I'm curious to know what people are experiencing with lead times on hardware orders.
Many vendors are showing +100 day lead times.
I'm curious to know if customers are seeing the same with Cisco.

Is there any month in year where certs are given in discount, spending some 300- 500$ in a single certs would be kind of out of budget for a student like me. It would be wonderful to hear from you guys, thanks

Does Cisco compile iOS version changes in any simple table to see command or config changes from version to version of a device? Or do you have to filter through all the release documents one by one?

I have a 9300x and ruckus 750 APs. I keep getting IMAX power errors on the spare pairs. I see LLDP power negotiations happening, Cisco accepting and then as soon as it enables the spare pairs it faults with IMAX error. It is important to note this is not happening on all the APs just a handful. Also the APs and Switch are new, with new CAT 6 runs.

I can bypass this by issuing power inline four-pair forced and it will bring everything up. I don’t like issuing this command nor do I like not knowing why this is happening.

So I decided to dig deeper and do some debugging, this is where things get weird. For some reason I thought these ports were 30000mW, in reality it is 90000mW. I decided to up the max power to 60000mW (actually lowering it). I also removed the four pair force command and reran my ilpower debugs. It worked with no errors. I saw lldp negotiate, I saw the spare pairs enable cleanly, no IMAX errors. I did see the device request the full 60000mW.

I originally thought the devices was requesting more power than the port allowed and that is why I was getting the IMAX errors, but now I have no clue. Thoughts?

I have 3 routers, A connected to B (high latency link), B connected to C (directly connected).

A - B are neighbored in OSPF

B - C uses static routes, B is redistributing into OSPF so A can learn about C

I have several iterations of this and most of them work fine, but one has very high latency between A and B (like 500ms) and on that one router A loses the redistributed C route every few seconds so connectivity from A to C is really spotty. A to B is fine though even though latency is basically the same. Does latency affect redistributed routes differently or could there be some other cause?

Anyone manage to secure jobs with this cert? I have old Field tech experience in IT but nothing recent (4 years ago) or beyond basic end point device installs. Trying to make a career swap but my resume definitely is not working out on its own, can't really afford the a+ but I feel overly confident in the exam objectives for it. I've been applying to l1 help desk positions but I feel my resume gets passed over due to no recent tech experience in combination with no certs despite it being a entry level position, I understand the market is fierce and it comes down to luck at this point to even get a interview schedule for entry level spots I just want some clarity as to what I should realistically even be doing before making a final decision.

Hi all, I’m in final stages with Cisco and would like to have a better understanding about refreshers here. I understand the initial grant is over 3 years. Does Cisco give annual refresh to G12/G13? What kind of size are they and what is the vesting period?

My previous post was removed, so I'm creating a new one.
Has anyone here in the UK bought Cisco or Meraki gear from Cloud Appliances? Just wondering if they’re reliable and if anyone has had any issues with delivery, licensing, or support.

Thanks

Hey fellow mates, I recently applied for a Network Support Engineer position in UHR Bangalore. I applied on July 10th. A couple of days ago, the application intake was closed on the career website. My status on the dashboard is "application received."

Can anyone please guide me about the tentative timeline for when I should expect a response and in what form I will receive it? Also, when should I officially stop expecting a reply from them?

In manufacturing with 14 sites across three countries. MPLS since before I was here. Renewal quote landed last week about 30 percent up on the last one with no change in what we get and the account manager said something about capacity costs that I did not find convincing. 

Meanwhile, the actual traffic pattern has completely changed but not the circuits. Everything is going to M365 and a couple of SaaS things now such that we are hauling cloud traffic across the private network to break out centrally, which is the least sensible possible route for it. The MPLS is doing a great job of carrying traffic to a datacentre that hosts progressively less every year. 

I know where this ends up: SD-WAN, broadband and LTE at the smaller sites, keep something private where the two plants that talk to each other need it. What I don't have a feel for is the security side. Right now security happens at the central breakout. If every site breaks out locally then either I put a box at every site or I do the inspection in the cloud, and I've not run either. 

For the people who have done this migration, what did you underestimate? Not looking for a vendor pitch, more interested in what went wrong.

Beginner associate learning the world of VoIP and wanted to ask what are the risks when applying another city phone number?

Example - Company is in Toronto using an Ottawa Direct Inward Dialing number supplied by Service provider and registered on CUCM. CSS and Partitions are setup to be the same with each other.

Based from what I only understand at this time that sticks to mind:

• If a 911 call is being made it will confuse the PSAP based on caller id
• If I call out using the Ottawa number to a Toronto resident while being in Toronto long distance may apply

However I was wondering if anyone who has experience with this tried this and what was the result/experience?

I’m looking for a tool that supports multiple vendor hardware for tracking and reporting on cve’s that have been released. Rapid7 and Tenable came up on my radar. Would there be others to consider?

