From: Jongsoo kim (bstrt2002@gmail.com)
Date: Thu Apr 07 2005 - 01:34:03 GMT-3
Congratulation!
In my case, my wife and I checked the website together( 7:30 am ).
Jongsoo
On Apr 7, 2005 12:01 AM, Jason Sinclair <jason@jasonandchell.net> wrote:
>
> Sundar,
>
> Congratulations - your email gave me a feeling of dij` vu about my own
> experience a while ago.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jason CCIE #9100
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Lee
> Gillespie
> Sent: Thursday, 7 April 2005 1:34 PM
> To: Sundar Palaniappan; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: CCIE # 14532
>
> Congrats!
>
> --- Sundar Palaniappan <sundarp@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Guys,
> >
> > After having read and been inspired by so many
> > success posts on
> > groupstudy I finally get to write my own success
> > story here. Yes, I
> > passed my CCIE R&S Lab in RTP on April 4, 2005.
> >
> > Excuse me for the email being too long. I had
> > enjoyed reading all the
> > long success stories and decided back then when I
> > pass I was going to
> > write an elaborate email. First of all I want to
> > dedicate this to my
> > beloved late sister Sornam Palaniappan and to my
> > dear mother
> > Thirulogam, loving wife Uma, precious son Karthik
> > and all my family
> > members. I couldn't have achieved this without the
> > sacrifices made by
> > wife and son. I was like a guest at home during the
> > last few months.
> >
> > I attempted the lab on March 4th and missed it by 10
> > points.
> > Initially, I thought Cisco errored in grading my
> > lab, thought about
> > challenging and eventually decided not to do so.
> > Later, I was able to
> > identify almost all the mistakes I had made. The
> > very next day I
> > scheduled the lab for the earliest day I could take
> > which was April
> > 4th. I decided to focus only on my weak areas QOS,
> > multicasting and
> > ISDN during the last 1 month. I used every
> > available resource that's
> > out there to get a better handle of these topics.
> > Another thing I
> > learnt was I assumed certain things in the lab which
> > I shouldn't have
> > and clarified with the proctor and I was determined
> > to do that this
> > time. I felt I was ready but was not over confident
> > this time.
> >
> > On Sunday, day before the exam, I reviewed 45 pages
> > of notes I had
> > taken during my entire prep. During my last attempt
> > I couldn't focus
> > real well 2 3 hours into the exam because I must
> > have ran out of
> > gas, I guess. On my wife's advice to have a good
> > breakfast, this time
> > I stopped by MC Donalds and had a deluxe breakfast
> > it probably had
> > 3000 calories in it who cares, just for one day,
> > right?
> >
> > All the racks were taken. Exam started at 7:15 and
> > ended at 3:35 with
> > a 20 min lunch break. Howard and Settle were the
> > proctors and both of
> > them were helpful. I would have clarified the
> > questions with them
> > atleast 10 times. Layer 2 portion - Switching, ATM,
> > Frame-relay - went
> > smooth. IGP went smooth too except for a fine tuning
> > 3-pointer which I
> > couldn't get it to work. Then came the most dreaded
> > section, ISDN.
> > Here we go, started off with a basic ISDN problem
> > spent 15 minutes on
> > it running debugs and trying to get it work. I told
> > myself I wasn't
> > going to spend more than another 10 minutes on this
> > as it was getting
> > close to lunch time. I was quickly able to figure
> > out the problem,
> > identified the backup solution that meets the
> > criteria and applied it
> > in less than 10 minutes. Ran the ping script and
> > every network
> > responded with a !!!!! Ran the script again with
> > ISDN link up and
> > could ping everywhere. I felt good at this point but
> > was not
> > overconfident.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Got BGP done quickly after lunch break. I spent
> > atleast 21/2 hours on
> > all the other sections as I didn't want too take any
> > chances. During
> > the last = hour checked the work again and tried to
> > get a couple of
> > things I had missed to work and didn't succeed as
> > time was up. I felt
> > I must have not missed more than 10 13 points. I
> > left the lab
> > thinking I passed but there was a remote chance that
> > I missed out
> > narrowly. I would have challenged if that had
> > happened. Anyway, got on
> > the flight back home to Philadelphia, I had a bad
> > headache and took 2
> > 8-hour tylenols. Checked the email after I got home
> > and there was all
> > the groupstudy email nothing from Cisco. Tylenol
> > effect must have ran
> > out I guess, I woke up at 4am and was still having
> > headache checked
> > the email and nothing yet. I was surfing for the
> > next hour and went
> > back to check my email at 5am and there you go the
> > email with the
> > subject "CCIE LAB SCORE REPORT" was there. I had my
> > wife check the
> > result for me and her face turned bright and told me
> > "You did it". My
> > CCIE journey has ended on happy note for now. I
> > don't have any
> > intentions of pursuing my Security certification
> > immediately but that
> > might change later due to the fast changing tech
> > world.
> >
> > Here's a list of resources I used.
> >
> > 1. TCP/IP by Jeff Doyle Vol1. & 2 Great Books
> > 2. BGP Halabi Excellent
> > 3. CCIE practical studies by Karl Solie Good
> > 4. Routers and switches by Bruce Caslow - Good
> > 5. Internetwork Expert Excellent.
> > 6. Cyscoexpert boot camp taught me how to check my
> > work, how to
> > interpret the questions and filled in some gaps and
> > those really
> > helped.
> > 7. Groupstudy.com <http://Groupstudy.com> Excellent resource. Believe
> it
> > or not, during the
> > course of the lab I was trying to figure out
> > something and couldn't
> > find anything on the doc cd. Something that was
> > discussed on
> > groupstudy may have helped. Thanks Paul Borghese! I
> > have used
> > groupstudy to benefit and I plan to be around and
> > contribute.
> >
> > I wish all the best for those who are in pursuit of
> > CCIE!
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sundar Palaniappan
> > CCIE # 14532
> >
> >
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