From: Martin Kiefer (martin@kiefer.dk)
Date: Sun Jul 08 2007 - 13:58:53 ART
To be honest. I think it's a really few people that can go from zero to CCIE
in a year!
No matter how big a home lab you can build up.
/Martin
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> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Muhammad Nasim
> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 6:39 PM
> To: James Russell
> Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: CCIE #18397; Cliffs notes included
>
> Congrats on passing first attempt : )
>
> It seems to me that CCIE is now becoming easier and easier as the
> Workbooks
> are getting mature day by day .
>
> I always in doubt that a person should have at least 3 to 5 years Hands
> on
> experience on Cisco Stuff but it seems to be not true now as we can
> have our
> home lab and workbook : )
>
>
> Let me know if I am going wrong.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> On 7/8/07, James. Russell <osuphd2b@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Ultra-short version: Passed R&S on 1st try at RTP. Woot!
> >
> > Short version: Passed R&S on 1st try at RTP. Thanks to (in no
> particular
> > order) my pregnant wife for being so understanding, The Brians, Scott
> > Morris, Narbik, those of you who took time to answer my unicast
> questions,
> > and everyone who posts on GS.
> >
> > Long version: Wow, I'm still shaking! I started my journey in June
> of
> > last year. I had no Cisco experience at all, but I started the CCNA.
> Got
> > that on July 19th. Got hired as a network engineer and got my CCNP
> in
> > October. Started on the written in Jan of this year and passed on
> Feb
> > 3rd. Then I started on the lab. I used a well-known vendor's
> workbook, and
> > the following books:
> >
> > Routing TCP/IP Vols I and II
> > Internet Routing Architectures
> > Wendell Odom's QoS Exam Cert Guide
> > BCMSN Exam Cert Guide
> > The DocCD (duh!)
> >
> > My study routine usually consisted of renting 11 hours of rack time
> every
> > Saturday, and doing one of the labs 2 times. I would then spend the
> next
> > week reviewing the lab and configuring any confusing parts on my
> mini-lab at
> > work. As the weeks progressed, I would take some labs and do them
> all in
> > Windows notepad. No tabs or question marks to help. I also read the
> > complete command references several times for all routing protocols,
> QoS,
> > frame relay, IP applications, IP addressing, switching, etc etc.
> Anything I
> > couldn't understand, I labbed it up until I did understand it.
> >
> > Ok, now for the lab itself. While doing the lab, and after
> completing it,
> > I was kind of confused about the whole thing. Either the test was
> pretty
> > straightforward and I had passed, or I was completely missing stuff
> and I
> > failed miserably. My initial feeling was that it was pretty
> > straightforward. By lunch, I had read and at least attempted to
> configure
> > every single question on the lab. There were 3 or 4 that I had to
> skip and
> > come back to, though. After lunch, I went back and did those, which
> took
> > about an hour. I checked the whole thing and found a few errors.
> Checked
> > it all again, and found 1 or 2 errors. Checked it all AGAIN and
> found
> > nothing that looked wrong. By this time there was about 45 minutes
> left in
> > the lab.
> >
> > People say time management is key, and they are right. In my case,
> it was
> > make sure you slow down and triple-check everything. In other cases,
> it
> > might be to not spend too much time on 1 problem. The proctors were
> very
> > nice and helpful. They even asked me about one of my tattoos!
> >
> > Well, that's it. I'm going to eat some lunch!
> >
> > James Russell Jr.
> > CCIE #18397
> >
> >
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