Re: My Story: 17th Sept: CCIE# 18868

From: Greg Wendel (gwendel@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Sep 22 2007 - 02:42:31 ART


There are 2 October San Jose dates available right now also. 10/17 and
10/19

On 9/22/07, Rajasekhar Reddy <rsreddy21@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> there is one date availabe in brussels om dec 15th just i dropped
>
>
> rsreddy
>
> On 9/22/07, A.G. Ananth Sarma (GMail) <ananth.sarma@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Congrats Prashant.
> >
> > Hoping to clear my R&S by mid next year.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ananth
> >
> >
> > On 9/19/07, Prashant Shukla <shukla_cisco@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hey Guys,
> > >
> > > It seems many of the gentlemen here have questions, here are the
> > excerpts:
> > >
> > > My technical experience standing at 8 yrs has initials of being a
> > network
> > > trainer the moment i landed in networking field.After few years of
> > network
> > > trainings i joined a firm primarily which was into campus networking
> > which
> > > gave real world experience.
> > >
> > > As far as CCIE is concerned i picked up this track in early 2006 ,
> > > starting March, i gave my Qual in June '06, going through TCP Vol 1/2
> 9
> > .
> > > After which my hunt for dates began and got my first date in 24th Feb
> > '07, i
> > > spent a savage 7 months of preparation from the IEWBs/CoDs/Doc-CD,
> > trying
> > > and testing almost every cmd i could lay my hands on, this period was
> > the
> > > most intense in my tech career.
> > >
> > > My first attempt was a disaster from the lab perspective, as i had
> full
> > > knowledge of the solutions, but didn't know how to attack the
> > lab.Ialmost did everything i shouldn't be doing, I panicked, went into a
> > rat-hole
> > > troubleshooting things and loosing ample time.
> > >
> > > Second time, I managed to book for 18th May, the dates came for few
> > hours
> > > on CCO and we all wannabe-sharks pounced on those dates, second time i
> > was
> > > more relaxed and finished FR/Switching/IGP section by lunch time,
> could
> > > almost see my number coming , till post lunch where i got rogered
> > between
> > > troubleshooting BGP and Multicast. :-(
> > >
> > > 3rd time, i had narrowed my scope of learnings, i did not do any thing
> > > which i was comfortable with, switching/FR per se, just refreshed my
> > IGPs
> > > and attacked "non-comfort-zone " areas viz , BGP/Multicasting/Route
> > > filtering and Route redistribution.This time i had kept many things
> for
> > > Doc-cd on which i can swear any time. Doc-cd is rich !! :-).
> > > With careful time management i could squeeze in 45 minutes of
> > verification
> > > in which i found out 3 mistakes in configs.
> > >
> > > Key is to keep calm, read the questions "carefully", oversight can
> prove
> > > to be the thin line between the magic-number and another attempt.
> > >
> > > The Proctor was Brazilian , Maurilio Gorito, from San Jose, he was a
> > gem.
> > >
> > > In GS i had only heard about good/helpful proctors, i encountered one
> > this
> > > time.
> > >
> > > and dates in Bangalore are a big problem , still we had to hunt then
> > down.
> > >
> > > Apologies for the long mail.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Shukla
> > > CCIE#18868.
> > >
> > > mail: shukla.cisco@gmail.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Scott Morris <smorris@ipexpert.com> wrote: Congratulations!!!
> > >
> > >
> > > Scott Morris, CCIE4 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) #4713,
> > > JNCIE-M
> > > #153, CISSP, et al.
> > > CCSI/JNCI-M/JNCI-ER
> > > VP - Technical Training - IPexpert, Inc.
> > > IPexpert Sr. Technical Instructor
> > >
> > > A Cisco Learning Partner - We Accept Learning Credits!
> > >
> > > smorris@ipexpert.com
> > >
> > > Telephone: +1.810.326.1444
> > > Fax: +1.810.454.0130
> > > http://www.ipexpert.com
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
> Of
> > > Prashant Shukla
> > > Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 5:05 AM
> > > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > > Subject: Passed In Bangalore:17th Sept: CCIE# 18868
> > >
> > > Gurus,
> > >
> > > After a battle with the technology and my understanding of it, i
> cleared
> > > my
> > > lab in Bangalore. This was my 3rd attempt.
> > >
> > > Though have been passive , i have learnt a lot with the questions
> > posted
> > > and tried them manually on my topologies.
> > >
> > > Would like to thank all the participants in answering my queries.
> > >
> > > Brians/Scott/Narbik/Victor/Marvin , you guys have been doing a great
> job
> > > in
> > > assisting CCIE aspirants.
> > >
> > > Thanx
> > > Shukla
> > > CCIE#18868.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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Gregory Wendel
Springfield VA, 22153


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