From: faheem abbas (faheem_abbas@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Jan 07 2008 - 13:24:43 ARST
Thats great!!!
Congratulation Man, on this success.
Good luck for the Next one.> Subject: Passed CCIE !!! CCIE # 19730 > Date:
Mon, 7 Jan 2008 17:50:21 +0300> From: nouman.khan@mis.com.sa> To:
ccielab@groupstudy.com> CC: saudm@ogersystems.com;
Shahid.Farooq@getronics.com> > Dear All,> > > > At last I passed yesterday.
Dedicated study over the past one year and a> lot of help from friends and
colleagues. At this point I would like to> specially thank Mr.Narbik Kocharian
for his exceptional support from the> boot camp till the CCIE #.Thanks to
Shahid (CCIE 19212) and Saud (CCIE> 19200) for their great company.> > > > I
would like to present short review of the different resources i used> for
preparation and my personal comments. I have been the member of this> group
for the past 2 years (with a different ID) and read almost every> success
story during this period. I helped to learn so many tricks :)> > > > Is CCIE
only the test of your knowledge? I really doubt. It is>
knowlege,tip&tricks,pressure etc all together.> > > > Below are the list of
resources i used for preparation and my personal> comments.> > > > DYNAMIPS: I
did 90% of my CCIE preparation on Dynamips and 2 3550> switches . In the last
two months i rented the racks 24/7 * 60 from> Narbik.> > > > PDFCHM : A great
site with almost all the recommended books from> different vendors. I used
these books in my initial preparation.> > > > SOUP to NUTS by Narbik
Kocharians: A great book to lay your foundation.> If you need to fill in the
gaps in individual technologies, please do> get it. Good starting point.> > >
> IE ADV TECH LABS: Great work done by Brians. Same as SOUP TO NUTS.> Except
switching i did all the ADV TECH labs on Dynamips.> > > > DOC CD: Everybody
knows its imp.> > > > ADVANCED CCIE ROUTING & SWITCHING WORKBOOK By Narbik
Kocharian : Highly> recommended workbook. Narbik put a lot of effort in
compiling this> workbook. The different thing about this workbook is a lot of>
explanation. Trust me a lot of explanation. If u do this book cover to> cover
u r 98% done with all the commands in Cisco Command Reference for> individual
technologies. The book is updated regularly so you get> updates frequently on
topics like QoS , Multicast, Security etc.> > > > IE R&S Workbook v 4 : This
product need no introduction. A very well> written workbook and the end labs
are much tougher than what u should> expect in CCIE.> > > > COD by BRIANS:
Waooo. What should I say about this ?Brians u really know> the stuff. MUST TO
BE A CCIE.> > > > CBT Nuggets by Jeremy Cioara : it is just to lay ur
foundation at> initial stages. I like the style this guy talks. Very
friendly.> > > > ADVANCED MOCK LABS by Narbik: Ready to accept challenges?> >
> > Bootcamp by Narbik Kocharian in Dubai: This made a huge difference in my>
Knowledge. From very basic to the 007 stuff. The guy is really a GURU in>
R&S.I would highly recommend anybody preparing for CCIE to take the boot>
camp. As residents of Middle East region we normally face great> difficulty in
finding good CCIE boot camps. It is a 5 and half day boot> camp with extensive
hands on covering all the core and non-core topics.> All the core and non-core
topics will be covered depending on your> strength and weaknesses.> > Narbik
is conducting these boot camps frequently in Dubai with a very> competitive
price. Do check at www.MicronicsTraining.com>
<http://www.micronicstraining.com/> for future courses.> > > > In real exam u
must read the questions very carefully ; they r tricky.> I passed in my second
attempt. In my first attempt I was quiet confident> after finishing the exam
but the score report presented a different> picture? In my next attempt I was
extremely careful.> > > > Wish u people best of luck.> > > > Regards,> > > >
Nouman Ahmed Khan> > Senior Network Engineer> > CCIE # 19730> > Network &
Telecommunications Department> > Al-Moammar Information Systems CO. (MIS)>
Head Office and Central Region> P. O. Box 16116, Riyadh 11464> Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia> Office : +966 1 920000334 EXT.303> > Mob: +966 563754768> Email
:nouman.khan@mis.com.sa> > WWW: http://mis.com.sa> >
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