Our Cisco Specializations include:
Express Foundation
• Advanced Routing and Switching
• Advanced Security
• Advanced Wireless LAN
• Advanced Unified Communications

Recent News:

Archived News and Event Information is available here.

 

NEWS

 

IP Multicast Topics at BluesNet NAG
Aug 20, 2008

Pete Welcher will present tice on IP multicasts at the Bluesnet Network Advisory Group in Seattle on Aug 20. He will be talking about reasons for doing IP multicast and will be lightly discussing some IPmc applications. Pete will also be discussing technical and business considerations in deploying IP multicast.

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NetCraftsmen @ Networkers @CiscoLive
Jun 23 - 26, 2008

Chesapeake NetCraftsmen was @ Networkers @ CiscoLive in Orlando. We hope you had a chance to stop by and visit our technical folks.

Pete Welcher and Carole Warner Reece also presented a Labtorial session 'CCIP Prep: BGP Configuring Transit Autonomous Systems'. This 4 hour lecture and lab session was on the operation and configuration of a Transit Autonomous System (AS) in a BGP network.

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'Network Management Best Practices' Presented
May 22, 2008

At the Bluesnet Network Advisory Group in Chicago, Pete Welcher presented a topic on "Network Management Best Practice". To view the PDF on Pete's presentation, please click

Network Management Best Practices

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Advanced Routing and Switching Specialization Earned
May 7, 2008

Chesapeake NetCraftsmen's network team achieves the Cisco Advanced Routing and Switching Specialization partner status based on our demonstrated expertise and having fulfilled the training requirements and program prerequisites. We are recognized for this specialization in the Cisco Partner Locator:

http://tools.cisco.com/WWChannels/LOCATR/openBasicSearch.do

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April Cisco University on Mobility Topics
Apr 3, 2008
Apr 4, 2008

Mobility is the focus of the April Cisco U. Dr. Pete Welcher will present a session on Voice over Wireless LAN (VoWLAN). He will look at why VoWLAN  is becoming popular in some environments, cover some of the ways in which VoWLAN differs from a data-only WLAN design including some of the additional factors to consider. He will also look at Voice, WLAN, VoWLAN, and roaming VoWLAN traffic flows since understanding these flows allows network professionals to deploy appropriate QoS and also to troubleshoot a VoWLAN network. The talk will include lessons learned in deploying VoWLAN.

Nick Hoffman from Cisco will present will discuss 802.11n technology, features and benefits.  He will also look at security aspects of Wireless as part of the network infrastructure.

To view the PDF on Pete's presentation, please click

Voice over WLAN

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March Cisco University on Route & Switch Topics
Mar 6, 2008
Mar 7, 2008

The March Cisco U looks at the latest technologies in routing and switching topics. Rick Burts, a Senior Consultant from Chesapeake NetCraftsmen, will present 'Which Routing Protocol is Best'.

John Schnelle from Cisco will present Cisco's recently announced "Nexus 7000 - Data Center Switch."

To view the PDF on Rick's presentation, please click

Selecting a Routing Protocol

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Eric Stuhl is a Double CCIE!
Jan 28, 2008

Chesapeake NetCraftsmen is pleased to announce that Eric Stuhl, one of our senior consultants, joins the ranks of doubly certified internetwork experts by successfully passing the CCIE Security Lab. He previously passed the CCIE Routing & Switching Lab.

Way to go Eric! (Thanks for doubling our doubles!)

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Rob Chee is a Double CCIE!
Jan 15, 2008

Chesapeake NetCraftsmen is pleased to announce that Rob Chee, one of our senior consultants, joins the ranks of doubly certified internetwork experts by successfully passing the CCIE Security Lab. He previously passed the CCIE Routing & Switching Lab.

Way to go Rob!

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New Tips and Tricks are Available
Dec 24, 2007

Some new tips have been posted recently, including a tip for running debugs at system startup, notes on new releases of WIreshark and NMAP, an annotated Cisco LAN-to-LAN IPsec tunnel configuration, plus other helpful information.

For more details on these Tips and Tricks, please click here.

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December Cisco University had a Security Focus
Dec 6, 2007
Dec 7, 2007

The December Cisco U had a focus on security. Ron Trunk, a Senior Consultant from Chesapeake NetCraftsmen, delivered a presentation on 'How to Survive a Network Attack'. His presentation discussed how you can know if your network is under attack, or if your system has been compromised. He looked at some ways to effectively monitor your network and detect both internal and external attacks.  

