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I’ve spent the weekend (well, after Friday) doing labs from the IPexpert SP workbook. I finished Lab 9 on Friday, then did Lab 11 yesterday followed by Lab’s 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19. Today I did Lab 24 and 25. In other words I did most of the labs that don’t overlap with material I learnt in my CCIE R&S. I’ve picked up a few things from all of this and I’m feeling a bit overconfident at the moment, although I have awhile until my lab date still. I think I’ve finally clarified in my mind a set of rules about BGP, MPLS, VPNs etc. that I can take with me and that should see me through. Once I’ve articulated them a little better (it’s one thing to know them, another to explain them) I’ll write a post about them. Now, for my day job, I get to work through the rest of the topic specific labs, proofreading and ensuring that the content is as good as it can be, and rewording things here and there. Fortunately I’ve got a few more weeks to do that. On a personal note, I’d like to put a shout out to a friend who called me on the weekend from Australia (she knows who she is). I hope you’re feeling a little better on this Monday morning (whilst I’m enjoying Sunday afternoon) and remember that the sun always rises…