CCIE R&S round 2
So my book came in to take the written again today and its time to start going down that road. Going to look into booking the written sometime in February, depending on how things go in January. I'd like to knock it out sooner than later in order to focus on the lab.
For those that don't know, I attempted the lab close to a year ago. I did really well on switching, IGP, multicast, IP services and ok on QoS. My weak areas, which killed my exam, were IPv6, BGP, and security, which I knew going in.
Plan of attack for round 2:
full lab at the office, with remote access.
-4 x 3750-24 w/emi
-6 routers of whatever I can find (likely 2600xms, 1800s, 2800s, 3600s, 3800s) in the storage room that will run a decent IOS.
-some kind of access server for console access to it all.
6 day boot camp from INE or the 5 day from IPexpert. Already approved from work, just need to work out a date/location. Looking at around March or April. Then hit the mock labs afterward and hammer out those damn weak spots that I neglected last time.
I know there is some crying on the interwebs about how hard the new lab is but I say bring it on. Im bringing big guns this time and have learned from my shortcomings from last time (like not try to drink $1500 worth of free drinks as I will spend the whole day in the bathroom).
Another thing I am going to do differently this time around is read less "CCIE Gossip". For some reason CCIE candidates obsess over things like the CCIE numbers, what camp has the most passes over the other, what vendor is better than what, who hired who, etc etc. Its just an exam, and Im just going to study and pass the *&^@$
For those that don't know, I attempted the lab close to a year ago. I did really well on switching, IGP, multicast, IP services and ok on QoS. My weak areas, which killed my exam, were IPv6, BGP, and security, which I knew going in.
Plan of attack for round 2:
full lab at the office, with remote access.
-4 x 3750-24 w/emi
-6 routers of whatever I can find (likely 2600xms, 1800s, 2800s, 3600s, 3800s) in the storage room that will run a decent IOS.
-some kind of access server for console access to it all.
6 day boot camp from INE or the 5 day from IPexpert. Already approved from work, just need to work out a date/location. Looking at around March or April. Then hit the mock labs afterward and hammer out those damn weak spots that I neglected last time.
I know there is some crying on the interwebs about how hard the new lab is but I say bring it on. Im bringing big guns this time and have learned from my shortcomings from last time (like not try to drink $1500 worth of free drinks as I will spend the whole day in the bathroom).
Another thing I am going to do differently this time around is read less "CCIE Gossip". For some reason CCIE candidates obsess over things like the CCIE numbers, what camp has the most passes over the other, what vendor is better than what, who hired who, etc etc. Its just an exam, and Im just going to study and pass the *&^@$
Comments
I thought you were bringing your own tea?....mind you that will go through you too
Glad to hear you're getting back on the horse. Hard to believe it's almost been a year though since we were both talking about it last, I'm getting old
I got home to see the I giant block of 'book' on my desk. The new CCIE book is 1000+ pages. Not something you want to drag around with you, this one is staying at home!
BTW, I am shooting for a springtime go at the lab. Going to take a bootcamp early next year but haven't figured out which one yet.
Good luck with it dude. Should of taken a v3 shot in 2009 though, if you had the time and funds.
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Yes the new CCIE book is one extra large piece of kit..... I'm sure a large chunk of the amazon trees are missing due to this book....
Look forward to following your progress while the rest of us work towards the same goal as well!!!
Bring on 2010 and the R&S v4.0!
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Next Up: CCIE R&S Lab
Hope everyone enjoys the holidays. Its back to work for a lot of us it sounds in the new year!
Next Up: CCIE R&S Lab
Understandable... I was considering packing it in, if i was going to bomb out second time round, as I thought i had cake walked the first attempt. With all the study done in 07/08 and waiting between lab attempts in 09 was just eating up waaayyy too much of my time, and we're now going into 2010, thanks to the CCIE the years have gone so quick!
Web Blog of sorts:
http://blog.nullrouter.com
On the company's dime I have also purchased NMC's troubleshooting videos. I decided this instead of INE's offerings as they seem to be all over the place these days, and I like that NMC is focused on the one track (and the fact they are supported by Cisco). One thing I will say though is NMC is not cheap. I don't think I would be able to justify the cost if I were paying the bill.