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

CCIE R&S Study Resources

A short list of some of the CCIE study resources I’ve been using

July 25, 2019 · 2 min · 249 words · Matt Schmitz

CCIE Progress Update

It’s been a while - let’s talk about where I’m at with my studies

October 19, 2018 · 9 min · 1842 words · Matt Schmitz

L2 Basics: Configuring an EtherChannel

How to configure a basic etherchannel on Cisco devices

January 30, 2018 · 7 min · 1408 words · Matt Schmitz

One Year Later

Some thoughts on the past year, and goals for the year to come

January 2, 2018 · 4 min · 737 words · Matt Schmitz

L2 Basics: Spanning-Tree Protocol

The fundamentals of how Spanning-Tree Protocol works

November 14, 2017 · 8 min · 1554 words · Matt Schmitz

My 2018 Goal: CCIE R&S

I’m finally starting to work toward one of my long-standing goals: The Cisco CCIE Certification

October 10, 2017 · 4 min · 793 words · Matt Schmitz