From: Alexei Monastyrnyi (alexeim@orcsoftware.com)
Date: Fri Jun 15 2007 - 15:13:55 ART
congrats!!!
on 6/15/2007 1:24 PM Sean.Zimmerman@clubcorp.com wrote:
> I've finally completed my goal, and what a journey! I started all of this
> back in May '06 when I started preparing for the written. I took labs in
> RTP and San Jose beginning in November '06, with my last (and final) R&S
> attempt yesterday. I'd like to thank Scott Morris and IPExpert for the
> excellent knowledge passed along during their one week boot camp, and of
> course for all of his answers on this forum.
>
> I'd especially like to thank InternetworkExpert for their COD's and lab
> workbook, which I started using about 45 days before this last attempt.
> The Brian's are incredible, and their tips and opinions provided
> throughout the classes are extremely valuable. I agree now completely with
> Brian Dennis' opinion that doing massive ammounts of practice labs won't
> get you there very efficiently, if at all. Before this last attempt, I
> only did about 7 of the IE labs in dynamips and 2 of them with
> gigavelocity rack rentals. I spent most of my time listening to COD's
> (even while sleeping), and reading the doc CD. If I came across something
> confusing or that I hadn't done, I labbed it up in dynamips to really
> understand how it works.
>
> My opinion now is that practice labs help you generate speed and get you
> familiar with the lab structure, but the test itself is truly a test of
> expertise, not speed. You must truly understand how the different
> protocols and features work. It's also not about knowing all of the SRT's
> (stupid router tricks), as one of the Brians coined them. There's not much
> time for trial-and-error, but there is plenty of time to look certain
> things up on the doc CD to verify all of the required settings were
> applied. I was done with the entire lab with just about 2 hours to spare,
> verifying all along the way. I then spent the last two hours searching for
> mistakes, and I found a few. I even reloaded my entire rack and ran all of
> my reachability tests again. I walked out of their 100% confident that I
> nailed it, and then I just had to wait for the email in gut-wrenching
> agony.
>
> What's even more amazing is that my wife and kids didn't leave me while I
> worked towards this goal. I've been doing my own thing for months, and
> between my job and CCIE preparation, they didn't see much of me. The CCIE
> for me required my full attention. It was a 2nd full-time job (at least
> for me).
>
> Lastly, I'd like to thank everyone on this group that's sent questions,
> and to those who answered them, and to those who corrected those who
> answered.
>
> Experience:
> IT since '94, networking since '96 - Current. I began my career as a Small
> Computer Systems Specialist in the Marine Corps.
> MCSE NT4.0
> CCNA, CCNP (recertified twice, last recert by CCIE Written)
>
> Training:
> IPExpert One Week R&S Bootcamp
> InternetworkExpert Advanced Technologies COD
> Current IPExpert Lab workbook
> Current InternetworkExpert Lab workbook
>
>
> Online References:
> DOC CD (the most valuable resource)
> Various RFC's
>
> Books
> Routing TCP/IP Volume 1, 2nd edition (an IGP bible by Doyle)
> CCIE Routing and Switching Official Exam Certification Guide, 2nd edition
> (for written, but it's loaded with concise and useful information)
>
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