RE: McGraw Hill's CCIE Lab Practice Kit: Any Thoughts?

From: IPSec (ipsec@myrealbox.com)
Date: Sun Oct 06 2002 - 17:13:19 GMT-3


Kym,

I disagree.
I used both Satterlee's books, the hard copy (1st edition) and the soft copy (2nd edition) for preparing my CCIE. They are a very good starter for the early stage of study. Since I was pursuiting CCIE totally on my own, I could not afford going to any bootcamp training, nor any of those expensive lab scenarios; moreover, I am an novice in networking, and have never worked on Cisco routers before. Besides these two books, what really helped me finally get my CCIE is the ultimate resourses that most of CCIE pursuers overlook, the Doc CD!
I have read through the entire CD for many times, including the Configuration Guides and Command Refereneces. You will find this reading very valuable and worth the time you spend, although this does take quite some time to do.
So, my advice to people studying for their CCIE's, take whatever it takes to study the Doc CD, as thoroughly and repetitively as you can. It is extremely helpful for those people like myself that are studying CCIE in their own spare time and out their own pocket. The Doc CD is the best, yet free resource for CCIE, and the only one you'll have on your big lab day.

Jeremy,

This is CCIE Lab Practice Kit, Satterlee and Hutnik, soft cover, copyright
2001, ISBN 007212766X. Often available on eBay.

Another okay book for scenarios is CCIE Practical Studies, Vol. 1 by Karl
Solie, 2002, ISBN 1587200023.

Still, unless you have many years experience or a good mentor, you need top
quality scenarios, which cost $500-600, to learn the many topics.

HTH, Kym

>From: "Wright, Jeremy" <JA_WRIGHT@admworld.com>
>Reply-To: "Wright, Jeremy" <JA_WRIGHT@admworld.com>
>To: "'Tom Larus '" <tlarus@cox.net>, "'Nate Kleven '"
><cciemail@intellinet.ws>, "'ccielab@groupstudy.com '"
><ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>Subject: RE: McGraw Hill's CCIE Lab Practice Kit: Any Thoughts?
>Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 19:51:23 -0500
>
> is this a different book than the hardback cover one from
>hutnik/saterlee?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Larus
>To: Nate Kleven; ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Sent: 10/5/02 1:23 PM
>Subject: Re: McGraw Hill's CCIE Lab Practice Kit: Any Thoughts?
>
>It is an excellent book for the early stages of CCIE Prep. The
>wonderful
>about it is that it includes step-by-step explanations for every task.
>No
>other practice lab that I know of had this kind of detail, and it might
>not
>even be appropriate for more complex, advanced labs to have this kind of
>detailed explanation. There are a few errors, as with anything, but it
>is
>an outstanding piece of work.
>
>Once you finish these, then you move on to the more complex labs with a
>lot
>more material covered in each one. These are a sort of warm-up for for
>the
>other labs. Like someone else, I remember the BGP lab being very good,
>too.
>
>I think they are worth every penny. Check out buying one used, and they
>can
>be an even better deal.
>
>Tom Larus, CCIE #10,014
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Nate Kleven" <cciemail@intellinet.ws>
>To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 11:45 AM
>Subject: McGraw Hill's CCIE Lab Practice Kit: Any Thoughts?
>
>
> > Can anyone provide feedback on the McGraw Hill "CCIE Lab Practice
>Kit"?
>I
> > am thinking about getting it and would appreciate any first hand
>experiences
> > that people have had with it. Was it helpful? Waste of time?
>Outdated?
> >
> >
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/007212766X/ref=cm_mp_etc/103-8150
>362-
> > 7956656
> >
><http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/007212766X/ref=cm_mp_etc/103-815
>0362
> > -7956656>
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
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