From: MyersS@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon Mar 13 2000 - 18:36:55 GMT-3
James - if you could only afford one prep lab, which would you have chosen -
the Broadwing or the Wichita lab?
Thanks.
S Myers
-----Original Message-----
From: James D. Holley, Jr. [mailto:jholley@loudoun.com]
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 12:20 PM
To: cisco-cert@cciecert.com; cisco@groupstudy.com
Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: CCIE 5648 (TIPS)- Was CCIE 5648
Here is a timeline of what I did- back when CCIE was a twinkle in my eye. I
really didn't consider myself a candidate until after September 1999, then
went for it full time.
Nov 1998 ICRC at ARG - Global Knowledge
Dec 1998 CMTD at ARS Limited
Jan 1999 ACRC at ARS Limited
June 1999 CATM at ARS Limited
September 1999 CCIE WRITTEN
Oct 1999 BRS at ARS Limited
Nov 1999 CIT at Chesapeake
Dec 1999 OSPF/BGP Workshop at Chesapeake
Jan 2000 Wichita KS Prep LAb
Feb 2000 Broadwing, Reston, VA, 2 day prep lab with voIP
Feb 2000, Halifax, Canada, CCIE LAB PASSED
Books:
-Cisco Certification. Bridges Routers and Switches for CCIEs - Andrew
Bruce Caslow - Prentice Hall
- Internet Routing Architectures - Bassam Halabi - Cisco Press
- Cisco Doc CD (it has been my best friend during the last months...).
-ICRC Course material
-ACRC Course material
-Routing TCP/IP - Jeff Doyle - Cisco Press
- OSPF Network Design Solution - Tom Thomas - Cisco Press
I did not buy a home lab. Yes, I had hands on experience. You cannot pass
the LAB without it! I had the support of a great management team at Sprint
ENS (Paranet) that gave me the resources to complete the ordeal.
I have over 2 years experience with Cisco, and have been a consultant with
Sprint ENS for over 2 years. I have background in Banyan Vines, Novell CNE
(1995), NT, MCSE(1996), Fore System ATM(1999) (LANE, RFC1577-CLIP,
RFC1483-Bridged/Routed PVC/SVC). CCNA (1998). I never took the Cisco
Certifications Exams after CCNA because I was 6 months away from the CCIE,
for me I would rather be just CCNA and then CCIE rather than build up to the
CCNP and then CCIE. I know that you have put in some serious study time to
get your CCNP. When you get CCNP You can be really proud of that! Use your
fundamentals from that to progress to the next level. The CCIE is very
obtainable.
Thanks for the kind words.
James Holley
CCIE 5648
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