TSHOOT – Mnemonic to remember Logging Levels 0-7, Troubleshooting Methods, and Maintenance Models must know for exam day success!

I wanted to write a quick post to brain wash myself with right before I walk into the exam room tomorrow to Pass TSHOOT, as this theory has a very good chance of being on the exam in some format, and I have a habit of forgetting things I can't lab. So to cover these … Continue reading TSHOOT – Mnemonic to remember Logging Levels 0-7, Troubleshooting Methods, and Maintenance Models must know for exam day success!

TSHOOT – Mgmt Tools (NTP / Syslog / SNMP / IP SLA Tracking) review and troubleshooting for exam day!

If a trouble ticket pops up for these an issue with these protocols, to know if a protocols port # is not being forwarded correctly, or being blocked by an ACL somewhere, in addition to all the other misconfigurations that might go wrong. For IP SLA, perhaps someone can correct me here in the comments, … Continue reading TSHOOT – Mgmt Tools (NTP / Syslog / SNMP / IP SLA Tracking) review and troubleshooting for exam day!

TSHOOT – Critical understanding of Cisco Published Topologies, troubleshooting methods, and must knows for exam day!

These 3 diagrams have been publicly available for years, I downloaded this TSHOOT Topology off Cisco's official learning forum, post can be viewed here. I doubt this is exactly the Topology used on exam day, it very well could be, however if this is not it the Topology will be something extremely similar to this. … Continue reading TSHOOT – Critical understanding of Cisco Published Topologies, troubleshooting methods, and must knows for exam day!

TSHOOT – Network Maintenance, Documentation, and Change Management discussed in detail!

Network Admins hard at work maintaining and fine tuning the network proactively, to make reactive troubleshooting easier when a network problem is reported! Overview of Proactive Network Maintenance and what it might involve Network maintenance is part of any network administrators set of duties in maintaining a healthy network, which often maintenance items are uncovered … Continue reading TSHOOT – Network Maintenance, Documentation, and Change Management discussed in detail!

TSHOOT – Simplified, Structured, and other Troubleshooting Methods described in detail for exam day success!

Above is the flow chart of the "Structured Troubleshooting" method, which takes into consideration who is authorized to implement network changes and fixes, and also focuses on documenting those steps to ensure the fix is implemented correctly and documentation exists that can be referenced at a later time when needed. There are several different methods … Continue reading TSHOOT – Simplified, Structured, and other Troubleshooting Methods described in detail for exam day success!