Tom Lyons from IronPort presented a talk on managing and protecting mission-critical networks  from Internet threats with Ironport solutions.

To view the PDF of Ron's presentation, please click here.

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Advanced Wireless LAN Specialization Renewed
Nov 12, 2007

.Chesapeake NetCraftsmen has again met the resource requirements for Cisco's Advanced Wireless LAN Specialization with our ongoing commitment and expertise. We are recognized for this specialization in the Cisco Partner Locator, located at:

http://tools.cisco.com/WWChannels/LOCATR/jsp/partner_locator.jsp

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Data Center Focus for November Cisco University
Nov 1, 2007
Nov 2, 2007

The November Cisco U focused on Data Center Architecture and included presentations on Data Center Segmentation and Optimizing and Securing Applications. Dr. Pete Welcher highlighted case studies and techniques for Data Center Segmentation.  His presentation included discussions on design, controlling user access, and virtualization. 

Jim Bonfils and Jay Zitcovich, Cisco Data Center Specialists presented a talk on Optimizing and Securing Applications.

To view the PDF of Pete's presentation, please click here.

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Chesapeake NetCraftsmen Earns a Star from Cisco
Oct 20, 2007


We are pleased to announce that we are now recognized with highest distinction by Cisco for achieving Customer Satisfaction Excellence. You can see our star by looking us up in the Cisco Partner Locator:

http://tools.cisco.com/WWChannels/LOCATR/openBasicSearch.do

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Rick Burts is the Top NetPro Worldwide
Oct 11, 2007

Rick Burts from Chesapeake NetCraftsmen is now the top Cisco NetPro in the world! Rick loves to share his networking expertise with others, and values the NetPro experience. Some of his tips are included at our Tips and Tricks link.

To get more information about the forums at the Networking Professionals Connection, please click here.

To learn about the top NetPros like Rick, please click here.

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Cisco University on IP Telephony and Unified Communications
Oct 4, 2007 (Herndon, VA)
Oct 5 , 2007 (Columbia, MD)

The October Cisco U featured presentations on Advanced Dial Plan Design for IP Telephony Networks, an update on Cisco's Unified Communication Architecture, and on Leveraging IOS for Application, Voice, and Network Performance Management

Bruce Enders from Netcraftsmen discussed differences and similarities in traditional Voice vs. IP Telephony design and dial plan setups.

To view the PDF on Bruce's presentation, please click

Advanced Dial Plan Design

Dave Amoriell from Cisco Systems, Inc. highlighted some of the key enhancements to Cisco's Unified Communication Architecture and discussed how applications are evolving around this architecture.

Ward Cobleigh from Fluke Networks reviewed how Cisco IOS embedded capabilities and data sources can be leveraged to gain a better understanding of network, voice, and application performance.

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Advanced Security Partner Specialization Earned
Oct 2, 2007

Chesapeake NetCraftsmen's security team has officially earned the status as a Cisco Advanced Security specialized partner based on our demonstrated expertise. We are recognized for this specialization in the Cisco Partner Locator:

http://tools.cisco.com/WWChannels/LOCATR/openBasicSearch.do

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Express Foundations Partner Status Renewed
Sep 6, 2007

Chesapeake NetCraftsmen has officially renewed our status as a Cisco's Express Foundation partner based on our demonstrated expertise. We are recognized for this specialization in the Cisco Partner Locator:

http://tools.cisco.com/WWChannels/LOCATR/openBasicSearch.do

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Advanced Unified Communications Specialization Renewed
Aug 31, 2007

Chesapeake NetCraftsmen has again met the resource requirements for Cisco's Advanced Unified Communications Specialization with our ongoing commitment and expertise. We are recognized for this specialization in the Cisco Partner Locator, located at:

http://tools.cisco.com/WWChannels/LOCATR/jsp/partner_locator.jsp

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ARCH Train the Trainer
Jul 30-31, 2007

Carole Warner Reece from Chesapeake NetCraftsmen presented the CIsco Train the Trainer session for the new version of Designing Cisco Network Service Architectures (ARCH) to CIsco instructors. She and Pete Welcher were the leads in developing the 2.0 version of this course.

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