Author: Zig Zsiga

Zig Zsiga, CCDE™ 2016::32, CCIE™ #44883 has been in the networking industry for 20 years. He is currently a Principal Architect supporting the CX US Public Sector Business and Customers. Zig holds an active CCDE and two CCIE certifications, one in Routing and Switching and the second in Service Provider. Zig also holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science from Park University. Zig is a father, a husband, a United States Marine, a gamer, a nerd, a geek and a big soccer fan. Zig loves all technology and can usually be found in the lab learning and teaching others. Zig is a published author now working on his second book, the CCDE OCG. He is the host of the Zigbits Network Design Podcast (ZNDP) where he interviews leading industry experts to talk about network design. All of Zig's content is located at https://zigbits.tech. Zig lives in Upstate New York, USA with his wife, Julie and their son Gunnar.

Cisco ISE EAP-TLS 802.1x Auth – EAP-TLS Wired Use Cases – ZBISE10

February 27, 2018 Zig Zsiga Blog, Cisco, Cisco ISE Blog Series, ZBISE

Hey Friends, Nerds, and Geeks! In Today’s Cisco ISE 2.3 Blog Series installment we are going to reflect on our work in ZBISE09 where we completed our Wired PEAP-MSCHAPv2 Use Cases and then we are going to implement our Wired EAP-TLS Use Cases. The Use Cases we are going to be implementing today are our Wired EAP-TLS specific Use Cases of Domain PC, Domain User, and Domain Privilege User. We have a lot to cover and not a lot of time, so lets get too it!

ZNDP 023 – CCDE Practical Exam Recommendation and Tips

February 16, 2018 Zig Zsiga Cisco, Consultative Leadership, Network Community, Network Design, Podcast, ZNDP

Hey Friends, Nerds, and Geeks out there, in this episode we are going to highlight some CCDE Practical Exam Recommendations and Tips that will help you on your journey to pursue the CCDE Certification. And we are starting right now!! 🙂

ZNDP 022 – What is a Ziglet?

February 11, 2018 Zig Zsiga Podcast, ZNDP

Hey Friends, Nerds, and Geeks out there, today you are going to find out what a Ziglet is. Launch your favorite podcatcher app, turn up the volume, queue the DJ…lets get this show on the road!!

ZBISE09 – Cisco ISE 802.1x Auth – PEAP Wired Use Cases

January 19, 2018 Zig Zsiga Blog, Cisco, Cisco ISE Blog Series, ZBISE

Hey Friends, Nerds, and Geeks! In Today’s Cisco ISE 2.3 Blog Series installment we are going to implement three of our Use Cases. Yes, I know it has been a long time in coming!! The Use Cases we are going to be implementing today are our Wired PEAP specific Use Cases of Domain PC, Domain User, and Domain Privilege User. Strap in and buckle up as this is going to be a long and informative installment with over 80 screenshots!

No Screenshots were harmed in the making of today’s Post! 🙂

ZNDP 021 – Ask Zig – How do you handle all of the inputs?

January 19, 2018 Zig Zsiga Network Community, Podcast, ZNDP

Hey Friends, Nerds, and Geeks out there, we have another Ask Zig episode today! Our follower, Patrick from Virginia has asked us this question, “How Do You Handle All Of The Inputs?”. Queue the podcast, plug in the earbuds, turn on the blutooth speakers, and listen to the answer in today’s episode!

ZBISE08 – Cisco ISE Wired Authorization Profiles

January 12, 2018 Zig Zsiga Blog, Cisco, Cisco ISE Blog Series, ZBISE

Hey Ziglets, in today’s installment of the Zigbit’s Cisco ISE 2.3 Blog Series, we are going to create all of our Wired Authorization Profiles, or permissions. These Authorization Profiles will be used once we create our Use Cases over the next few installments. Lets jump right into this, shall we?!?!?! 🙂

ZBISE07 – Cisco ISE Adding Network Access Devices (NADs) – Cisco vWLC

January 5, 2018 Zig Zsiga Blog, Cisco, Cisco ISE Blog Series, ZBISE 2 comments

Hey Ziglets, its ISE ISE Baby time!! Today we are continuing with our Cisco ISE 2.3 Blog Series by adding our NADs, or Network Access Devices, into our ISE Cluster. In our last episode we add our Cisco 3750e to our ISE Cluster. In this episode we are going to add our vWLC to our ISE Cluster. The vWLC Configuration is much more straightforward than the 3750e’s configuration. Lets jump right into it shall we?!?!?!

ZNDP 020 – Ask Zig – What is your CCxE Methodology?

January 5, 2018 Zig Zsiga Cisco, Network Design, Podcast, ZNDP

Hey Ziglets, we have an Ask Zig episode!! One of our Ziglets, Bill from Canada, has asked What is your CCxE Methodology? What a great question, thanks Bill for sending it in. Listen to the answer in this episode!

ZBISE06 – Cisco ISE Adding Network Access Devices (NADs) – Cisco Switch

December 30, 2017 Zig Zsiga Blog, Cisco, Cisco ISE Blog Series, ZBISE 2 comments

Hey Ziglets, its ISE ISE Baby time!! Today we are continuing with our Cisco ISE 2.3 Blog Series by adding our NADs, or Network Access Devices, into our ISE Cluster. We are going to add our Lab Cisco 3750e switch into our ISE Cluster! This is our last blog post for 2017 so lets jump right into it!

ZNDP 019 – Zigbits 2017 Year End. Hello 2018!

December 22, 2017 Zig Zsiga Podcast, ZNDP

Hey Ziglets, here is ZNDP 019, a Summary of our First year blogging and podcasting! Lets see what podcast episodes were the most downloaded and which blog posts were the most viewed for 2017! Also, we will highlight some of the content coming in 2018! We are jumping into the last ZNDP episode of 2017 right Meow!