From: Loc Pham (ccie17030@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Sep 27 2007 - 18:06:57 ART
CONGRATULATIONS RYAN,
1ST timer, what a accomplishment !
I did study similar to you during study NMC: break
down lab to 1/2 to fit the working schedule.
I also play guitar ;-))) how about that !
Anyhow, enjoy the free time with the family.
Loc,
--- subodh.rawat@wipro.com wrote:
> Congratulations.
>
> Subodh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com
> [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Ryan Morris
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 1:21 PM
> To: Cisco certification
> Subject: CCIE #18953
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I sat for my R&S lab for the first time today at RTP
> today... and
> passed!
> 16,921 Groupstudy messages have provided the insight
> and motivation I
> needed to get through in one shot.
>
> A quick overview: I've worked with Cisco equipment
> off and on since
> 1999, intensely for 5 years. Finished the CCNP &
> CCDP in Spring 2006.
> I started preparing for the written in September '06
> and completed it in
> December. At work I was able to assemble a lab with
> leftover 2600s and
> 3640s to mimic the IPExpert lab book, and later I
> rewired it to match
> the NMC DoIT lab book.
>
> From January to September I worked through these two
> books (I didn't
> finish NMC). 2 - 4 hours most nights and days on
> the weekend. IPExpert
> provides a great ramp up on all the technologies and
> covers most topics
> well. NMC provided that last push on things like
> Catalyst QoS, 4 switch
> spanning tree and other things. I would split the
> labs into two parts,
> and perform the core routing and switch one evening
> and the services,
> security and QoS the second. I knew I was getting
> close when I was
> finishing labs in a single evening. Upon completion
> of a lab I would
> review the doc CD on all the topics that had to look
> up. The NMC answer
> key is also a great resource.
>
> I wrote 3 NMC CheckIT labs, once each week leading
> up to the exam. I
> passed two out of three of these and felt I was
> ready. Honestly, these
> labs were much tougher than the actual CCIE lab test
> I took.
>
> Thanks to everyone who posted to this list, I
> learned a lot from
> reviewing your issues and labbing up the more arcane
> questions. Thanks
> to the lab proctor who sent me back to my workbook 3
> times on one
> question (the answer was staring me in the face),
> and thank goodness I
> found a really dumb typo at 3:00 in the afternoon
> that would have lost
> me all my BGP marks. And a special thanks to my
> wife who spent all
> those evenings and weekends alone with our (now) 15
> month old daughter.
>
> My advice to everyone: ask the proctor. They may
> be clear as mud, but
> if you know your stuff the suggestions will make
> sense. Second,
> everything I needed was right there in front of me,
> in the drawings and
> on the question sheets. When I thought my rack was
> mucked up, it was
> all me.
>
> I'm flying home tomorrow for a few much needed days
> off and time with my
> family, and I can't wait to pick up my guitar again.
>
> Good luck to all. I hope my story provides
> motivation to everyone.
>
> Ryan Morris, CCIE #18953
>
>
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