From: sameer inam (i_sameer@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Mar 09 2004 - 01:25:39 GMT-3
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[mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of >Dennis Dumont >Sent: Monday,
March 08, 2004 9:04 PM >To: ccielab@groupstudy.com >Subject: My Turn!!!
12981 > > >Well its been a long road. I started this effort in >Nov 1999.
It took so long in fact that my first >written test expired and I had to
take it again before >I could do the lab this final time. > >I took it at
RTP this past Friday. I have to say I >think the thing that most added to
my success was the >feeling of peace I had throughout the test. Prayer
>does work. > >As to how I got here. First I have to say this is the
>Routing and Switching test. It follows that you have >to know routing
and switching - cold. No if's, and's, >but's or "I'll look that up on the
CD". If you can't >think of three ways to accomplish any one task, your
>not ready. If ISIS or BGP gives you hives, you're not >ready. If you
think RIP or EIGRP are simple and there >aren't any "funny" things to
those protocols, you're >not ready. If your aren't intimately aware of
the >capabilities of the 3550 (you guessed it) you're not >ready. I say
this first because I see far too many >posts on this mailing list (for
the past four years) >of quite simple questions. > >Second, I have to
give a lot of credit to IP Expert >v5.0. I bit the bullet and paid the
fee and I am & gt;gratefull I did. These are some of the best scenarios
>I've EVER had - most of them make the ASET labs seem >trivial by
example. I also say, if the time estimate >on the scenario says 8 hours -
you better be able to >do it in no more than 8 hours. When I did my lab I
>was done with the first pass (get all the low-hanging >fruit) by lunch.
That left me with half of my day to >go back, do the things that didn't
come to me cold >(there were about 3 1/2), scan the questions again for
>anything I may have missed (or misread) [and I found >three - one I
found only on the THIRD pass], and >perform the ping-all everywhere test.
If it takes you >16->40 hours to do a scenario listed at 8 hours....... >
>Finally I can't say enough about time on equipment. >I've had the
luxury, if you can call it that, to >assemble a significant home lab over
four years. This >is by far the hard way, and I added my 3550 only 2
>months ago. I think one of them is sufficient for a >home lab - just be
VERY aware of the syntax >differences between the 3550 and whatever other
switch >you have ( you still have to have two switches). Just >to give
you an idea: I have 2 2501's, 2502, 2521, >2515, 2620 (wic-1t, wic-1-bu),
1720 (wic-1t), 1721 >(wic-1t, wic-1-bu) as my eight pod routers. I have a
>4000 (2e, 1r, 2t) and a 4500 (1e, 2x4t) as backbone >and frame switch
routers. I also have a 2511 as a >terminal server - which I needed when
my pod went on >the Internet. Finally I have a Teltone ILS ISDN
>simulator (sorry, ISDN is a CORE subject), a 2924-XL >and a 3550 switch.
> >Anyways that's my formula for success: Know the core >things (Routing
and Switching) Cold - I still have my >450 flash cards of every IOS
command (at least the >ones that matter) if anyone is interested. Get a
>really good set of scenarios and work them on real >equipment until you
can do them in your sleep. > >Then, maybe, you ready. > >IMHO >Dennis
Dumont >CCIE #12981 > > >__________________________________ >Do you
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