From: Norberto Padin (npadin@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Fri Apr 06 2001 - 00:10:47 GMT-3
Hi guys:
Finally the day has arrived.
I've just finished the exam.
I got my CCIE in the second attempt.
Both times were in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
I'd like to thank Elaine (the proctor) since she was always open to answer
questions and encouraged to all the candidates.
My first attempt was on Feb 21-22, and I didn't pass the first day.
I knew I did stupid mistakes I didn't this time.
Day 1 was OK, and I felt it since I had 2 hours for checking everything,
rebooting routers and re-checking again. Even though, I lost some points.
Day 2 was a little bit difficult but now the spare time was 5min. I missed
too much points.
After lunch (I couldn't eat) the proctor told me I needed at least 22 points
(it means I've got 58 between day 1 and 2), I found 25 mistakes.
I can't believe it.
My preparation was:
Read and re-read Internet Routing Architectures, Second Edition, by Sam
Halabi.
Read and re-read Routing TCP/IP, by Jeff Doyle.
Read the Cisco Certification: Bridges, Routers, and Switches for CCIE's,
Second Edition, By Bruce Bruce Caslow, Valeriy Pavlichenko.
www-tac.cisco.com, here you have a lot of tips and tricks.
Tons of hands-on, the last 2 weeks I was typing from 8 AM to 8 PM from
Monday to Saturday.
I used fatkid (www.fatkid.com), thanks Derek, for different scenarios and
solutions.
The rack we have at the office has 2 x 2610, 1 x 4500, 4 x 2500s, 1x2511
(access server), a RIP/EIGRP/BGP generator (2514), Cat5500 w/ATM switch and
a Cat3900.
As you can see in my email address, I work for Cisco in Argentina, for that
reason I used all of this stuff.
Tips:
. Remember where to find things in the documentation CD, better if you don't
use it.
. Read the exam carefully.
. Practice and practice and practice.
. Don't get nervous (I was the second day).
. Trust in yourself.
. Practice a scenario, when you finish, delete it and start again.
. Use this newsgroup, I used a lot of information that helped me on this
achievement.
To finish, I'd like to thanks to all of you that are always posting great
information.
Take care,
Nor.
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