From: Westmoreland, Alexis (Alexis.Westmoreland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Dec 27 2000 - 13:32:55 GMT-3
I used the CCIE all in one book, Caslow's book, Cisco's LAN Switching book,
and the Cisco site. You will need to get used to finding info on the CD.
Many folks claimed that the CCIE all in one book was too easy. I found it to
be the best starting place. I think they now have a 2nd edition. Don't buy
the 2nd edition, I heard there was too much theory and not as many labs.
Fortunately, we have a great lab at work.
I am located in Houston.
-----Original Message-----
From: jim klane [mailto:jim_koniecki@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 7:39 AM
To: Alexis.Westmoreland@getronics.com
Subject: Re: CCIE # 6610
congratulations ,
could i ask you a question ?
I just booked my first ccie lab date for july 11th . I am already nervous .
I have been through many cisco courses and have been working with ios for
over 3 years . I feel that i could one day pass this exam .
How did you prepare. What did you Use ? Where are you located ..
I appreciate your time
Jim Koniecki
>From: "Westmoreland, Alexis" <Alexis.Westmoreland@getronics.com>
>Reply-To: "Westmoreland, Alexis" <Alexis.Westmoreland@getronics.com>
>To: "'CCIE list'" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>Subject: CCIE # 6610
>Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2000 18:28:37 -0500
>
>I apologize for taking so long to send this but.....
>
>I passed on my 2nd attempt in RTP on Dec. 15th!!!
>
>My experience;
>I passed my written in April of 2000. Got a date for my 1st try in August.
>I
>started studying and made my 1st attempt. I knew that I was not quite
>ready,
>but made the attempt anyway. I had a problem with one technology and spent
>too much time on it because I thought that I could get it working. I should
>have moved on.
>
>On the morning of Dec. 14th I arrived to the lab site at 8:00 am. I sat in
>my car doing some last minute reviews until 8:15. I was scheduled to start
>at 8:30. Little did I know that they were waiting for me to get started.
>This time I was at RTP's new location. The proctor spent a few minutes
>going over the equipment and telling us what to expect. Then we were
>assigned a station. By the time we broke for lunch, I was somewhat
>optimistic. I was having a problem with one technology just like before.
>However, this time I decided to leave it and go on with everything else. I
>finished with everything else at around 2:00. Then I worked on my problem.
>Got it working around 3:30 or 4:00. I used the rest of the time to save
>configs, even though I did that through out the day, then I rechecked my
>work. I left feeling pretty good about going on.
>
>On Dec. 15th, I arrived and found out that I had enough points to go on. We
>were given our 2nd day books. It started with 5 in our group. 2 of us had
>enough points to go on. I had just enough time to complete before we had to
>break for lunch. As we waited, in the waiting room, I got more and more
>nervous. I had completed everything, but did not have time to do much
>testing. Finally, we were called individually to find if we had enough
>points to go on to troubleshooting. Again I had enough to go in to
>troubleshooting. The other guy did not have enough points as he suspected.
>Then, I had to wait some more for the proctor to break my network. It was
>the most nerve racking wait in the world. Finally after troubleshooting I
>got my #. I was numb with shock leaving the lab with my # on yellow post-it
>note.
>
>
>
>
>Thanks
>
>Alexis A. Westmoreland
>(713 )852-5402
>
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