From: Scott Morris (swm@emanon.com)
Date: Fri Jun 15 2007 - 13:02:35 ART
Congratulations!!! Very glad to hear that everything lined up the way it
should for you!!!
Scott Morris, CCIE4 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) #4713, JNCIE
#153, CISSP, et al.
CCSI/JNCI-M/JNCI-J
VP - Technical Training - IPexpert, Inc.
IPexpert Sr. Technical Instructor
A Cisco Learning Partner - We Accept Learning Credits!
smorris@ipexpert.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Sean.Zimmerman@clubcorp.com
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 7:25 AM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Passed 4th Attempt RS in San Jose on 6-14 #18225
I've finally completed my goal, and what a journey! I started all of this
back in May '06 when I started preparing for the written. I took labs in RTP
and San Jose beginning in November '06, with my last (and final) R&S attempt
yesterday. I'd like to thank Scott Morris and IPExpert for the excellent
knowledge passed along during their one week boot camp, and of course for
all of his answers on this forum.
I'd especially like to thank InternetworkExpert for their COD's and lab
workbook, which I started using about 45 days before this last attempt.
The Brian's are incredible, and their tips and opinions provided throughout
the classes are extremely valuable. I agree now completely with Brian
Dennis' opinion that doing massive ammounts of practice labs won't get you
there very efficiently, if at all. Before this last attempt, I only did
about 7 of the IE labs in dynamips and 2 of them with gigavelocity rack
rentals. I spent most of my time listening to COD's (even while sleeping),
and reading the doc CD. If I came across something confusing or that I
hadn't done, I labbed it up in dynamips to really understand how it works.
My opinion now is that practice labs help you generate speed and get you
familiar with the lab structure, but the test itself is truly a test of
expertise, not speed. You must truly understand how the different protocols
and features work. It's also not about knowing all of the SRT's (stupid
router tricks), as one of the Brians coined them. There's not much time for
trial-and-error, but there is plenty of time to look certain things up on
the doc CD to verify all of the required settings were applied. I was done
with the entire lab with just about 2 hours to spare, verifying all along
the way. I then spent the last two hours searching for mistakes, and I found
a few. I even reloaded my entire rack and ran all of my reachability tests
again. I walked out of their 100% confident that I nailed it, and then I
just had to wait for the email in gut-wrenching agony.
What's even more amazing is that my wife and kids didn't leave me while I
worked towards this goal. I've been doing my own thing for months, and
between my job and CCIE preparation, they didn't see much of me. The CCIE
for me required my full attention. It was a 2nd full-time job (at least for
me).
Lastly, I'd like to thank everyone on this group that's sent questions, and
to those who answered them, and to those who corrected those who answered.
Experience:
IT since '94, networking since '96 - Current. I began my career as a Small
Computer Systems Specialist in the Marine Corps.
MCSE NT4.0
CCNA, CCNP (recertified twice, last recert by CCIE Written)
Training:
IPExpert One Week R&S Bootcamp
InternetworkExpert Advanced Technologies COD Current IPExpert Lab workbook
Current InternetworkExpert Lab workbook
Online References:
DOC CD (the most valuable resource)
Various RFC's
Books
Routing TCP/IP Volume 1, 2nd edition (an IGP bible by Doyle) CCIE Routing
and Switching Official Exam Certification Guide, 2nd edition (for written,
but it's loaded with concise and useful information)
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