Well... My first attempt was in Dec 2010 in Dubai and it wasn't the best area for studying because I was working in Afghanistan.. prior to that in June, I went to a bootcamp with Marko in London and I wanted to see where I was or how far I had fallen behind in my prep... After taking the exam, I know I can pass it... So I'm taking 90 days off of work to prep.
I'm doing the vl 2 workbook and vl 1... reading the docCD... I haven't tried to do a dry run yet... "good idea"... I do 1x 8hour lab a day.... 4 hour break and then read the doccd on the areas that gave me the most trouble... Bgp...(only some advance stuff).. Qos security I'm also listening to the audio on demand series, and watching a few VoD.... I'm finding myself being burned out a little and at times, its hard to power on my home lab.. but practice makes perfect.. I'm heading to San Jose in April, but it seems my nerves are getting the best of me.. Any other tips... -Cedric ________________________________ From: Mesikoo Kamali <[email protected]> To: Cedric King <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Mon, February 28, 2011 3:20:06 AM Subject: RE: [OSL | CCIE_RS] 45days until 2nd attempt Cedric, I use the notepad technique to help me remember commands and the minimum configurations needed to setup a given technology/protocol. When you are going through your lab, try typing the configs in notepad then paste them to your devices. I also, stay away from copy/paste within notepad. I type out configs as much as I can, until they get burned in to memory. Repetition is the key until minimum configs are second nature. With this in mind, I agree with Steve regarding knowing where everything is on the doccd. When I am done reading/lab-ing for the day, I open a copy of the official R/S lab exam topics pdf and pick random numbers from the list and attempt to find the subject and related material on the doccd, but don't let the exam topics be your only source, you can also use keywords from the workbooks/DSGs as well. Btw, how many of the lab workbooks did you go through before your first attempt and which books did you read as part of your core knowledge preparation? -masiko -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Di Bias, Steve Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2011 6:32 PM To: Cedric King; [email protected] Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] 45days until 2nd attempt Cedric, I have never attempted the lab but I think its impossible to remember every single command. Question marks in IOS and the Cisco doccd are your friends, as long as you know where to look for things, id say you're in good shape. Cedric King <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Gang, I'm under 45 days until I make my 2nd attempt at the R/S Lab... starting to lose my confidence.. I'm doing the R/S vl 2 labs, reading the DocCD and I just keep forgetting simple commands... Do you have any recommendations ? v/r Cedric _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com UHS Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient (s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this information is prohibited. If this was sent to you in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com
