From: Westmoreland, Alexis (Alexis.Westmoreland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Dec 27 2000 - 14:12:33 GMT-3
Thanks. Is that one question? ;-)
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. We have an ISDN switch, token
ring, atm, voice, & cat5K with lane module and atm switch. Aside from the
books previously mentioned, the Cisco press books seem to be the best. The
1st time around I read too much and practiced to little. For my 2nd try I
practiced more and used the books, Cisco cd, and Cisco site for looking up
how to make something work (or as a reference). The TAC tips (on the Cisco
site) were helpful as well. As Caslow says, know your basics cold.....
frame-relay, isdn, ospf, bgp, rip, igrp, eigrp.
I have over 10 years experience networking. I worked for a NASA
subcontractor. We supported the network. I was the implementation engineer
for Johnson Space Centers Integrated network. I put in the 1st 6 Cisco
routers on their Integrated network. Then we migrated them from the legacy
networks to the Integrated network. At the time we were state of the Art
with FDDI and 10baseT. Then I did Project Management for a while. I got
back into the more technical side when I changed jobs 2 years ago. I passed
my written in April, as stated in my previous note, and the rest is history.
And for the ones asking about women in networking. I am a woman.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Kesemeyer [mailto:jeffkesemeyer@msn.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 7:32 PM
To: Westmoreland, Alexis
Subject: Re: CCIE # 6610
Congradulations !!! That sounds like the best xmas gift one could get,
although nothing is given.
I bet you had a y2k deadline :)
One question if you don't mind...
What did you use for studying and learning aids?
What is your experience level?
What did you use to learn / practice?
CCIE Boot Camps?, Books?, Build your own lab or used a practice lab?
How much time in labs? or learning more advanced features of the IOS?
My plan is CCIE Boot Labs, Read entire 12.0 IOS manuals,
Read every Cisco Press Book on the recommended reading list,
Pay for ATM practice labs,
Practice with CCO and set up strange items, research - config...
Build my own lab 6 routers, frame switch, isdn simulator,
Practice for two months full time....
I have seven years in internetworking with token,ethernet,atm ,isdn.
Just want to make sure I don't miss anything....
Thanks,
Jeff Kesemeyer
CCNP, CCDP, MCSE, CNE
----- Original Message -----
From: Westmoreland, Alexis
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2000 6:33 PM
To: 'CCIE list'
Subject: CCIE # 6610
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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