Non-stop ASA Firewall Configuration Party at my house! ALL WEEKEND!!!
:kidwoohoo:
Fun starts tonight with the 7PM call to the guys doing the cabling in Singapore. BE THERE! :pub:
Uhhhhhh... pass.....
:rofl:
no drinkin, no smokin, no skateboarding, no fun. Sleep on couch watching sports. football, and baseball world series.
I'm into my final countdown. I gave three weeks's notice since it matched up with my new start date. Today marks the end of week 2 however I spent the morning fully cleaning out my desk and setting personal things aside to go home today. My last real workday and day in the office is Monday!!!!! We have a yearly IT trip at Corp. HQ next week and since my flight/room/car was already booked they want me to go anyway. So travel Tuesday, meetings Wednesday/Thursday, and travel again on Friday!!! Best last week I've ever had! :rock: :woohoo: :partay:
But I have a large cutover this afternoon that they want done before I leave the company to make routing through both DC's fully redundant and active/active as well as layering in the WAN at both sites for the company that bought us earlier this year. Up to now the DC's have been a manual failover. So here's hoping there are no massive loops and/or foul ups on my part and that I properly planned all the pieces.
I spent 10/18 and 10/25 doing F5 cutovers/upgrades at 6:30AM. I am spending this weekend doing nothing but having a friend visit and smoking some pork shoulder on my new Weber Smokey Mountain 22.5. I am going to Sungard in Philadelphia, PA next week for a new hardware cutover and 11/8 is my last outage Sunday for the year. Trying to get one set of ToR Cisco 4948's swapped for Cisco FEX'es.
Quote from: mmcgurty on October 30, 2015, 11:52:00 AM
my new Weber Smokey Mountain 22.5.
nice choice, very popular item.
I would recommend eventually getting a dual probe remote therm to monitor grill temps and internal meat temp. makes life much easier.
Just finished week two of my three weeks notice with my boss telling me I will not be needed past today. So next week I will be unemployed and laying low! I figured how my week went that would be the case.
Weekend is going to be crazy with all the Halloween crap we have lined up for the kids. They will love it but at my expense.
Hopefully get some football in sunday and have a nice relaxing week next week. :cheers:
I start a 10 day vacation at COB today. Wife has to work this weekend, and next week. So I have nothing planned at all. Been kicking around the idea of starting a blog, and writing up the stuff I do in my lab. Maybe do that while I am off. Just can't find a good name to use yet.
-Otanx
Quote from: Otanx on October 30, 2015, 03:10:13 PM
I start a 10 day vacation at COB today. Wife has to work this weekend, and next week. So I have nothing planned at all. Been kicking around the idea of starting a blog, and writing up the stuff I do in my lab. Maybe do that while I am off. Just can't find a good name to use yet.
-Otanx
Oh yeah, do it!!!
Labbing
http://www.tunnelsup.com/cisco-asa-troubleshooting-failover-when-failover-is-off came in handy when we saw duplicate damn MAC addresses on our ASAs when we were trying to fix HA...
Singapore is testing the new ASAs and the results are looking good. Traffic is flowing, so if there are any more problems...
:notthefirewall:
Quote from: ristau5741 on October 30, 2015, 12:04:52 PM
Quote from: mmcgurty on October 30, 2015, 11:52:00 AM
my new Weber Smokey Mountain 22.5.
nice choice, very popular item.
I would recommend eventually getting a dual probe remote therm to monitor grill temps and internal meat temp. makes life much easier.
I have a cheap single probe wireless remote right now but I think the wife is getting me an iGrill2 for Christmas. I was able to do some really good pulled pork on Friday without having to work too hard. Since it was my first smoke ever with charcoal, I thought I did pretty well.
Video games are the bane of my existence.
Protip: cut them out and study in their place. It's the only way to get the damned certifications done.
Its amazing how much work you can get done if your l33t graphics card decides to fry itself on the month it goes out of warranty... I'll rejoin the PC master race when the time is right :rock:
Quote from: wintermute000 on November 02, 2015, 03:14:52 PM
Protip: cut them out and study in their place. It's the only way to get the damned certifications done.
Its amazing how much work you can get done if your l33t graphics card decides to fry itself on the month it goes out of warranty... I'll rejoin the PC master race when the time is right :rock:
Heh - trust me... I've had that conversation with myself many.. many times... but after a long day at work, then dealing with family life and two small kiddos, house chores, etc. I get about an hour or two to myself before I have to go to bed (Can't even stay up to 11pm anymore) and do it all over again.. can't seem to find the motivation to give up what lets my mind relax and zone out to pound in more of what I do at work all day.... ugh. It was so much easier without kids!
One thing I have learned with my CCIE studies is motivation is one of the first things to go. The shiny and cool wear off quick. To stay on track and work through these things you must have a solid game-plan/strategy and discipline. Now if I could just apply those same principals to losing weight and getting back into the gym...
