From: Roman Rodichev (roman@iementor.com)
Date: Wed Jan 30 2008 - 00:42:11 ARST
Only workbook at this point. Check ebay for ieMentor voice workbook.
Roman Rodichev
5xCCIE #7927 (R&S, Security, Voice, Storage, Service Provider)
Instructor, Content Developer. ieMentor Corporation
http://www.iementor.com
Y!M: roman7927
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> ccievoice1
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 9:07 PM
> To: Roman Rodichev
> Cc: Gary Duncanson; subodh.rawat@wipro.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: How i became CCIE -- caution Huge Post
>
> And, what about Voice?
>
> Thanks
>
> On Jan 28, 2008 7:54 PM, Roman Rodichev <roman@iementor.com> wrote:
>
> > Not yet
> >
> > Roman Rodichev
> > 5xCCIE #7927 (R&S, Security, Voice, Storage, Service Provider)
> > Instructor, Content Developer. ieMentor Corporation
> > http://www.iementor.com
> > Y!M: roman7927
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Gary Duncanson [mailto:gary.duncanson@googlemail.com]
> > > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 3:08 AM
> > > To: subodh.rawat@wipro.com
> > > Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com; Roman Rodichev
> > > Subject: Re: How i became CCIE -- caution Huge Post
> > >
> > > Don't IEMENTOR do R&S?
> > >
> > > Roman?
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <subodh.rawat@wipro.com>
> > > To: <farhan.anwar@gmail.com>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 3:17 AM
> > > Subject: RE: How i became CCIE -- caution Huge Post
> > >
> > >
> > > > Nice post Farhan...Surely will help many aspirants.
> > > >
> > > > IEMENTOR for R&S????
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > Subodh
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
> > Of
> > > > Farhan Anwar
> > > > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 6:57 AM
> > > > To: Cisco certification
> > > > Subject: How i became CCIE -- caution Huge Post
> > > >
> > > > Hi All,
> > > >
> > > > Since my last post regarding my CCIE# i have received countless
> > unicasts
> > > > from different professionals asking for advice on how to start their
> > > > studies and how i did it in the first attempt. Finally since I am
> > still
> > > > resting and evaluating Job Offers in my mailbox :) , I have decided
to
> > > > write my journey towards becoming a ccie. I couldn't find any better
> > > > place than the GS itself so pardon me if you don't like the size of
> > it.
> > > > Here it goes, pardon me for any typos and NO I don't work for any
> > > > workbook vendor ;), telling ya straight.
> > > >
> > > > I started preparing for the CCIE roughly 4 years ago when i did the
> > CCIE
> > > > Routing & Switching Training from a local institute during my
studies.
> > > > But then I entered in the professional field, got married ;) and
> > things
> > > > slowed down to a halt due to my OTHER activities.
> > > >
> > > > I started my personal goal again over 1.5 years ago but things were
> > > > going very slow, until i finally decided to take CCIE Certification
> > > > Seriously and devote time and resources to it, i started studying in
> > > > nights and on whole weekends. For Practicing I was in search of
> > low-cost
> > > > lab equipment when a friend told me about dynamips as a Cisco 7200
> > > > Router Simulator; i was impressed with the performance and its ease
of
> > > > use. I immediately started searching for its features, configuration
> > > > settings and found a detailed article from Brian Mcghan of
> > > > internetworkexpert explaining dynamips, furthermore the HACKI's
forum
> > > > was very much helpful in the initial stages of dynamips / dynagen
> > > > experiences.
> > > >
> > > > I tuned, tweaked and optimized dynamips configuration files and
idlepc
> > > > values for one month while practicing my Routing Techniques on it,
and
> > > > it was in JANUARY 2007. A CCIE Friend told me about
> > > > internetworkexpert.com. And also about the groupstudy.com, At that
> > time
> > > > I didn't have a clear view of what to study how to do it and what to
> > > > practice for the CCIE due to a number of topics being covered in the
> > R&S
> > > > Program. Brian's detailed CCIE R&S Topics list in their Free
> > Resources
> > > > section helped me enormously till the last day for tracking my
> > > > performance and topics to cover.
> > > >
> > > > I already had a strong base in IGP and BGP but i was weak in
Advanced
> > > > Switching, QoS, Security and Multicasting. For getting an edge in
> > > > non-core topics i reviewed KnowledgeNet QoS and Multicast. I
polished
> > my
> > > > security and Switching skills using the Cisco DocCD.
