Service Provider Archives - RichardKilleen

Cisco CCNP SPCOR Blog 11: Passive Optical Networks or PON

Richard Killeen — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 13:19:02 +0000

Fibre Access That Actually Makes Sense Right, passive optical networks. PON stuff. Now I know what you’re thinking – this sounds dead boring compared to all the DWDM kit we’ve been messing about with. But honestly, you’d be wrong there. This technology’s actually changing how service providers get broadband to people’s houses. CCNP SPCOR Blog… Read More »Cisco CCNP SPCOR Blog 11: Passive Optical Networks or PON

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Cisco CCNP SPCOR Blog 4 Segment Routing Overview

Richard Killeen — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 18:43:10 +0000

Understanding Cisco Segment Routing: What It Is and Why You Need to Know It Right, let’s talk about segment routing. Now, I know what you’re thinking – “Great, another technology to learn.” But here’s the thing: segment routing is actually going to make your life easier, not harder. It’s Cisco’s answer to the mess that… Read More »Cisco CCNP SPCOR Blog 4 Segment Routing Overview

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Cisco CCNP SPCOR – Complete Blog Series Index

Richard Killeen — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 23:33:40 +0000

Complete Blog Series Right, let’s get straight to it. You’re here because you want to pass the Cisco CCNP SPCOR exam, and frankly, it’s not an easy one. I’ve been working with service provider networks for years, and I can tell you that this certification will test everything you think you know about networking and… Read More »Cisco CCNP SPCOR – Complete Blog Series Index

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Adding IPv6 Addresses with Ansible to the CCIE Service Provider Lab

Richard Killeen — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 19:40:45 +0000

Process for Adding IPv6 Addresses With Ansible Hello And welcome to this next video in the CCIE service provider lab series. Okay So what we’re going to tackle in this one is we’re going to be adding IPv6 addresses with ansible to the into the devices in the CCIE Service Provider Lab. Now as you… Read More »Adding IPv6 Addresses with Ansible to the CCIE Service Provider Lab

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Cisco CCIE Service provider Pratice Lab

Richard Killeen — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 19:42:05 +0000

CCIE Service Provider Practice Lab – Topology, Resources, and What You Can Actually Do With It This post goes alongside the video walkthrough for the CCIE Service Provider practice lab. Cisco have done something quite decent here — they’ve made their practice labs available publicly, no login required, and the lab they’ve built is actually… Read More »Cisco CCIE Service provider Pratice Lab

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ISIS IPv6 Configuration Workbook 3

Richard Killeen — Sat, 03 May 2025 12:03:50 +0000

In this blog post, we’ll walk through a practical lab scenario focused on ISIS IPv6 configuration and addressing in a multi-area network environment. This guide is based on Workbook 3 and builds upon previous IS-IS knowledge. We’ll cover setting up IS-IS adjacencies in new areas (0004, 0005, and 0006), understanding different NET (Network Entity Title)… Read More »ISIS IPv6 Configuration Workbook 3

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Workbook 2 ISIS IPv4 Troubleshooting with Route Policies, Authentication

Richard Killeen — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 18:52:18 +0000

Welcome back to our Service Provider Workbook series! This is Workbook 2, and today we’re diving into IS-IS troubleshooting , building on the foundation laid in Workbook 1 where we configured IS-IS and verified our adjacencies. In this session, we’ll focus on a routing issue observed in the lab. Specifically, our IOS-XE routers (CE2 and… Read More »Workbook 2 ISIS IPv4 Troubleshooting with Route Policies, Authentication

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ISIS IPv4 Workbook 1

Richard Killeen — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 16:35:09 +0000

let’s get cracking with our first workbook for ISIS ISIS TASK 1 As we can see here we have our first task you’ve been provided with the IPv4 addressing So all the configurations for that are done So there’s basic connectivity between each pair of devices. So we need to implement ISIS across the multi… Read More »ISIS IPv4 Workbook 1

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Introduction to the CCNP and CCIE Workbooks

Richard Killeen — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:08:05 +0000

Hello everyone and welcome to the introduction to the new set of videos and posts that I will be posting on, YouTube and my website richardkilleen.co.uk and as well as, other social media platforms. I have been currently studying for my CCNP and CCIE service provider exams, And I’m currently in the middle of creating… Read More »Introduction to the CCNP and CCIE Workbooks

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CCIE Service Provider Learning Matrix

Richard Killeen — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 21:15:43 +0000

Cisco have been fantatsic in providing a full learning martix in csv format for anyone who is intrested in doing the Cisco CCIE Service Provider exam. The guide is tailored to version 5.0 of the exam and currently we are on version 5.1. While the core information is 100% relevent quite a few of the… Read More »CCIE Service Provider Learning Matrix

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