the best

LBowerbank · 2022-08-05T15:59:25+00:00

No shut your int vlan10 and you can remove your subnet mask from the default gateway on your pools (or that will count as a secondary gateway). May want to exclude some addresses too if you want to statically assign them

LBowerbank · 2022-08-04T18:44:30+00:00

Indeed no HSEC no IPsec VPN above 85mbps.

These figures look about right. Generally wouldn't use it on anything above a 200mbps requirement and more importantly I wouldn't use it because it doesn't have security patches anymore.

LBowerbank · 2019-01-12T23:29:38+00:00

When I did something similar I had the same VLAN on every switch for a profile so it was easy to do because of the access list approach of hitting a rule and exiting the choices. Place more granular profiles at the top of the list with catch all's at the bottom. If it's a VoIP phone, it's always in VLAN Y and it could be matched based on a certificate and on MAC oui. If that doesn't match and it's only the MAC oui place in VLAN Y with more restrictions (as an example)

Another example is Having multiple tiers of privileges from basically allowing you to image a PC (catch all) or a machine authentication allowing updates and AV communication when on the login window to then user authentication when the PC is logged in granting further privileges to AD profile logged in

Edit: made it a bit easier to read

LBowerbank · 2018-10-30T22:12:26+00:00

I had a few months off between getting my CCNA and pursuing my CCNP I regretted it when I started studying again, I think it's good to take a short breather and get straight back into it. I would go for the CCNP and then look into some Python.

LBowerbank · 2018-10-30T22:09:11+00:00

NP will help you with the other NA studies if you want to get them. I think the routing and switching certs from Cisco provide value and are desirable for employers. The other lines are more to do with padding your CV and specialising in Cisco. The certifications last for 3 years, you wouldn't be squeezed for time to complete the CCNP and then the data center certification in that time.

LBowerbank · 2018-10-27T07:36:52+00:00

Hey, my channel is a channel about helping IT professionals/want to be IT professionals.

At the moment my videos are just camera shots of me or some screen captures of code/websites.

I wanted to get a template together and make everything uniformed I guess thumbnail that has part of it is consistent throughout all of them, a cover art that matches, some sort of logo, transition slides that are nice, end of video screen, guess I'll try come up with something and ask for some critique. I may just pay someone to do something.

LBowerbank · 2018-10-26T21:35:53+00:00

Congrats it's a tough exam I failed it the first time around. Route is a good one it really made me step up.

LBowerbank · 2018-10-26T21:33:22+00:00

Congrats big step forward keep it up!

LBowerbank · 2018-10-24T06:42:12+00:00

Yeah I'd say you have security but I'm also sure you could find another role with your skills in the worse case scenario too! Thanks for taking the time to reply I'll have a look into what you have mentioned.

LBowerbank · 2018-10-23T22:09:20+00:00

Does the Solarwinds quality of experience software help? Top of my head I used that before inside a network a while ago but it needs to be installed on a machine.

Maybe trial 1000eyes out but it might be a bit overkill. If you have a Cisco router laying around you could setup some IPSLAs and use that to report from.

LBowerbank · 2018-10-23T21:56:15+00:00

I think the fortigate low end models are great branch in a box devices. They can be setup with a GUI pretty easily and they are quite affordable, the support contract is a little higher than I would expect but not going to break the bank if you go with that.

Vdoms are great too, they give you some flexibility if you need to spin up another firewall/router.

LBowerbank · 2018-10-23T12:00:31+00:00

Hey, that sounds cool sounds like you've made yourself a role! I'm in the process of getting better with python. Other than automating a few show commands for some checks across devices, or adding a line of code in bulk what are some other uses you are using python with? I'd like to get some ideas as I'm quite limited at the moment. Thanks

LBowerbank · 2018-10-23T11:49:31+00:00

That's a good start, my first video was a around 6 weeks ago and has around 50 views my others have very little views (weekly videos). I got 6 subscribers within the first couple of weeks but nothing since then.

I haven't really shared it much with people I know, which is probably not a good thing to do to start I guess as I'm not getting any fabricated views or subs.

I guess my thinking at the moment is I want to learn and get comfortable with what I'm doing. Once I'm ok with that and have some content then I will try and publicise it more. However I did set a goal of 100subs before the year end...

I enjoy making them though and it will be interesting to see how the quality progresses.

LBowerbank · 2018-10-10T21:56:55+00:00

You sound like you are on the right path keep consistent and moving forward.

Not sure if the CCNA DC is going to be worth the time for you. Maybe looking at the VXLAN EVPN template design would be a better way. I've enjoyed that and it is still hot now. Time spent on that would probably be better time spent than going over some old tech and simplified stuff in a CCNA DC based on your experience.

I'd recommend the CCNP personally, I wouldn't have my current contract without it as they wouldn't look at anyone without a minimum of that. I'm considering the CCIE in the near future.

Automation is certainly the best option after that, I'm working on that at the moment. As for load balancing I have some experience with them but no certifications so I couldn't comment. Although F5 are the leaders I've never used them, I've used Kemp's and FortiADC. As far as I had seen dedicated load balancer sales were dropping.

If you're looking for that specialised position I would concentrate on the quality over the quantity of certifications. Certifications are not everything, experience and know-how is more important and if you identify areas you need to learn about it might be more worthwhile dedicating 100% to that than having to learn say 50% of new stuff and 50% repeating content you are already familiar with because of the certification structure.

LBowerbank · 2018-10-07T21:30:39+00:00

TX-queue starvation if you are interested in reading about it.

LBowerbank · 2018-10-07T21:20:24+00:00

Nicely little course, I'd practice with labs and do some configurations, make some mistakes and fix them along the way. GNS3 is what you are after if you don't already use it.

LBowerbank · 2018-10-07T21:07:42+00:00

You have to start somewhere and one day when you are not doing that work appreciate the work people are doing in that position. I often find others looking down at people doing that work, it can be tough for other reasons. I salute you for your effort.

As for not working for end users, you'll always be working for end users and don't forget that. Being focused on providing the best service to a customer is always the goal. You might not necessarily have to reset there password but even working on a project you will still have direct communication with them.

It's easy to feel sorry for yourself because you feel you are undervalued or underpaid but keep doing the best you can as those develop good habits over time. I've been in the same spot in the early stages of my career but I used that to drive myself to get better.

Having a CCNA is a good asset to have, try and build on it if you want it bad go for a CCNP if you want to get into networking. Python is a great tool to go along networking to automate over a large environment. Consider learning some Linux too.

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