From: Jason Plank (Jason_Plank@condenast.com)
Date: Tue May 08 2007 - 17:08:02 ART
As a friend that has watched you evolve during this process, I'm very proud!
Great work man... You deserved it. Rest up so you can party at my wedding
this weekend.....
Congrats....
-- Jason Plank, CCIE# 16560 Senior Network Engineer Conde Nast Publications 1201 North Market St. Wilmington, DE 19808 Email: Jason_Plank@CondeNast.com Office: 302-830-4910 Cell: 302-290-0387On 5/8/07 1:49 PM, "Joe Yohannan" <joe1265@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Everyone, > I passed the lab yesterday at RTP on my second attempt! I'd like to thank > everyone that participates on this list as I've learned so much from you > all! Especially all the very patient vendors on here that give so much free > advice. > > As I've read other people's success stories over the past 6 months on GS, > what I was most interested in was what they did and what they studied to > prepare. I'd like to share what I did to get ready. > > I first got CCNA in December 2000. I finally obtained CCNP certification > in May 2005. I passed the written exam in July 2006. I used the two > "routing TCP/IP" books (which I think are essential prep material) along > with the Cisco CCIE exam cert guide to prepare for the written. After > passing the written I took both Global Knowledge's CCIE Bootcamp courses. I > learned alot from them. The best thing about it is you get your own rack > for a whole week, including the weekend. The classes are mostly labs and > you are forced to use the Doc cd to finish the labs. I think that helped me > alot as I went forward with my preparation. After those classes, I > purchased Internetwork Expert CoD along with the R&S lab workbook. The > Brians are awesome instructors and cleared up everything I wasn't sure > about. I did some lab work the past few months but not a whole lot. I'm > very comfortable with the IOS and have been usiing it daily for over 7 years > so I didn't need so much practice as much as theory. Coming up to the lab > date I mostly studied the Internetwork expert labs, studied the doc cd > inside out, and listened to classes that I thought I needed. > > Two things that got me over the hump I believe: > > First: the doc cd - I think everyone going into the lab should have the 12.4 > IOS and Catalyst 3560 docs memorized before going in. Not every word, but > where every thing is for quick reference. It means so much! > > Second: Show commands - I thought I passed when I left my first attempt in > February. Turned out I did not pass ofcourse. So going into my second > attempt I studied alot of show commands, ones that I didn't even know > existed sometimes! I wanted to read each question again after I answered it > and ask myslef what show commands cisco would use to verify the config. It > helped me tremendously I think! > > So thanks again everyone and the best of luch witk your quests!! > > - Joe Yo, CCIE#17874 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Like the way Microsoft Office Outlook works? Youll love Windows Live > Hotmail. > http://imagine-windowslive.com/hotmail/?locale=en-us&ocid=TXT_TAGHM_migration_ > HM_mini_outlook_0507 > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Subscription information may be found at: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html
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