Hello reddit,

I have some .unl lab files that I would like to practice with. It seems like Eve NG only accepts .zip uploads. Is there any way that I can upload those .unl files or convert them to be accepted.

Thank you in advance.

Best Remote Access Solution for Home Server While Traveling Overseas

I’m traveling overseas and need secure, reliable access to my home server for lab work (Proxmox, EVE-NG).

I am looking for the best solution for: 1. Stable, low-latency connectivity. 2. Strong security. 3. Minimal interruptions.

Any advice or recommendations? Thanks!

Is anyone giving their CCIE Enterprise Lab exam this month end or in February ??
Need quick answers

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The caveat, I do not use anything but vMX in Azure and I am trying to help a vendor troubleshoot their side of the tunnel (phase 2),

I have a vMX hosted in Azure peered w/ a vendor who is hosting an 8000v in Azure as well. Phase 1 is not an issue at all, however when Phase 2 comes up the only SA (four SA in total) is the child SA that encompasses the WAN vNIC attached to the 8000v. The other SA do not come up even if I send interesting traffic to them. However, if they generate interesting traffic, everything comes up. I have not seen what the NSG looks like on their WAN vNIC attached to the 8000v but I am told its any/any if sourced by my peer IP.

I am just looking for idea of what could be the issue on their side. P1/P2 crypto matches, I have a NSG attached to my WAN vNIC allowing 500/4500 from their peer IP, NAT-T is enabled on both sides.. I had Meraki on the phone looking at it and they see all the traffic destined to their remote networks being sent through the tunnel correctly.

sorry for spelling/grammar, on my phone~

So, simply understanding the blueprint isn’t enough to convince people that someone with just three years of experience is a true CCIE. The exception for him is having an in-depth understanding of the architecture, even though the CCIE is primarily an implementation-focused certification.

I see the CCIE as a valuable way to gain knowledge, especially since most environments don’t even utilize 50% of the technologies covered in the certification, and many job roles don’t fully align with its scope.

In my job, earning a CCIE is a significant advantage. My challenge, however, is that I feel like I’m just waiting for the years to pass before people perceive me as a “true” CCIE—perhaps five years of experience will finally make it seem justified. What do you think?

Anyone who did CCIE security training with Narbik and Kbits, could you please provide me your feedback? What’s good and bad My work has CE that I can use for Narbik training but it looks like Narbik training is a bootcamp only ? Do they give access to recorded classes ?

For CCIE preparation, which platform is better: INE or Cisco U? Also which one provides more hands-on labs?

What’s your opinion on this? Which one is easier to deploy/manage, less buggy, and enforces a better east-west security policy?

• Cisco ACI: APIC controller + Nexus 9K
• Aruba: AFC + CX10K (with built-in Pensando firewall chips)

I see a lot of people saying the CCIE is a waste of time and money, but they rarely suggest viable alternatives. So, if CCIE isn’t worth pursuing, what’s the better path?

For context, I’m a Senior Network Admin, I have a CCNP (ENARSI + ENAUTO) and 5 years of experience. My long-term goal is to move into contracting and, eventually, start my own consulting firm.

Why I Think CCIE Is Worth It (Feel Free to Challenge Me)

To pass the CCIE, you need to:

1. Master the fundamentals (Routing/Switching).

2. Work quickly and efficiently under time constraints.

3. Stay calm and perform under high pressure.

The Results

1. Increased productivity: You can accomplish more in less time.

2. Faster troubleshooting: Problems get solved more efficiently.

3. Freed-up time for career growth: The time saved can be spent marketing your skills and finding better opportunities.

Additional Argument

I believe simply adding "CCIE" to your resume and expecting HR to swoon is pure delusion. You need to build a personal brand around being a "Network Expert."

So, if I'm wrong what’s the alternative?

"CCIE isn't worth it anymore" So what's the alternative?

I see a lot of people saying the CCIE is a waste of time and money, but they rarely suggest viable alternatives. So, if CCIE isn’t worth pursuing, what’s the better path?

For context, I’m a Senior Network Admin, I have a CCNP (ENARSI + ENAUTO) and 5 years of experience. My long-term goal is to move into contracting and, eventually, start my own consulting firm.

Why I Think CCIE Is Worth It (Feel Free to Challenge Me)

To pass the CCIE, you need to:

1. Master the fundamentals (Routing/Switching).

2. Work quickly and efficiently under time constraints.

3. Stay calm and perform under high pressure.

The Results

1. Increased productivity: You can accomplish more in less time.

2. Faster troubleshooting: Problems get solved more efficiently.

3. Freed-up time for career growth: The time saved can be spent marketing your skills and finding better opportunities.

Additional Argument

I believe simply adding "CCIE" to your resume and expecting HR to swoon is pure delusion. You need to build a personal brand around being a "Network Expert."

