From: J K (jim_koniecki@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Aug 30 2000 - 11:05:26 GMT-3
Congratulations !!!!
>From: "Tony Medeiros" <tonygreat@home.com>
>Reply-To: "Tony Medeiros" <tonygreat@home.com>
>To: <CCIElab@groupstudy.com>
>Subject: Unbelievable....CCIE # 6172 !!
>Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 01:16:30 -0700
>
>Passed on my first attempt today to my total shock. I didn't plan on
>passing this time at all because I felt I just wasn't ready. I think my
>lack of stress to pass was a major contribution to my passing.
>
>My background is a career changer with 8 months actual experience. I took
>a
>year off and went through the "netgun" program which has about every class
>cisco has, plus a few. I bought a 7 router, 2 switch lab mostly off ebay
>and went thru as many labs as I could, while working crazy hours like all
>you do in this industry. I was going to "experience" the lab this time,
>Take the ECP class in October (which I have to cancel now), work the rack
>every night till 1:00 am, and then pass the lab sometime in December. It
>was a good plan I thought. Now I plan to sell my rack and try and find
>where I left my life!!
>
>My recommended books are the standards: Doyle, Halabi, Caslow. I also
>recommend the Advanced BGP class taught by Geotrain Canada. That class
>took
>all the mystery out of BGP for me. The class also gives you hands on
>experience with all the sceniros: confederations, route reflectors,
>communities, clusters, etc. I would also recommend ANEW 1 for learning
>IGP
>stuff with IP, IPX and Appletalk. Forget about ANEW 2. Also, the CIT
>class is very important.
>
>My biggest recommendation is to RELAX!!! My lack of stress helped me more
>than anything I think. I got in good repore with the proctor right off
>the
>start. We kidded around a little and she was very helpfull at a crucial
>moment.
>
>Other things to be wary of is time!!!! As I pasted in my boiler plate
>configs, I worked on my map. I use a TON of alias commands to save time
>typing. I worked on stuff I knew first, then worked on the tough
>questions.
>Another thing: READ all questions carefully!!! Read the whole test
>before
>configuring or drawing your map. That saved me some time as well. I think
>I used the CD rom once. I understood most of the technologies fairly well
>and when I didn't know the the syntax, I used the good old question mark.
>The question mark can find just about everything if you look in right
>places.
>
>Before this email gets too long I want to thank all the members of the
>list.
>This list WAS and IS one of the most valuable sources of information there
>is. I plan on contributing more now that I have more time. Special
>thanks
>to Paul Bourghese for providing us all with this wonderfull forum. You da
>man Paul !!!
>
>Thanks again everyone!!!!
>Tony Medeiros
>MCSE+I, CCDP, CCNP w/ Voice,ATM, Security
>CCIE 6172
>
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