From: Wes Morris (wmorris@ceriumnetworks.com)
Date: Wed Dec 18 2002 - 16:22:42 GMT-3
A quick thank you to the whole list. On Monday I became CCIE #10880. It was my first attempt. Although I have only been subscribed here since late November, several threads led me to particular lab configs or research that was helpful in my study.
In particular one suggestion I heard about here to use the scratch paper to keep track of sections completed, sections unsure, and sections skipped, with points for each. This was useful to me. Another list member gave me great time management tips: how far to be at 11:30 for the lunch break, be finished with one pass through by 2:30, use the last 1/2 hour to recheck all connectivity from all points. This was also useful to me. Also from this list, I was not ashamed to ask the proctor for clarification and did so at least 6-7 times during the day.
I skipped over several sections initially to hit the items I felt completely comfortable with (no need for documentation.) Then I went through and hit the sections that I knew, but needed a little documentation to complete. But in those cases I knew exactly which config guide/command reference manual was needed and where to look. By that time it was about 2:15pm. There were only two sections that my first time through made me shake my head and mutter "I didn't even know you could do that..." But a little research got me going and by 3:00 (a little behind schedule but not too bad) I had an answer to every section. I made another full pass through the exam and found a one bigger thing (a split horizon issue) and several clean-up things to fix. Then I had about 1/2 hour to look over every route table, ping from many points, etc.
I am happy to have it done. If you are in the middle of it -- keep going! If I can do it then I'm sure you can too! Good luck to all and Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays --
-wes
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