Re: R&S #28459

Well done! I knew you'd do it. Anyone whom I end-up owing 5 beers after the
class is ready for the lab :-)

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On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 03:53, Gavin Schokman <g_schokman_at_yahoo.com.au>wrote:
> Hi GS'ers,
>
> Sat the R&S lab yesterday and results this morning came up aces - I've got
> my digits!
> It's been a long, long road to get this far and boy it feels good :-)
>
> I thought I'd share some quick notes on my preparation in case anyone else
> on the hunt finds it useful:
> - Completed written in Aug 08
> - Started studying for lab properly in Feb 09 (realised later on that I was
> only pretending to be studying between Aug-08 and Feb-09)
> - Study materials were (reading each end-to-end at least twice, usually
> more):
>  + DocCD - every book that touches on topics within the R&S blueprint
>  + Routing TCP/IP Volume I and II (Doyle)
>  + Cisco LAN Switching (Clark/Hamilton)
>  + MPLS Fundamentals (Ghein)
>  + MPLS Configuration on Cisco IOS Software (Lobo/Lakshman)
>  + CCIE R&S Exam Certification Guide 3rd ed (Odom/Healy)
>  + Various Cisco validated design documents e.g. Transport Diversity:
> Performance Routing
>  + Cisco ASET practise labs
>  + Internetwork Expert workbooks (Vol 1, 2 + some of Vol 3 and 4)
>  + Various other books/blogs/technical-notes/etc for specific bits and
> pieces I had trouble with
>  + GroupStudy - of course
>  + Attended the IPExpert R&S bootcamp in London, Feb-11 (I thought this was
> very helpful in terms of getting a different perspective on it)
>  - Countless hours of constant reading/re-reading and labbing/re-labbing (5
> hours each night after work, all weekends, etc, etc)
>
> In terms of attempts:
> - First attempt was in Nov-09 (v4.0)
> - Second attempt was in Mar-10 - this one hurt.. a lot!
> - I've been lucky and had sabbatical leave available, so I have been solely
> studying since first week of Feb-11 until yesterday. Other than the
> bootcamp
> I did, no work, no going out, not really seeing girlfriend/friends/etc -
> just studying.
> - My last & final attempt was yesterday
>
> Finally, thanks to everyone who has posted questions or replies here on
> groupstudy. This is a brilliant training resource and I've learnt a load of
> different things just by reading responses to questions I wouldn't have
> thought to ask. I'll definitely be keeping an eye on the list because I
> know
> there's still a load I don't know... and to post replies on the few bits
> that I do :-)
>
> Time to go outside!
>
> Cheers,
> Gavin
>
> CCIE #28459 (R&S)  :-)
>
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