> > > >
> > > > Afterwards, i started viewing Class on Demand Videos of Internetwork
> > > > Expert. After digesting that video of several hours in one month by
> > > > seeing it again and again. I started doing Advanced Technology Labs
on
> > > > Dynamips. It took me another one and a half month to finish them off
> > > > completely and tuning Dynamips Topological File for Advanced
> > Technology
> > > > Labs, i changed the interfaces, switch connections and frame-relay
> > > > topology to suit my needs. Some Tasks were not supported in Dynamips
> > > > such as Dot1x Tunneling, VLAN ACLs, RSPAN, Dynamic Trunking etc. so
i
> > > > skipped them and lateron rented a rack several times for practicing
> > > > those specific topics. During this time, i reviewed the CoD
countless
> > > > times to gain a deeper understanding of technologies.
> > > >
> > > > My next move was to purchase a dedicated dynamips server to support
my
> > > > topology as my laptop was not enough for it, i purchased an AMD
Athlon
> > > > 64 4400+ with 2 GiG RAM as a dynamips server machine. Here Scott
> > > > Vermillion came to the rescue as I was using Windows as my primary
OS
> > > > but I failed miserably in running the full topology, Scott insisted
> > and
> > > > encouraged me to use linux as at that time he was using MacOSX.
> > > > You can find my huge post in the GS Archives.
> > > >
> > > > I started doing the Core-Labs as my next move to improve my IGP, BGP
> > and
> > > > Redistribution skills, additional one month just for the 10 Labs,
they
> > > > surely were hard as i think now :). Core Labs were done easily done
on
> > > > the Dynamips Server that i had purchased because they focused on
IGP,
> > > > Redistribution and BGP the most. Switching was mostly simple and
when
> > i
> > > > was stuck with an unsupported task, i always skipped it and did them
> > > > later on a rented rack if I had the chance.
> > > >
> > > > Finally i started R&S Workbook Labs, the first five labs were just
> > warm
> > > > up labs as the authors said but they looked really hard to me at the
> > > > first glance, they can be done using Dynamips but some tasks were
> > > > skipped in Switching. Initially it took me 3 days to finish only one
> > lab
> > > > with research on every topic. When i reached Lab5 i gained speed,
> > > > accuracy and got familiar with most of the problems. Lab5 was done
in
> > > > 13 Hours in first attempt on my dynamips.
> > > >
> > > > I continued doing the workbook labs 6,7,8,9 and 10. The hardest of
all
> > > > was Lab 7 which again took me two days to figure out. After
finishing
> > > > Lab10 i almost knew all of the problems and i could solve most of
the
> > > > tasks at the back of my head. Labs 11 - 13 i did with a pencil just
to
> > > > save some time. Then I did all the remaining 14 b 20 Labs. Next, I
> > > > rented rack equipment and did several labs on them again. Again My
> > CCIE
> > > > friend came to rescue and generously gave access to his own rack
with
> > 9
> > > > Routers and 2 3550's I used it to do Labs again and gained some
speed
> > > > and accuracy. Thanks Ghias for that.
> > > >
> > > > In total I did the IE Labs 3 times on different equipment, 1st time
on
> > > > Dynamips, 2nd time on rented rack and third time on Physical Rack.
> > > > Finally, in the last month, I reviewed most of the content again,
> > > > reviewed the Class on Demand Videos to refresh some of the topics
such
> > > > as Catalyst QoS (freely available on internetworkexpert free
resources
> > > > section), IP/IOS Services, Multicasting, Security and BGP. I took
> > > > references from the DocCD to memorize where to find stuff like
Router
> > > > Menus, WCCP, Nat, Reflexive ACLs, CBAC, IGMP Filtering, Multicast
Stub
> > > > Routing, IPv6 etc.
> > > >
> > > > I sat for lab in dubai on 22nd Jan 2008 and fortunately attained the
> > > > number in the first attempt. For the last 2 nights i couldn't sleep
> > and
> > > > i just kept on praying and building strategies like should i do
> > > > frame-relay first restart the routers then go on switching or the
> > > > otherway around etc etc..
> > > >
> > > > Well, I hope this LONG LONG Post will help most of the people who
> > > > emailed me for guidance on how to start and where to search the
> > > > material. I specifically used IE Material but I have also seen other
> > > > vendor's workbooks such as IPEXPERT, IEMENTOR, Soup-to-Nuts etc. and
I
> > > > have found them equally good for practicing the labs. It's a
personal
> > > > preference and what your company/budget allows you to purchase.
> > > >
> > > > Lastly, i would say, this was my technique, i cannot guarantee that
> > > > following this one could lead you to success but it worked for me. I
> > did
> > > > the core-labs first, authors dont recommend this way, but i did it.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > --
> > > > Farhan Anwar
> > > > CCIE(R) .N9lN9..N9lN9. #19871
> > > > www.farhananwar.com
> > > >
> > > >
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