Many congrats!!! Nadeem =====
George Zhang wrote: > All, > > The title says it all. I took my first attempt at the CCIE lab test > yesterday (March 5) in Halifax and received the "Congratulations on Passing > the CCIE Lab!" this morning. > > I was the only person taking the lab test in Halifax yesterday. I was told > that there was another person scheduled yesterday but did not show up. My > test started about 8:15 AM in the morning. We broke for lunch at about > 12:20PM. By then, I only finished all the IGP stuff and felt some pressure > on time. But I have already reviewed rest of the test and knew that I could > go through the rest quickly. After the 15 min lunch break, I worked through > rest of the test very quickly. By about 3:00 PM, I finished every thing > except one small requirement that I had no clue how to do it. I decided to > skip that item. Then, I started reviewing and checking my config. Along > the way of reviewing/checking, I spotted and fixed a few issues. Just about > the time I finished reviewing every thing, the proctor walked in and told me > that it' time. I looked at the watch. It was 4:30 PM. My proctor was > Steve. Steve is a great proctor. He answered quite a few of my questions > and cleared my mis-understanding and confusion about the requirements of the > test. > > I would like to take this opportunity to thank all people who helped me to > achieve my goal. First, I would like to thank my wife for her support and > understanding. Without her support, there is no way I could achieve my > goal. Next, I will give my thanks to Bruce, Val, and Fred of > NetMasterClass. As I said earlier, the NMC1 class is the most important > part of my final preparation. Thanks to Katie Wong of Cisco who scheduled > me to access the ASET racks. Thats my primary resource for hands-on > practices for the past couple of months. Thanks to Eric Fairfield for > lending me a few routers when I was in Wisconsin. Also thanks to those that > I've either studied with or have helped me one way or another. Thanks also > to Paul for putting this great list together. > > As far as my story, I started my quest of the Cisco certifications a little > over two and half years ago. I got my CCNA and CCNP in the first year. > Three months later, I passed the CCIE written test. I wanted to take the > lab a year ago. However, due to work and personal reasons, I did not get > time to do it until now. Last year, I was too busy to do much study. At > work, as a consultant, I was billing at least 40 hours/week for the whole > year. At home, my second child was born in February, my wife finished > school in July, and we moved to New Jersey from Wisconsin in September. In > October of last year, I foresaw a window of opportunity for me to take the > lab test early this year. Then, I lobbed my manager to let me go to the > ECP1 class. By the time my manager approved my training request, I found > that Mentor Technologies went belly up. However, I learned that Bruce and > Val founded a new company called NetMasterClass, LLC > (www.netmasterclass.net) and offering the NMC1 and NMC2 classes. I > registered and took the NMC1 class by the end January. By the end of last > year, the project I worked on finished. So since the beginning of this year > I got a lot of time to study. For the past couple of months, I have studied > 8-10 hours every day. > > As far as how I prepared, I have read most of the books (Doyle I & II, > Caslow, Halabi, Tam-Nam-Kee, Solie, Satterlee, etc.) recommended by people > on this list. Among this long list of books, the only one I dont like is > Solies book because there are too many errors in the book. There are a few > topics I was more confused after reading the book. I dont have a home lab. > So my primary resource for hands-on practice is remote labs such as Mentor > Technologies vlabs (not available any more), Cisco ASET lab. Because I > dont have a home lab, my preparation included more reading than hands-on > practice. That actually worked out very well for me. Above all, the most > important part of my preparation is the NMC1 class taught by Bruce, Val and > Fred. IF I HAD NOT TAKEN THE NMC1 CLASS, IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE TAKEN ME > ONE OR TWO MORE ATTEMPTS BEFORE I COULD GET MY NUMBER. There are a lot of > things that just cannot be learned from reading books or practicing. So the > NMC1 class helped me to fill in that gap very well. It also helped me to > access my strength and weakness. So I know what to study on the last few > weeks. I strongly recommend taking the NMC1 class a few weeks before your > lab date. > > Thanks again. > > George Zhang > CCIE#8903, CCNA, CCNP > Sr. Network Architect > Compuware Corpration > 1 Meadowlands Plaza, Suite 1050 > East Rutherford, NJ 07073 > 732-494-0288 > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. -- ==================== Ishrat Nadeem Zahid CCNP Cisco Systems,Inc. Chelmsford, MA 01824 Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=37515&t=37490 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
