Brilliant advice Adam, I'll have a drink on that humble feedback tonight! -- BR
Tony Sent from my iPad On 13 Jul 2012, at 12:17, Adam Booth <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Tony, > > Lessons learnt or advice? I'm happy to give my thoughts but please remember > that everyone has different backgrounds and day to day experiences, methods > of study and ways of doing things so I can really only talk about things from > my perspective and I don't think it's one size fits all... > > For me troubleshooting was my bane of existance - there are some training > vendors that offer TS scenarios that are of similar network size and have a > similar interface to the real lab, at the very least have a look at the TS > interface demo on CCO to get an understanding. In particular when you move > between tickets close down all the telnet sessions (don't forget to wr mem if > you changed something!) with ~30 routers and a number of switches you'll get > lost if you don't do that. I believe that there are some newer IPexpert > material focused on TS but I haven't looked at it, perhaps there are some > good techniques they can share. > > I was big into printed workbooks for study but since lab is now delivered > online, you may as well save the cost of getting dead tree versions of > workbooks and get used to reading lab tasks on the same monitor that you're > configuring routers and switches with. > > Personally when doing the lab I didn't draw too much in the way of diagrams, > in the lab you tend to get pretty good L3 diagrams but it can be helpful to > draw the L2 diagrams but I certainly kept notes, particularly in config if > there was a section I knew I was uncertain about or needed to revisit I would > make a note about it and then cross it out after I had addressed it. > > TCL scripts and ping macros are really good test tools and not that hard to > do - "show ip alias" can be helpful in assembling the list of IP interfaces > on devices. > > When to book the lab can be a tough situation, for my first attempt I booked > way in advance and took quite a bit of time off work to prep for the lab - it > was kind of hard because when I booked I wasn't quite "ready" but I had to > give my work plenty of notice so I could take my leave to prepare for the > lab. That said, once your booking is in and you've hit the 90 day no > re-schedule/no refund window there's this extra bit of pressure to definitely > stop slacking and go for it. > > Looking at the success stories on this list and others there seem to be > plenty of people that make it to CCIE status on the first attempt but there > are also those such as myself that for whatever reason don't. All I can say > is that if you don't pass before getting too discouraged and give up, recall > why you wanted to be a CCIE in the first place and remember that there are > guys like myself that took a number of attempts to get over the line, and > besides some personal embarrassment, it's not a race against anyone else > except yourself. > > Cheers, > Adam > > > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Tony Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Congratulations Adam you kept at it!! > > Any key points for first timers, lessons learnt etc > > -- > BR > > Sent from my iPhone on 3 > > On 13 Jul 2012, at 09:57, Kim Pedersen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Adam, > > > > Good Job.- Enjoy it! > > > > Kim > > > > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Adam Booth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi guys, > >> > >> Earlier on in the week, I faced off the CCIE lab (for the fifth) time and > >> this time round I got my number! > >> > >> For the first three attempts I was able to get through the configuration > >> portion but the troubleshooting got me down (though each time my marks in > >> that area improved) > >> The fourth attempt, I guess I put too much focus on addressing my > >> troubleshooting shortcomings because things got flipped around and I passed > >> TS but failed configuration. > >> > >> At least I knew I was now able to pass both sections, I just somehow needed > >> to make them both occur at the same time. > >> > >> Fortunately for me, on Tuesday I was able to make that happen and obtained > >> my digits. I think only those that didn't pass on the first go have an > >> understanding of the relief I (and my wife who was so supporting in each > >> non-successful attempt) felt. > >> > >> In particular mailing lists like this one provided quite a bit of > >> motivation to keep things going when things didn't seem to go so well for > >> me, simply seeing other people keen to do things and asking questions (and > >> sometimes being able to provide suggestions myself) helped me re-group and > >> re-focus and not give up. Now I get to brag like all the others that made > >> it through! > >> > >> My blog which has a longer version of this story and a bunch of other > >> things I learnt along the way is here http://noshut.blogspot.com/ for those > >> that could be interested. > >> > >> I'm not planning on doing another track any time soon but never say > >> never.... > >> > >> Adam Booth > >> CCIE #35951 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > >> visit www.ipexpert.com > >> > >> Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? 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