From: Scott Vermillion (scott_ccie_list@it-ag.com)
Date: Fri Nov 02 2007 - 14:54:15 ART
Oh, LOL, I was thinking "time for an all-out brawl"...
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Smith [mailto:hioctane@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2007 8:33 AM
To: Scott Vermillion
Cc: groupstudy
Subject: Re: CCIE First Year Review
It wasn't a question as to how *I* passed the lab :-) The question was
really "Tell me how you studied/passed so I can do it too".
As for the BGP / Multicast... I work for a large company and not for a
partner so I don't do any outside consulting. Our BGP config simply
doesn't require many changes and there is zero multicast on our WAN
(at least for now).
-- Scott CCIE #17040 (R&S)On 11/1/07, Scott Vermillion <scott_ccie_list@it-ag.com> wrote: > Very cool Scott! I find both your BGP and your mcast numbers interesting. > When the R&S had a much heavier emphasis on BGP (or so I understood, > anyway), a protocol that I rarely deal with in the real world, I was not > inclined to take my certification level beyond professional (I also was > unwilling to master the seemingly high number of other obsolete technologies > still being tested in the lab back when I finished the NP/DP tracks). I was > only willing to take this on when the certification looked more relevant to > what I do. > > But I do encounter mcast quite a bit. Just configured a small PIM-SM > network for a client yesterday, in fact. Did you know that if a code > writer, for some unknown reason, sets the TTL to 1 coming out of the source, > you can waste some serious time chasing your tail troubleshooting your mcast > config!? LOL! (thank God for Wireshark is all I have to say) > > Man, most of that is pretty humorous. Not sure how I would take the one > about how you got past the lab! Hopefully that was at least coming from > someone who did! > > Thanks for sharing, > > Scott > > > -----Original Message----- > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of > Scott Smith > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 5:07 PM > To: groupstudy > Subject: CCIE First Year Review > > I thought I'd take a moment and do a quick review of the past year... > my first year as an IE. > > - Got a promotion. Same company, different department. > - Was completely confused, for like a month, by the fact I didn't have > to study anymore... man, that was weird > - First assigned task <drum roll>... team lead enterprise QoS > development. My least favorite topic of topics... joy, joy! Wish I > could have seen the look on my face. > - Number of times I've heard "We'll you're the IE" when presented with > some off the wall question: lost count back in the spring > - Number of times I've said "I don't know everything!" in response to > the line above: lost count > - Number of times I've been asked "How did you past the lab?": ~20 > - Have received zero appreciation for my lab induced creative solutions :-) > - Have received praise for suggesting what I thought was an > off-the-wall feature Cisco made me learn... go figure. > - Number of times I've had to clarify the fact that I'm an R&S IE when > presented with VoIP, security and MPLS questions and of course the > always mentioned "We'll you're the IE" statement: way too many > - Found out my non-IE co-workers like to make a big deal out of my > mistakes... after all "I'm the IE" > - Number of times I've wished Cisco had not removed ATM from the lab > (to make me learn it) : several! 95% of the connectivity I deal with > is ATM... not sure what Cisco was thinking there. > - Surprised by the number of people who are inclined to regurgitate > their resume' when they find out I'm an IE > - Biggest screw-up: Fubar'd an ATM connection to a 400+ user call > center... who knew PCR/SCR was THAT important? :-) > - Coolest new (new to me anyway) technology I've been working on... WAAS > - I've learned way more about QoS than I think I wanted to know > - Have enjoyed having access to the expertise of our Cisco AS team... > instant guru on any topic > - Number of times I've had to deal with BGP: 2 > - Number of times I've had to configure multicast: 0 > - Surprised by the amount of knowledge I've lost over the last year... > of course I've gained a lot of new stuff > > All in all I'm having a blast and it was absolutely worth all the > blood, sweat and tears to become a CCIE:-) > > Cheers! > > -- > Scott > CCIE #17040 (R&S) > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Subscription information may be found at: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html
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