From: Fred Ingham (fningham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon Nov 05 2001 - 12:53:09 GMT-3
Jason: Bruce and Val are offering a new course RS-NMC for lab
preparation. The company is NetMasterClass (NMC) and the website is
http://www.netmasterclass.net.
The first classes will be held on 26 Nov., and 10 Dec. Other class
schedules are on the website.
Cheers, Fred
"Carnevale, Jason" wrote:
>
> Hey folks,
>
> I have noticed a lot of posts about ECP I and II, just thought you might
> want to know that MentorTech is no more, they fired all their teachers a
> week ago. The website is still up but they are no more.
>
> I know that Bruce Caslow and Val Pavlichenko started a company in Reston, VA
> for CCIE prep. I am at a loss for the website but if you are interested I
> can get the URL tomorrow and post it to the group.
>
> I also just got back a few days ago from Halifax from taking my lab. Got my
> butt kicked!! No problem just gonna revamp my study efforts and try again. I
> figured I would post what I did to prep so that people can learn from my
> mistakes and in case someone has suggestions for study approaches that I
> should have done.
>
> so here it is:
>
> read the following books:
>
> Routing TCP/IP Vol I
> Routing TCP/IP Vol II
> Internet Routing Archetectures
> Cisco Routers for Bridging DSLW+ and Desktop protocols
> Routers, Bridges and Switches for CCIEs
> Advanced IP Routing in Cisco Networks
> Cisco LAN Switching
> Internetwork Handbook
> TCP/IP illustrated
> Inside Cisco IOS
> Various RFCs
>
> Took the following classes:
>
> OSPF/BGP workshop
> Campus ATM
> ECP1
>
> I worked through all the CCbootcamp labs (rented rack time from them as
> well)
>
> set up a small home lab and worked on labs for:
>
> All igps
> ipsec
> dlsw
> filtering (access-lists)
> bgp
> ipx
> frame-relay
> isdn (ran line to my house)
> token ring
> ntp
> dhcp
> ppp
> and several others
>
> created 30 focused labs for the above topics
>
> I work for an ISP so I had day to day experience with all the above except
> ipx and dlsw.
>
> I also used an 8 router lab at work (overall probably did 500 hours of labs)
>
> I felt real good with the ccbootcamp labs, was able to configure most of
> them in 4 - 6 hours.
>
> apparently none of this was enough. I think I am going to get the IOS 12.0
> books and work through those and continue doing labs. I am also planning to
> do focused study on protocols so I can learn the ins and outs of the
> protocol, basically take the ECP1 spot the issue approach, I will then dump
> this into a folder so that I can review it in the final weeks before my next
> attempt.
>
> All in all this is a great certification, the new test format is hard and
> should keep the reputation of the lab where it has always been. I look
> forward to my next attempt.
>
> Jason Carnevale
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