From: Rob Ehlers (ccieorbust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue May 02 2000 - 12:38:37 GMT-3
Thanks for the comments, Jon... I appreciate it.
Um, as far as the lab itself, I would highly, highly recommend the labs
from www.cciebootcamp.com . I took 2 weeks off from work (vacation time)
before my lab, and just worked through those labs. I found that the
material covered was very complete. I felt that the labs were actually
much more complicated than the real one. You have the added pressure of
time when you're in there for real, though. One area that you might need
to do a little more studying on is VoIP... this is a new area, and the
cciebootcamp labs only have very basic configuration scenarios for it...
other than that, they whip you into serious shape for the real deal.
Books that I recommend: Routing TCP/IP Vol I (Jeff Doyle),
Interconnections (Radia Perlman), and Cisco Certification (Routers and
Bridges) by Caslow. The caslow book has some good information on DLSw+,
ATM and a few other topics not often covered in other books. I also read
CCIE: Network Design and Case Studies from Cisco Press, but it wasn't all
that helpfull... reading the Caslow book gives you everything you need,
without a bunch of extra crap.
Lab time is key... www.cciebootcamp.com also rents time at a reasonable
rate... Also, www.fatkid.com has some interesting labs (for free), that
actually add some extra stuff to the bootcamp labs.
Good luck!
-- Rob Ehlers, CCIE #5769 rehlers@newsguy.comOn Tue, 2 May 2000, Jon Mendoza wrote:
> I would just like to comment on this thread... > > Rob Ehlers should be able to sell his equipment at whatever price he > wants... If he wants to sell it at $30,000 then by all means.. more power > to him.. Maybe he can donate some of that extra money to charity.. me = ) > > I personally know what it means to spend thousands of dollars on equipment. > The way I see it is investing in myself and will payoff in the long run. > Maybe someone should consider this lab as a long term investment. > > If someone wants to have a turn key ccie lab then Rob Ehlers equipment isnt > such a bad deal. I for one can say that its a pain in the arse to go > through auctions, used dealers to get good pricing on equipment. It takes > some time and effort to find the best deal. Then you have to worry about > coming up with terms that you can work out with each and individual > players... > > I'm not knocking anyone because of their opinion... it's just I would rather > congratulate Mr. Rob Ehlers of a fine job in passing his lab the first time > than worry about how much he should sell his equipment.... > > > This is just my 2 cents... now let get back to studying shall we?? > > Hey Rob.. care to share any thoughts on the lab itself? without breaking > nda of course! > > > Regards, > > Jon >
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