From: Chuck Church (cchurch@optonline.net)
Date: Mon Nov 25 2002 - 12:28:50 GMT-3
Once you've done worked on the labs, the books make a lot more sense. Good
luck.
Chuck Church
CCIE #8776, MCNE, MCSE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart Juggins" <sjuggins@cisco.com>
To: "Chuck Church" <cchurch@optonline.net>; "CCIELAB"
<ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 10:17 AM
Subject: RE: Limited time to Study, which topics to cover?
> Hi Chuck,
>
> Thanks for the reply. I've basically got the whole of January and
February
> off, and I'm going on a CCIE bootcamp at the end of Jan. I do have access
> to equipment (working in the TAC) but it can be quite hard to gather all
the
> equipment together for long enough. I will be renting access to racks for
> all of Feb and some of Jan. As far as understanding the books, I
understand
> some, but not all of the topics, I would like to re-read them to get a
> better understanding but my thinking was to read only when not sure due to
> time.
>
> Thanks for your guidance.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Church [mailto:cchurch@optonline.net]
> Sent: 25 November 2002 14:50
> To: Stuart Juggins; CCIELAB
> Subject: Re: Limited time to Study, which topics to cover?
>
>
> Stuart,
>
> Depending on how much time and effort you can dedicate over the next 3
> months, I would think that passing is a possibility. I'd say it's more
> possible if you work with Cisco on a daily basis. You say you've read
those
> books, but do you understand them? Do you own a home lab or have access
to
> one? I'd say being 3 months out, you should be spending 60 - 70 % of your
> time working on labs hands-on, reading only when you're unclear how or why
a
> particular solution was used. Also, I wouldn't worry about the written
> expiring if you know you're not ready. What's the lab cost with travel
> expenses? ~$2000. Written is only $200 I think, and should be a walk in
> the park for anyone who's semi-prepared for the lab. Might be a good test
> to see where you're at anyway.
>
> Chuck Church
> CCIE #8776, MCNE, MCSE
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stuart Juggins" <sjuggins@cisco.com>
> To: "CCIELAB" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 4:46 AM
> Subject: Limited time to Study, which topics to cover?
>
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am currently scheduled to take my Lab in Brussels on February 28th,
> > unfortunately I cannot move it as my 18 months is up a couple of days
> later.
> > I don't really want to take the written again, and would like to have a
> > crack at the lab to gauge what it's like. What I would like to know, is
> > given that I only have 3 months to study (due to some long term
illness),
> > which topics should I concentrate on (I'm not expecting to pass, more of
a
> > recon) I've read Doyle I and some of Doyle II, Halabi, Caslow and some
of
> > Solie. I'm really looking to do practice now, and if I could nail IGP
and
> > BGP on the day I would be happy :)
> >
> > Any advice is much appreciated.
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