From: Steve (ffuser9@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Mar 10 2004 - 20:53:55 GMT-3
Congradulations and thanks for the input!
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From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
Dennis Dumont
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 6:04 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
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
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