So, if I'm wrong what’s the alternative?

UPDATE:

Thank you all for taking the time to weigh in, it's super appreciated!

In conclusion, I still believe CCIE is worth it and I intend on continuing my journey.

The only good argument I found was choosing a more well-rounded path (i.e., CCNP equivalent of other vendors, some AWS + coding skills)

I already have a JNCIS-SP, AWS-SAA and okay python skills, so I'll keep building on that in parallel.

If you are on a similar path, I truly hope you find this helpful! Thank you all for taking the time to weigh in, it's super appreciated!

In conclusion, I still believe CCIE is worth it and I intend on continuing my journey.

The only good argument I found was choosing a more well-rounded path (i.e., CCNP equivalent of other vendors, some AWS + coding skills)

I already have a JNCIS-SP, AWS-SAA and okay python skills, so I'll keep building on that in parallel.

If you are on a similar path, I truly hope you find this helpful!

To improve my CCIE studying motivation, I'd like to hear about your experiences from your CCIE pass.

Narbik’s class and workbook for the BGP best path selection is amazing. Sent me down a few rabbit holes. He has a link to it on Dropbox here.

https://x.com/narbikk/status/1875795321588216144?s=46

Added quite a bit to my BGP best path selection notes.

https://github.com/feralpacket/network_commands/blob/main/bgp_best_path_algorithm

as the title said

Is CCIE Security and CCIE DC still in Demand both in North America and Europe?

Hi everyone,

I’m currently planning out how to build a CCIE Enterprise lab using resources I already have at work. I’d love some advice or suggestions on how best to utilize what’s available.

Resources I Have Access To:

Production Network: ~40 Catalyst 9500 and 9300 switches

Inventory: A few spare 9300s I can "borrow" temporarily

DNAC (Physical): Only being used for network Assurance, we haven't deployed SDA yet

ISE: Used for production, but I can spin off an extra instance for Lab

ESXi Servers: Running production services, but I can carve out a significant portion for lab purposes

Cisco Service Contract: Active – I believe I can pull IOS images for routers, but I haven’t tried yet

AWS Sandbox Environment: Not sure if it's of any use

Constraints:

Budget: Management is not willing to spend any additional money on licenses or software (No EVE-NG Pro, no CML)

Current Plan:

GNS3 for R/S Labs: Planning to run GNS3 on one of the ESXi servers

Switch Lab: Provision a few 9300s into DNAC, possibly creating a dedicated “Lab” site

DNAC Isolation: I’m exploring ways to keep lab devices isolated from production

Questions:

How would you structure the lab given these resources?

Any tips for isolating lab environments on DNAC?

Would you recommend any other approaches to maximize what I already have?

I appreciate any insights from those who have built labs in a similar situation!

Im planning to start studying for the ccie lab exam. How did you all study for this, i want to study alone as the course here costs about 15000$ and its way too expensive for me. I do have ccnp enterprise i did about a year ago and 5 years of Experience as network engineer Do you have any resources I can use for my studies? Or any advice for my journey?

Hey everyone,

I'm just beginning my CCIE journey after completing CCNP ENARSI and ENAUTO, and I'm trying to gather as much information as possible about the LAB exam. I know I'll eventually need to do a reconnaissance run, but for now, I wanted to ask the community a few questions.

I’d really appreciate any insight (and if any of these touch NDA territory, feel free to skip them).

1. Is the exam conducted on physical equipment, or is everything virtualized now?

2. How do you access the devices – is it through SSH, or another method?

3. Can you bring your own laptop? If so, can you use your own SSH client (e.g., SecureCRT)?

4. What’s the general structure of the exam? Cisco mentions it's 8 hours long, but I’ve heard things like “15 tasks” – is there any more detail available about how it’s broken down?

Again, I’m just curious and trying to get a better sense of what to expect. Thanks so much for your time and help!

Dear those who passed CCIE EI exam v1.1.

I'm a Japanese CCNP holder and have been studying INE learning path CCIE EI v1.1 for about two months and completed until Multicast.

Constructing eve-ng environment was started to practice the content of "CCIE EI foundation" recently.

After these were finished, I'm going to practice both of CCO, Dev-Net Sandbox and cisco practice lab.

But I feel like these are insufficient for passing CCIE EI v1.1. (especially for Design section.)

