Chuck, I was just going over the steps laid out in caslow's book, do you think the step 1, step 2, step 3 approach is better than the layered approach - layer 2, layer 3, access-list, etc.
Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Morabito" To: "Chuck Church" ; ; Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 7:46 AM Subject: Re: Whew! CCIE 8776! > Congrats! > > What did you do the last couple of months? Practice speed? Or maybe > practice the many "little" things in IOS? > > Thanks! > > I too long for a good night sleep.... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chuck Church" > To: ; > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 12:43 AM > Subject: Whew! CCIE 8776! > > > > All, > > > > I think the title says it all. Took the lab today at RTP. 4th time > > was the charm. I don't know where to begin. Might as well start with the > > thank you's. Thanks to Bruce, Val, and Fred at NetMasterClass. Thanks > also > > to those on the list that I've either studied with or have helped me out > in > > the past with problems. Thanks also to Paul for putting this great list > > together. As far as how I prepared, I might as well give the whole story. > > Started working on Cisco about 2 1/2 years ago after going though the > Novell > > and MS Certs. After getting NA, DA, NP, and DP, I passed the CCIE written > > in October 2000. Without really knowing how to study or what to prepare > > for, I got my butt handed to me in January at RTP. Didn't know much more > > than your average CCNP would. Tried again in April, but BGP killed me, > and > > again I didn't make it to day 2. After that, I found a study partner > > (Thanks Boris) and we worked pretty hard last summer. Did all the > bootcamp > > labs, thought I knew everything I needed to. > > November 4 of 2001, figured I'd breeze through the lab. I don't > > know if it's true, but I heard the first couple of months with the new 1 > day > > format had a very low pass rate. I know I could have used a couple more > > hours to finish. If anyone took the lab in Oct or Nov of last year and > > failed, don't be discouraged. I think they've scaled it back a little > > nowadays. > > Fast forwarding to today. After spending a week with Val, Bruce, > > and Fred at the NMC-1 course, and doing nothing but working on my speed, I > > felt pretty prepared. Everything in the Doyle Volume 1 and Bruce/Val's > book > > made sense. Though running a little low on sleep, I felt good this > morning. > > Roughly 4.5 hours into the test, we got lunch. At that point I was done > > with the IGP's and almost done with the EGP's. In other words about 2/3 > of > > the way done, by my estimate. At 1:30 I was done, but needed to go back > and > > work on 3 things I couldn't figure out. A little discussing with the > > proctor, and 2 of them were fixed. But then I think I read too much. I > had > > solved a problem one way, but realized the wording of the question might > > change what they were looking for. Checking with the proctor, I got the > > impression that he really didn't like my solution. So there I am, 1.5 > hours > > to go, and I'm making a somewhat major change :( Looked OK, but with 1/2 > an > > hour to go, I noticed a 'neighborship' bouncing up and down :o 10 minutes > > to go, got it all working, but didn't get a chance to completely double > > check all my other work as time expired. I know I left 1 thing > unconfigured > > (a 2 pointer), but started wondering if I'd made other mistakes. They > said > > to expect the results tomorrow afternoon. A plane flight back to New > York, > > and there's the email waiting. 8776! > > If anyone's wondering what I used to study, here's the short list: > > > > Groupstudy! Paul's done a great job. There are certain people on this > list > > that should be flagged as must-reads. I won't mention any last names, but > > there are a couple guys named 'Brian' (both long-time CCIEs) that are a > huge > > asset to this list. Thanks guys. > > > > Doyle - Volumes 1 and 2 - Everything you ever wanted to know about IP, but > > were afraid to ask. > > > > Bridges, Routers, and Switches for CCIEs - Bruce Caslow and Val > Pavlichenko > > - Used edition 2, but I understand 3 is coming out soon. This book covers > > most everything. I expect the new edition will cover more multicast and > > QOS, and drop Appletalk and DECnet. But still the most useful book I've > > found. > > > > Halabi - Used 1st edition, but everything I was asked to do with BGP is in > > that book. > > > > Bootcamp labs - Worked though these with a partner, because his company > was > > cool enough to buy them for him, and my company wasn't! Great preparation > > and simulation for the test. > > > > Various docs from CCO - Might as well go to the source! > > > > Most importantly - NMC-1 http://www.netmasterclass.net/nmc/ Bruce and Val > > explain the most difficult subjects very well. A couple of things are a > > little lacking in the book, but they cover those very well in the class. > Be > > prepared to work your a** off that week though. 8:30AM to 11PM is the > norm > > that week. But I highly recommend it, especially if you've come close to > > passing before. > > > > Well, sorry to ramble on so much. I'm off to bed for a L O N G > > sleep. > > > > Thanks again, > > > > Chuck Church > > CCIE 8776 > > CCNP, CCDP, MCNE, MCSE > > Sr. Network Engineer > > Magnacom Technologies > > 140 N. Rt. 303 > > Valley Cottage, NY 10989 > > 845-267-4000 x218 > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Comercial lab list: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/commercial.html > > Please discuss commercial lab solutions on this list. > _________________________________________________________________ > Comercial lab list: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/commercial.html > Please discuss commercial lab solutions on this list. 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