From: Christopher M. Heffner (cheffner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Mar 06 2002 - 22:21:21 GMT-3
The Tan Nam-Kee book is the configuring Cisco routers for Bridging,
DLSw+ and Desktop Protocols. Pretty good sections for bridging and
dlsw+.
I used it personally for my studying for the dlsw+ concepts. I would
skip the desktop protocols although. Not much there.
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Christopher M. Heffner
IMCR Course Director
Certified Cisco Systems Instructor
CCSI, CCIE, MCT, MCSE, MCNI, MCNE, CLI, PCLP, FCSE, ASE, CTT, A+
cheffner@certified-labs.net
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From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
Cassidy D. Smith
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 7:00 PM
To: George Zhang
Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: CCIE#8903
George Congrats! By passing without a home lab you really give us some
food for thought! What did you use for practice lab scenario's? What
is the Tam-Nam-Kee book, I don't think I have heard of that before..
Thanks for your feedback!!
Cassidy
George Zhang wrote:
> All,
>
> The title says it all. I took my first attempt at the CCIE lab test
> yesterday (March 5) in Halifax and received the "Congratulations on
> Passing the CCIE Lab!" this morning.
>
> I was the only person taking the lab test in Halifax yesterday. I was
> told that there was another person scheduled yesterday but did not
> show up. My test started about 8:15 AM in the morning. We broke for
> lunch at about 12:20PM. By then, I only finished all the IGP stuff
> and felt some pressure on time. But I have already reviewed rest of
> the test and knew that I could go through the rest quickly. After the
> 15 min lunch break, I worked through rest of the test very quickly.
> By about 3:00 PM, I finished every thing except one small requirement
> that I had no clue how to do it. I decided to skip that item. Then,
> I started reviewing and checking my config. Along the way of
> reviewing/checking, I spotted and fixed a few issues. Just about the
> time I finished reviewing every thing, the proctor walked in and told
> me that it' time. I looked at the watch. It was 4:30 PM. My proctor
> was Steve. Steve is a great proctor. He answered quite a few of my
> questions and cleared my mis-understanding and confusion about the
> requirements of the test.
>
> I would like to take this opportunity to thank all people who helped
> me to achieve my goal. First, I would like to thank my wife for her
> support and understanding. Without her support, there is no way I
> could achieve my goal. Next, I will give my thanks to Bruce, Val, and
> Fred of NetMasterClass. As I said earlier, the NMC1 class is the most
> important part of my final preparation. Thanks to Katie Wong of Cisco
> who scheduled me to access the ASET racks. Thats my primary resource
for
> hands-on practices for the past couple of months. Thanks to Eric
> Fairfield for lending me a few routers when I was in Wisconsin. Also
> thanks to those that I've either studied with or have helped me one
> way or another. Thanks also to Paul for putting this great list
> together.
>
> As far as my story, I started my quest of the Cisco certifications a
> little over two and half years ago. I got my CCNA and CCNP in the
> first year. Three months later, I passed the CCIE written test. I
> wanted to take the lab a year ago. However, due to work and personal
> reasons, I did not get time to do it until now. Last year, I was too
> busy to do much study. At work, as a consultant, I was billing at
> least 40 hours/week for the whole year. At home, my second child was
> born in February, my wife finished school in July, and we moved to New
> Jersey from Wisconsin in September. In October of last year, I
> foresaw a window of opportunity for me to take the lab test early this
> year. Then, I lobbed my manager to let me go to the ECP1 class. By
> the time my manager approved my training request, I found that Mentor
> Technologies went belly up. However, I learned that Bruce and Val
> founded a new company called NetMasterClass, LLC
> (www.netmasterclass.net) and offering the NMC1 and NMC2 classes. I
> registered and took the NMC1 class by the end January. By the end of
> last year, the project I worked on finished. So since the beginning
> of this year I got a lot of time to study. For the past couple of
> months, I have studied 8-10 hours every day.
>
> As far as how I prepared, I have read most of the books (Doyle I & II,
> Caslow, Halabi, Tam-Nam-Kee, Solie, Satterlee, etc.) recommended by
> people on this list. Among this long list of books, the only one I
dont
> like is Solies book because there are too many errors in the book.
There are
> a few topics I was more confused after reading the book. I dont have
a
> home lab. So my primary resource for hands-on practice is remote labs
> such as Mentor Technologies vlabs (not available any more), Cisco ASET
> lab. Because I dont have a home lab, my preparation included more
reading
> than hands-on practice. That actually worked out very well for me.
> Above all, the most important part of my preparation is the NMC1 class
> taught by Bruce, Val and Fred. IF I HAD NOT TAKEN THE NMC1 CLASS, IT
> PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TAKEN ME ONE OR TWO MORE ATTEMPTS BEFORE I COULD
> GET MY NUMBER. There are a lot of things that just cannot be learned
> from reading books or practicing. So the NMC1 class helped me to fill
> in that gap very well. It also helped me to access my strength and
> weakness. So I know what to study on the last few weeks. I strongly
> recommend taking the NMC1 class a few weeks before your lab date.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> George Zhang
> CCIE#8903, CCNA, CCNP
> Sr. Network Architect
> Compuware Corpration
> 1 Meadowlands Plaza, Suite 1050
> East Rutherford, NJ 07073
> 732-494-0288
>
>
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