So I need your advices.

How did you study things asked on Design section?

What is the best way to practice CCO or practice lab? measuring time?

Forgive me my English and Thank you for reading.

Hi everyone,
Has anyone recently applied for the CCIE Enterprise Wireless Lab exam? If so, could you please share the resources you used to prepare for the exam?

Additionally, I have one more question: Is it worth buying CCIE dumps?

Which CCIE Track is in More Demand EI/Security/DC/SP/Devnet in Recent 2-3 years

Hi

My Example

In this example if the src is R1 and the dst is 4.4.4.4.

we have two LSP in order to reach to the dst 4.4.4.4 (200,300,400) and (500,400). right?

but where is the MPLS FEC? is it the (200.300.400)?

please everyone just use this example to explain . Google has a huge amount of explaining the MPLS FEC but it did not work for me to understand.

I want to take the CCIE EI exam in Istanbul. When I try to schedule the exam, I don't see Turkey as an option. How can I find out when it will be available for testing?

I`m still can`t understand how could is it possible to have a data plane loop even if the rule is to copy MPLS TTL into IP TTL at the ELSR if we have a routing protocols and each one has its own loop prevention mechanism?

the MPLS TTL is useless exactly like the IP TTL.

Hi everyone,

I’m looking to deepen my understanding of real-world enterprise network designs and architectures. I’d greatly appreciate any examples, case studies, or references to actual topologies you might have encountered.

Specifically, I’m looking for: 1. Large-scale enterprise LAN/WAN topologies (Campus, Branch, Data Center). 2. Network designs incorporating tools like ISE, DNAC, SD-WAN, or Wireless setups. 3. Any case studies or design documents that outline challenges and solutions in real environments.

If you’ve seen helpful templates, books, whitepapers, or even pre-built lab topologies (e.g., EVE-NG or CML), please share!

Thanks in advance for any input, and feel free to share general tips on where to find practical, production-level designs for learning.

Did anyone take the exam recently? What keyboards to they have in Burssels? When I took the exam almost 3 years ago they had Dell KB500, UK INTL layout. Is it the same?

Did anyone take the exam recently? What keyboards to they have in Burssels? When I took the exam almost 3 years ago they had Dell KB500, US INTL layout. Is it the same?

Hi

i have a really strange issue and i ran out of ideas why. Customers has Android tablets (seems to be version 11) connected to a wired network running an application. They are facing strange issues where the devices cannot connect to the corresponding server. We did a wireshark trace and found out that the devices send different ARP requests.

As an example

Request 1:
Ethernet Source AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA
Ethernet Destination: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF

ARP Request Source MAC AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA
ARP Request Source IP: 1.1.1.1
ARP Request Destination MAC 00:00:00:00:00:00
ARP Request Destination IP: 1.1.1.254

Request 2:
Ethernet Source AA:AA:AA:AA:AA:AA
Ethernet Destination: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF

ARP Request Source MAC AA:AA:CC:CC:AA:AA
ARP Request Source IP: 1.1.1.1
ARP Request Destination MAC 00:00:00:00:00:00
ARP Request Destination IP: 1.1.1.254

So basically everything is the same but the MAC in the ARP request sender field has 3rd/4th block changed. This changed MAC is not visible on the network. The outer ethernet MAC is the same as in the correct request, so from my point of view it cannot be a duplicated IP. Also proxy arp is not an explanation. Does anybody have an explanation/idea for this ? Multiple devices show this problem. After a device reboot it works at least for some time.

At this point I am not 100%sure if this is causing the connection problems (Cannot check the arp table on the server) but it looks strange to me.

Thanks in advance to everybody

I took my CCIE security back in 2020 and itngot expired last year, after one year if taking it i changed career and became an IT auditor and got mixed up and did not renew it I took CISA and CISSP Can i still include CCIE in my CV ? No certificate i take will feel the same as CCIE And, is there any way to renew it without taking lab exam again??

I have questions related to the CCIE Enteprise bootcamp done by Micronics Training.

Are there any people who attended the recent weekend bootcamps for enterprise version 1.1?

I have read the subreddit posts as well as watched the youtube videos from Jeremiah Wolfe.

My main hesitation is that many people describe the quality of the software define part as totally inferior to the Narbik led part. Does anyone know if anything has changed in this regard? I would like to full understand the R&S part in deep to get to the "Expert" level and i believe that Narbik can learn me this knowledge.

Have any of you attended this weekend bootcamp in the last year and can recommend it in terms of studying for the exam?