From: cebuano (cebu2ccie@cox.net)
Date: Fri Oct 18 2002 - 14:42:24 GMT-3
Chuck,
I haven't gone to the lab yet, but I do know that unless those CCIE
mentors at the various cciebootcamps put their expert advice and
mentoring on paper and publish them (which I seriously doubt), there
aren't a whole lot out there that takes on these technologies from an
"ISSUES" perspective, except Doyle. Now I'm sure you get the hint of
what type of book to write after your big hurdle in December :->
Elmer
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The Long and Winding Road
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 11:21 AM
To: cisco@groupstudy.com
Subject: Controversial - the value of certain study materials [7:55882]
OR - who / what is over rated?
I revisited a couple of CCIE Lab preparation books last night. I sat
down
with high hopes, after a frustrating afternoon at the rack. I was
looking
for some enlightenment.
The first book I hit was one of the so called "CCIE Professional
Development" books. The chapter on PIM was a mere 28 pages, of which a
good
half were charts of various multicast headers. The chapter mentions RP,
but
never bothers to explain the concept of RP. CCIE level? More like the
"idle
curiousity" level.
OK, so I go to one of the old standby's, one mentioned in every
"recommended
books" list, and get distracted by the chapter on redistribution. As I
read
through this chapter I am struck at how rudimentary it is. There appears
to
be no real insight here. Distribute-list in and out are glossed over.
Issues
with VLSM. to FLSM are covered in a a simplistic manner.
So my question - for folks who have been to the CCIE Lab once or twice,
who
have put in the thousands of hours of reading and configuring, what do
you
think when you revisit the classics? Do you think maybe you've outgrown
them?
--www.chuckslongroad.info
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