Secrets to Version 4 Success

So here we are - faced with a Version 4 CCIE R&S exam that is more difficult than ever before for a long list of reasons. As some ponder the dramatically reduced passing rate, we are distracted by CCIE training vendor gimmicks and the perpetual rumors that abound regarding the new CCIE Lab Examination.

Get ready for your moment of Zen. Get ready to clear your mind of all this nonsense you have allowed to distract you and focus on what it REALLY takes to pass this difficult exam. This week INE had two more R&S passers (see the latest success story below) and as a result, we are compelled to reveal the Secrets to Success that all of these candidates have shared.

This seminar is completely free to GS members. For details - go here:

http://blog.ine.com/2010/04/09/routing-switching-free-vseminar-secrets-to-ccie-sucess/

<<<Hello everyone,
I Just cleared CCIE R&S v4 today, and i can't believe i did it, i want to say very special Thanks to INE staff for their highly professional, and specially making tougher Labs in workbook than the original Lab, and very special thanks for their discount in Online Rack Rentals, and MockLabs.

Well i must say lab was very easy in comparison to INE's Level 9 Labs in Vol2, which i practiced and developed my speed, so when i sat in real lab, every task just seemed to be very straight forward, i was always looking for a trick in question (because in INE's workbooks there is always a trick, which keeps you on tow).

I did all 4 mocklabs, and i dint clear any of them, not because i dint know the technologies, just because i made very small, silly mistakes, and thats why i cleared my real exam because i learned to overcome those small, and silly mistakes from Mock Labs results, thats why when i was verifying my task in original lab, i was thinking of Mocklabs, and the way they were checked.

OEQ were very practical then theoretical and i liked that approach, if you have spent thousands of hours on routers and switches, you could easily answer those questions in a second.

And Yeh, my favorite part, Troubleshooting: I completed all 10 Tickets, Thanks to INEs Vol4.

One thing I figured out during troubleshooting was the efficiently accessing routers, everyone who had failed in Troubleshooting, said they couldnt manage 29 routers lol, but I devised a very interesting way to manage them (during Lab). First create a diagram, not very detailed, but just to remember which router is at what location(x.y) ;) and then read the tickets, and with color pencils, mark routers which you think are part of that trouble ticket. After that you completed reading the tickets and marked them with pencil, only open the console of routers which are part of Ticket you are solving, I did it and enjoyed it, because all Tickets are independent of others, so the scope of ticket wont be bigger than 4 routers max I assume :)

I have one suggestion to improve your products more, which i observed during my preparations, I think there should be a single SuperLAB with difficult level of 20, for practicing in last 4 to 5 days, I really missed this kind of lab, I tried to make it from All 20 Labs, but that was time consuming, so quit.

 
Yasir Ashfaque CCIE#26003>>>

Warmest Regards,

Anthony J. Sequeira, CCIE #15626
http://www.INE.com

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