An Afternoon with ARIN

Attending a local ARIN event left me with some thoughts…

September 15, 2020 · 8 min · 1594 words · Matt Schmitz

CCIE: Strategy & What's Next

The key to the CCIE is having a good strategy. Let’s take a look at what helped me

January 25, 2020 · 5 min · 1016 words · Matt Schmitz

CCIE: Lab Day

Let’s talk about my experiences with taking the CCIE Routing & Switching lab!

January 25, 2020 · 10 min · 2069 words · Matt Schmitz

CCIE: Written Exam & Lab Prep

A short look at my experiences studying & taking the Cisco CCIE written exam

January 25, 2020 · 8 min · 1542 words · Matt Schmitz

Story Time! How I Started Working Toward the CCIE

Why & how I started studying for the CCIE a few years ago

January 25, 2020 · 6 min · 1188 words · Matt Schmitz

Juniper SRX - Automated Route Monitoring

How I automated BGP routing table monitoring for Juniper SRX firewalls

March 13, 2018 · 5 min · 888 words · Matt Schmitz

Quick Tips for Better BGP

A lot of BGP setups I run into are bare-bones, but there are a few quick ways to improve your configurations

May 2, 2017 · 6 min · 1127 words · Matt Schmitz

Virtual Networking Contexts

A brief exploration into why VRFs can be extremely helpful

February 21, 2017 · 4 min · 685 words · Matt Schmitz

BGP: Getting Started with Multi-homed Internet

Exploring which design/setup questions to ask, and how to begin a basic configuration

January 10, 2017 · 4 min · 767 words · Matt Schmitz