Re: TSHOOT or Not?

Thanks for all the advice. I am lucky enough to have skillport here at
work and I will follow up with the Cisco Press to see if TSHOOT would
be worth while. I have some free seats and want to use them wisely to
help pass my upcoming R & S lab (wish 360 would adjust the format to
accept written credits in trade forlLab assessment products...).

Jay you make a great point. Perhaps that getting more involved in the
CCIP track could be more beneficial than TSHOOT. After my month long
encounter with BGP and INE's vol 1, it wouldn't be far fetched that I
could sit on that exam and score well...I think the QoS would be
super helpful as well. I have really focused so intensely on the core
80% + IPV6 and Multicast that QoS has taken a back seat rarely being
touched.

I do have a friend who went for his lab R & S and decided the CCIP
would be all he needed. He ended up attaining his CCNP/CCIP and
failing R & S shortly after. I don't want to put too much emphasis on
this track but figure that I could gain from the exams to see how
prepared I am. I think the strategy will be to sit the BGP and/or QoS
(based on how many free sits I can get) to measure where the
deficiencies lie within this topic via this exam score. Use it to move
forward in my CCIE studies but not get too wrapped up in what is
involved to pass those tests.

Marc Edwards - DCNISS

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 6:29 AM, Jay McMickle <jay.mcmickle_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hey Marc. A follow up from last nights WebEx session as well- Thanks.
>
> To
> your point, and to follow Darby, I would disagree with TSHOOT. I would
> advise for, as I'm also considering, the CCIP track. It consists of BGP,
> MPLS,
> QoS, and ROUTE.
> 642-902 ROUTE Implementing Cisco IP Routing (ROUTE)
> 642-642 QOS Implementing Cisco Quality of Service (QoS)
> 642-661 BGP
> Configuring BGP on Cisco Routers (BGP)
> 642-611 MPLS Implementing Cisco MPLS
> (MPLS)
>
> Regards,
> Jay McMickle- CCNP, CCSP, CCDP, MCSE
> http://mycciepursuit.wordpress.com/
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Nish Vamadevan <ipnish_at_gmail.com>
> To: Darby Weaver
> <darby.weaver_at_gmail.com>; ccie forum <ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Thu, May
> 12, 2011 6:10:32 PM
> Subject: Re: TSHOOT or Not?
>
> Short answer No, the RS is
> completely different IMO.
>
> Regards,
> Nish
>
> http://twitter.com/nish
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darby Weaver <darby.weaver_at_gmail.com>
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> Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 19:02:40
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> forum<ccielab_at_groupstudy.com>
> Reply-To: Darby Weaver <darby.weaver_at_gmail.com>
> Subject: TSHOOT or Not?
>
> Would it be worth while to sit a CCNP TSHOOT to
> practice for the R &
> S? If just for the confidence... is there any relevance?
> Maybe I
> should have checked archives but appreciate any feedback. Thanks for
> suggestions.
>
> Marc Edwards
> http://reno-ccie.blogspot.com
>
>
> Disclaimer: I've
> yet to sit the new version 4.0 of the CCIE RS
> Troubleshooting Lab.
>
> However,
> I've seen a INE, the current Cisco 360, and the Cisco 360 TU Beta
> Labs...
>
> I'd
> take the Cisco 360 TU Beta Labs when they are ready for sale over the
> others... why?
>
> 1. 30 Devices - They are also delivered on the Cisco IOU
> platform. Same as
> the real exam.
> 2. You get all of the same feelings or
> remorse and doom as I'd imagine the
> real CCIE lab induces.
>
> 3. Kinda out
> there... but has anyone looked into their Cisco 360 Account
> Portal and seen
> the specific labs offered by the Cisco 360 lately?
>
> I heard they were not that
> good... Hah!!!
>
> Not true says I.
>
> They are quality labs that deal with:
>
> -
> BGP Confederations, Next-Hop-Self, EBGP Multihup, Prefix-lists, AS-Path
> Lists,
> Local Preference, etc. + troubleshooting and more...
> - IP PIM Auto-RP, IP
> Mroute, Tshooting for Multicast, IP PIM NBMA Mode,
> just to name a few and of
> course there are more...
> - IPv6 - Umm... enough!
> - Catalyst QoS - What else
> can I tell you?
> - MPLS - Umm... it's in there... even sham-links with the
> explanation
>
>
> Hint: The Cisco CCIE Program and NMC have long been allies.
> Take it for what it is worth.
>
> Darby
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Darby Weaver
> Network Engineer
> http://www.darbyslogs.blogspot.com
>
> darbyweaver_at_yahoo.com
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