From: Jack Heney (jheneyccie@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Nov 15 2000 - 20:47:10 GMT-3
I did use the bootcamp labs and found them to be very helpful...They were
very good at making me aware of things I either didn't know about or
understand fully. Luckily, I am a CCNP instructor, so I have 14 routers and
6 cat 550's. an ISDN simulator and a PBX to play with on a regular basis.
>From: Russell Lusignan <rlusignan@boaw.net>
>To: 'Jack Heney' <jheneyccie@hotmail.com>
>Subject: RE: CCIE #6439
>Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 18:01:29 -0500
>
>Contradulations Jack!
>
>Hope you don't mind the direct email, but did you use the ccbootcamp labs?
>If so, did you find them helpful? Also, did you have your own rack of
>hardware? Thanks!
>
>Russell Lusignan
>Senior Network Engineer
>Bird On A Wire Networks
>(905) 896-6267
>rlusignan@boaw.net
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jack Heney [mailto:jheneyccie@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 5:19 PM
>To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: CCIE #6439
>
>
>Just got back from my first attempt at RTP yesterday, CCIE number in
>hand....First of all, I'd like to say thank you to all of the people
>(CCIE's
>
>and CCIE's to be) that contribute their valuable time to helping others
>make
>
>it through this test. I think the test would have been much more
>challenging for me were it not for this list. That being said, here's a
>quick synopsis of my experience.
>
>Day 1 - Surprisingly, the nervousness had subsided a couple days before the
>test...I figured if I didn't know it well enough yet, there was nothing I
>would be able to do about it in the few days leading up to the test. I
>arrived a little early, and I talked to the 5 guys that were there for day
>2
>
>(unfortunately, only one of them made it to day 2, and I don't know if he
>passed or not). After what seemed like hours of waiting, they finally
>called us in, explained the lab layout, and got us started. I have to say
>I
>
>was shocked by how little depth the test went into on most topics. It
>seems
>
>as though you do need to know about every subject, but not to the degree
>that I expected. I was done by 1:15 on the first day, never needed the CD,
>and that actually made me more nervous than anything....I spent the whole
>night worrying that there were some very subtle things I missed, and that
>the lab couldn't have been as simple as it appeared.
>
>Day 2 - Much more nervous the second say, but that was eased early...I
>managed to get a perfect score on the first day, 45 out of 45...I was
>thrilled, to say the least. The morning of the second day was more of the
>same, I hit the CD a few times, and then sat in the lobby for about 3
>hours....Seems that in setting up my troubleshooting scenario, a port on
>the
>
>patch panel failed, so it took them a while to solve that problem. When
>they finally called me in for troubleshooting, I had lost 6 points that
>morning....Upon explaining what I had done, all 6 points were given back to
>me, leaving me with 75 going into troubleshooting. The only real problem I
>had during troubleshooting was determining what they had changed since the
>port on the patch failed, aside from that, it wasn't too bad.
>
>Now, before I get a thousand emails flaming me for claiming this test is
>easy, that is not what I am trying to say. The reason I wrote this is to
>let people know that I think a lot of the difficulty associated with this
>test comes from people psyching themselves out...I was almost a victim of
>it, I had convinced myself that I didn't know enough to even think about
>taking this test, and I figured I'd go fail the first time and get an idea
>what to expect. Not in my wildest dreams did I think I would pull it off on
>the first shot. In my humble opinion, there are three keys to passing this
>test:
>1. Do what it tells you to do...Don't try to get tricky or creative, don't
>go looking for problems where they don't exist. You only need to
>accomplish
>
>what it asks you to accomplish on the test...Yes, some of those things can
>create issues when you use them in conjunction with others, but if you are
>aware of the more common "landmines," you shouldn't have too tough of a
>time. If you try to do too much, you're just wasting valuable time.
>2. Know enough about the different technologies that you know what they are
>getting at and what you are looking for. These tests were written with a
>specific solution in mind, and if you know enough about how the
>technologies
>
>work, you'll see what they are getting at. Also, if you need to go to the
>CD, know what you are looking for...Time spent searching the CD is wasted
>time.
>3. Know the basics cold...Every time you come to a section that you can
>configure without a second thought, that's like free points, and it gives
>you more time for the things you don't know well. I flew through the first
>80% of the test, and had all the time in the world for the last 20%.
>
>Thanks again to everyone who has helped me out....Everyone who hasn't made
>it their yet, know your stuff, and know that you can do this. A
>combination
>
>of the right amount of dedication and attitude can get anyone through this
>test, I am thoroughly convinced. Good luck, and thanks again.
>Jack Heney
>CCIE #6439
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