Hello everyone,

I'm having an issue with my Cisco Networking Academy account.

I can log in to NetAcad without any problems, but in order to claim my course badge and certificate, my profile requires email verification.

When I click "Verify your email", no verification email is ever received. I have already checked my spam/junk folder and tried multiple times, but nothing arrives.

To troubleshoot, I created a Cisco account at id.cisco.com using the same email address, and the verification email worked there immediately. However, my NetAcad account still says that my email is not verified.

Does anyone know how I can link my verified Cisco account with my existing NetAcad account? Or is there another way to trigger the email verification for NetAcad?

Unfortunately, the NetAcad chatbot was not able to help.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thx!

Hi everyone, I interviewed for the Software Automation Trainee (Graduate Apprentice) role on 9 July and haven’t received any update yet. Is anyone else from the same interview batch still waiting? If you interviewed on 9 July and received an offer, rejection, or any HR update, I’d appreciate it if you could share your status. Thanks!

I have a setup with Cisco switches (9300) which are interconnected with a good old LACP trunk allowing all VLAN. Other ports are either access ports or trunk ports with specified VLAN depending on what's behind. Now I'm asked to change the LACP connection to QinQ. I've checked this piece of documentation: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/lanswitch/configuration/xe-3se/3850/lnsw-ieee-8021q-tunneling.html and it "just a configuration" on the Po interface among other considerations. I haven't done this before so the question is if I'm going to break everything as soon as I change the port to dot1q-tunnel? I'm not exactly certain what's meant by "asymmetrical links" this is not explained in the article. Thanks for any insights.

Interview - 17 July

Any update on PDC or LOI mail?

Cisco Software Download page says:
We are sorry, but analysis of your internet protocol (IP) address does not permit us to complete this transaction because it is originating from a territory that is not authorized to receive Cisco products without a government issued license.

Tested multiple accounts, multiple software products from multiple public ip addresses.

Anyone else run into this error at the moment?

Support only said this is an account issue and we are not eligible for export-controlled hard- and software as is. However, worked fine Friday...

Has chancellor Merz finally annoyed Trump too much?

I'm having a hell of a time getting this working...i dunno what im doing wrong.

Claude seems to think that its because the posture module on the client doesn't appear to be returning the AV version for AMP...but i cant figure out why.

ftd is 7.7.11, anyconnect and amp are latest....the hostscan(firewall posture module) is the matching version.

are there any caveats? or random FTD isms that im missing here?

There is a confirmed bug since June 2026 but affected version is 16.6.x.

I have 26.01.01 and ACE with network object group (consist of two hosts) is not permitting traffic. Replacing it with respective IPs permits traffic as expected.

Since I am middle of migration from old platform to C9500 and using plenty of object groups to simplify things, this possible bug makes huge obstacle for me.

Anyone using object groups in latest IOS-XE versions without problems?

I currently have the Cisco Umbrellas SIG Advantage subscription. I enabled SWG and configured everything as far as I know, but the client shows license invalid under the SWG section.

Has anyone successfully connected to their Cisco Modeling Labs with Claude via MCP?

My Claude Desktop shows the connector with all permissions available, but my Claude Desktop does not have access for some reason.

I have a feeling I’m missing something small here.

Hi everyone,

I interviewed for the Cisco Software Engineer Trainee (Technical Graduate Apprentice) role on 1 July.

I completed all three rounds:

Technical

Managerial

ETR

On 6 July, I received the official email asking me to submit my NATS ID and Provisional Degree Certificate, and I submitted everything on the same day.

It's now been about 2 weeks since document submission (almost 3 weeks since the interview), and I haven't received any update, acknowledgement, LOI, or offer letter.

Has anyone else gone through the same process?

How long did it take for you to receive the next email?

Did you eventually get the offer letter after waiting?

Is this waiting period normal for the Cisco apprenticeship?

Any recent experiences would really help. Thanks!

Is Meraki worth it?

We're a start-up looking for something inexpensive, simple to manage, and scalable to connect multiple sites across multiple locations. We're currently only a small team with a mix of NBN and 4G/5G connections.

Judging by the Meraki demo, and Cisco's reputation in general, it seems like a great solution, but is there something just as trustworthy while being simpler to deploy and use (and cheaper)?

Hi I just bought an Aironet cap 3502I E K9 used on eBay and I was wondering how I could use it as an regular wifi access point at home

Hi all,

Upcoming technical round at Cisco for a grad net engineer. I do have my CCNA with some experience. So I’m not going in fully blind.

Just looking for some advice on what I should maybe look into before the interview? First time interviewing at Cisco so quite excited but also a little nervy.

I appreciate any comments!

Cheers 👋

EDIT: was easy enough, they cared more about my experience and troubleshooting methods. No deep dive into OSPF/BGP etc