From: Persio Pucci (persiopucci@uol.com.br)
Date: Tue Oct 08 2002 - 11:37:04 GMT-3
Thomas,
Congratulations for your achievement. I am sure that everybody that gets
through it really deserves. And I also think that those who does not get
through, deserve it as well... it is not an easy task.
If you don't mind me asking it, was it your first attempt? I am asking it
because I've been reading the group for a while already and I always see two
kinds of "passed the lab" emails. Those who made it on the first try, and
those who have been financing Cisco for a while before getting it... I see
people studying for 12, 18 months and flunking it, and people that study
lass than 6 months and passes it. I think the only thing that I don't see on
those who fail is that they did not attend a bcamp, while not all of those
who passed (specially those who flunked the first attempt) did attend a
bcamp.
Anyway, this is for all, and I am wondering: how come some people say that
the lab is their worst nightmare, and other people say it is just a matter
of being organized, stay focused and calm. You know what I am saying?
Sometimes I cannot believe that they are talking about the same lab test!!!!
I say that because this is my first attempt (Dec20th), and I get to know
less and less on what to expect from the lab. I work for already 3 years
with Cisco, 5 with networking, always on the operational side, and not that
I master everything, but I don't see the subjects of the lab as impossible
things, even the most complicated scenario, except for TR, SNA, IPX stuff,
which although some people still use it, they are obsolete and old
technologies and thank God they are about to be dropped (except for dslw).
Just wanted to let it out... :)
Rgds and once again, congratulations!
Persio
----- Original Message -----
From: "Warner, Thomas S" <thomas.s.warner@lmco.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 11:11 AM
Subject: My turn - CCIE #10402
> All
>
> It's finally my turn to tell my story. I passed at RTP last Wednesday. I
> would have sent out an email sooner but I haven't really touched a
computer
> since I passed. I needed to use the rest of the week to patch things up
> with my girlfriend, let my family know that I was still alive, and to
clean
> up the mountain of papers and books that have cluttered my home office for
> the better part of a year now. I wanted to take this opportunity to share
a
> little information about my quest to become a CCIE and the methods that I
> used to prepare. Here's a quick summary:
>
> First complete your reading. I used the same list of books that probably
> everyone else out there on this list is using (Caslow, Doyle I - II,
Halabi,
> Williamson, Solie, etc). Anytime you see a scenario in one of your
books -
> take the time to actually configure and thoroughly understand each
scenario.
>
>
> If you have the money/time - attend a bootcamp. I personally attended the
> NMC-1 course offered by the gentlemen at Netmasterclass
> (<http://www.netmasterclass.net>). I cannot say enough good things about
> instructors, the class, the material, and their website.
>
> Practice, practice, practice. Practice technologies thoroughly in
isolation
> and then practice them in well thought out multi-protocol, multi-router 8
> hour (Solie, CCBootcamp) type scenarios. <http://www.realrouterlabs.com/>
> offers very affordable rack rentals. They currently have a lot of my
money
> in their pockets but I believe that it was money well spent.
>
> Strategize. When you walk in that door at the lab know what you are going
> to do from the time that the proctor says go until the time that the
proctor
> says stop. I chose to 1) draw the lab to become familiar with the
> addressing and layout prior to reading the lab 2) read the lab quickly but
> thoroughly to spot any issues. Don't be surprised if something you have
to
> configure near the end of the lab is directly related to how you configure
> something earlier in the lab. 3) While reading make a list of any sections
> that you will have to use the Doc CD for and if possible, do those last.
4)
> Type my aliases into notepad and paste them into each router. 5) After
> completion and if time permits, check the entire lab more than once. I
> found mistakes each of the 3 times that I checked my lab. Those points
may
> have been the difference between passing and failing.
>
> And lastly, share your story. Every little piece of advice helps. I've
> learned something from every person who has sent out an email re-telling
> their story. Thanks to all for participating in this list and answering
> many of my tough questions. This was a great present to receive right
> before my 27th birthday! Good luck to everyone still striving for their
> numbers.
>
> Tom Warner, CCIE #10402
> Lockheed Martin Enterprise Information Systems
> Computing and Network Services
> email: mailto:thomas.s.warner@lmco.com
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