From: Darby Weaver (darbyweaver@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu May 10 2007 - 03:22:15 ART
Belated...
Congratulations Joe!!!
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: joe1265@hotmail.com
> > Sent: Tue, 08 May 2007 13:49:28 -0400
> > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: #17874
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
>
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