Quote from: that1guy15 on November 03, 2015, 12:42:29 PM
One thing I have learned with my CCIE studies is motivation is one of the first things to go. The shiny and cool wear off quick. To stay on track and work through these things you must have a solid game-plan/strategy and discipline. Now if I could just apply those same principals to losing weight and getting back into the gym...
CCIE gym equipment, now there is an idea. miss a Q. 10 more reps... too niche of a market though. no money to be made....
Quote from: that1guy15 on November 03, 2015, 12:42:29 PM
One thing I have learned with my CCIE studies is motivation is one of the first things to go. The shiny and cool wear off quick. To stay on track and work through these things you must have a solid game-plan/strategy and discipline. Now if I could just apply those same principals to losing weight and getting back into the gym...
Yep... my issue is definitely discipline.... ;) Always been a challenge for me. That's why instead of doing remote courses in college when I had the chance, I purposely avoided it and opted for in-class work. I knew that would take me away from any distractions and help me stay on track.
Try these things:
1. Wake up early.
2. Drink a big thing of water.
3. Do your exercises (30 min)
4. Shower, shave, all that kind of stuff (30 min)
5. Study (30 min-1 hour)
6. Eat breakfast and do the rest of your morning stuff
7. Head on in to work
Yes, you only study 30-60 minutes a day, but it will be the best studying you do. Your mind is ready to learn all kinds of stuff in the morning. Do your learning before you eat food and your blood will be in your brain, not busy digesting stuff. If you need black coffee or a diet cola to wake up, fine, have some. But nothing that requires digesting.
So much for my vacation. Got called Sunday. Customer network blew up, and they asked for me by name. Flew out Monday, and on site yesterday, and today. Out brief on the issue tomorrow, and fly home Friday. Vacation rescheduled for I don't know when. I am in use or lose and already have most of December off. Guess I will be out of the office starting on Thanksgiving, and come back after the new year.
-Otanx
Nice to have it all in a block like that.
Quote from: deanwebb on November 03, 2015, 07:00:19 PM
Try these things:
1. Wake up early.
2. Drink a big thing of water.
3. Do your exercises (30 min)
4. Shower, shave, all that kind of stuff (30 min)
5. Study (30 min-1 hour)
6. Eat breakfast and do the rest of your morning stuff
7. Head on in to work
Yes, you only study 30-60 minutes a day, but it will be the best studying you do. Your mind is ready to learn all kinds of stuff in the morning. Do your learning before you eat food and your blood will be in your brain, not busy digesting stuff. If you need black coffee or a diet cola to wake up, fine, have some. But nothing that requires digesting.
Ummm.. I get up at 6:00 AM to get the kids ready and take them to school..... start work at 8:00 AM.
Quote from: AspiringNetworker on November 04, 2015, 02:14:17 PM
Quote from: deanwebb on November 03, 2015, 07:00:19 PM
Try these things:
1. Wake up early.
2. Drink a big thing of water.
3. Do your exercises (30 min)
4. Shower, shave, all that kind of stuff (30 min)
5. Study (30 min-1 hour)
6. Eat breakfast and do the rest of your morning stuff
7. Head on in to work
Yes, you only study 30-60 minutes a day, but it will be the best studying you do. Your mind is ready to learn all kinds of stuff in the morning. Do your learning before you eat food and your blood will be in your brain, not busy digesting stuff. If you need black coffee or a diet cola to wake up, fine, have some. But nothing that requires digesting.
Ummm.. I get up at 6:00 AM to get the kids ready and take them to school..... start work at 8:00 AM.
Then get up at 5 AM. That extra hour is 100% YOURS. Play the "Theme From Rocky" for your wake-up music to get yourself going.
Quote from: deanwebb on November 04, 2015, 02:44:49 PM
Quote from: AspiringNetworker on November 04, 2015, 02:14:17 PM
Quote from: deanwebb on November 03, 2015, 07:00:19 PM
Try these things:
1. Wake up early.
2. Drink a big thing of water.
3. Do your exercises (30 min)
4. Shower, shave, all that kind of stuff (30 min)
5. Study (30 min-1 hour)
6. Eat breakfast and do the rest of your morning stuff
7. Head on in to work
Yes, you only study 30-60 minutes a day, but it will be the best studying you do. Your mind is ready to learn all kinds of stuff in the morning. Do your learning before you eat food and your blood will be in your brain, not busy digesting stuff. If you need black coffee or a diet cola to wake up, fine, have some. But nothing that requires digesting.
Ummm.. I get up at 6:00 AM to get the kids ready and take them to school..... start work at 8:00 AM.
Then get up at 5 AM. That extra hour is 100% YOURS. Play the "Theme From Rocky" for your wake-up music to get yourself going.
Ugggh... stop asking me to be an adult and stuff.... :barf: