While at a first glance, Frame Relay Traffic Shaping (or FRTS) seems daunting..it’s really not bad. For those of you unfamiliar with FRTS, I’ll present a couple of scenarios where you may need to configure it. High speed interface –> Low speed interface: Picture you have one node connecting to the frame relay cloud at [...]
Well, I am feeling a lot better. Whatever I had was horrible, and took about 7-9 days to get rid of. I don’t feel 100% yet, but I’m back at work for better or worse. Figured I would make a post with my current status as it relates to CCIE study. I’ve been studying cisco [...]
Well, I wish I had more to update you all with. I got very sick last week, with a temp of 102F, chills, body aches, and all the general symptoms that come with being “really” sick. I guess this was my karma, as I had been joking about how the H1N1 (formerly the “swine flu”) [...]
Alright, this isn’t a straight tech article, but I just wanted to post showing that I’ve made progress. I finished 100% of IEWB Vol I frame relay labs three times now, the first using help and looking up articles to get things straight, and the last two with no outside help, just trying to make [...]
In QoS: Essentials, Part I, we discussed what QoS is, classifying/marking traffic, and trust boundaries. In Part II, we will get into the actual types of marking, do an overview of NBAR, and finally get into Congestion management/Queuing. Ready? Types of Marking: There are several different ways to mark, and each one is suited for [...]
Many of you reading this have been mystifyed by terms like WFQ, WRED, Jitter, or DiffServ. My aim in Part I of QoS: Essentials, is to take some of the mystique surrounding Quality of Service away. Let’s get to it! What is QoS? While in Iraq, we stayed in tiny trailers with 2 soldiers sharing [...]