From: niallr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sat Aug 12 2000 - 14:02:09 GMT-3
This morning I passed on my first attempt with 65% (60% required).
Breakdown as follows:
Access Technologies 44
Access Protocols, Features, and Architecture 25
Distribution Layer Technologies 75
Distribution Protocols 62
Core Technologies 77
Core Protocols 87
Core Applications 87
Campus Design Issues 50
WAN Design Issues 75
Multiservice Design 55
SNA/IP Migration 75
Network Management 66
I decided to take the Design written as a sort of consolation prize for
failing the R&S lab again at the beginning of this month. If you ask me
what I did to prepare, I'll have to admit that I printed out a copy of
the Blueprint:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/625/ccie/certifications/design_blueprint.html
and then spent the next week replacing rotted-out wood siding instead of
studying. Clearly I took a beating in the Access sections. That can be
put down to a glaring lack of DSL\Cable experience on my part. I don't
have any excuse for the 50% on Campus Design Issues after all the
switches I've installed... The Multiservice stuff got me as well, but
since I'm scheduled for CIPT and CVOICE back to back over the next two
weks I ought to be able to clear that up :-) I used about 80 of the
allotted 120 minutes.
In light of the results, I can say that reviewing the blueprint more
carefully would have substantially clued me in to a number of questions
that I know I got wrong. One more time for emphasis REVIEW THE BLUEPRINT
!
Background info which might be relevant to understanding the above:
CCNP+ATM+SNA/IP,CCDP+SNA/IP, NNCSE, NNCDE, MCNE, MCP
I haven't taken any of the related Cisco courses. Caslow, Halabi, Doyle
et al have been the predominant reading material for the last year and a
half. My job with SBC Datacomm (for affiliation not representation)
involves post-sales work on just about everything Cisco sells. My design
experience is strictly that which results from having to field-engineer
solutions. I've been in networking for about 4.5 years and working with
Cisco equipment for about two years.
Niall
-- Some of my best information on tuning EIGRP came from colleagues, both native and US military, in the former Yugoslavia. They pointed out how to tune around error rates caused by gunfire hitting the telephone lines.- Howard Berkowitz on Groupstudy 3/13/2000
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