Sirsamon's CCIE, Like the Doctor says It's Bigger on the Inside

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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    This morning i jumped onto Boson and bought exam-Sim max $99.

    I will be starting on this tomorrow.
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    Good luck - there can be only one.......
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    ;)

    so far today finished off MPLS, VPNs and VRF

    onto the last chapter after a tv show, which is one i like also IPv6 :)

    cya

    :)
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    OK,

    Been hammering away at IPv6, finished up to the start of the routing protocols. (half way through the chapter)

    Tomorrow should see then end the chapter and the book.

    Then it will be onto planing my revision strategy for the exam.

    Boson every other day labbing the others, revision note mixed in between, not to sure.

    i will sleep on it.

    cya

    :)
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    Yeah first step towards the written complete.

    Finished off the CCIE v4 book along with reading numerous other books, numerous times.

    Now its time for a month of revision then the exam.

    :)
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  • TesseracTTesseracT Member Posts: 167
    I'll be sitting my exam in 2 weeks... lets hope I'm ready!
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    TesseracT, good luck :)

    Today did my first run though a Boson exam, not to bad spent my time verifying anything wrong or that i had not heard of (BFD, MEC, VSS)

    Time for some TV then onto some of Odom or other documents.

    cya

    :)
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    Been a few days since my last update.

    I have decided my revision plan, for sitting the written by end of Feb.

    Reread CCIEv4, Boson, labbing at least in the weekends along with my hour of INE videos every morning while on the exercise bike.

    any spare time fine tuning anything i can.

    cya

    :)
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  • TurgonTurgon Banned Posts: 6,308 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Sirsamon wrote: »
    Been a few days since my last update.

    I have decided my revision plan, for sitting the written by end of Feb.

    Reread CCIEv4, Boson, labbing at least in the weekends along with my hour of INE videos every morning while on the exercise bike.

    any spare time fine tuning anything i can.

    cya

    :)

    Good luck on the written, get it taken out then on to lab prep through 2012..
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    Sirsamon wrote: »
    Been a few days since my last update.

    I have decided my revision plan, for sitting the written by end of Feb.

    Reread CCIEv4, Boson, labbing at least in the weekends along with my hour of INE videos every morning while on the exercise bike.

    any spare time fine tuning anything i can.

    cya

    :)

    How are your written plans? Time to knock it out and apply that work ethic to lab prep this year. Many lab practice hours ahead for you in 2012!
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    I am hammering away, that's why have not been on :)

    I am hoping to sit very very soon ;)

    :)
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  • TurgonTurgon Banned Posts: 6,308 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Sirsamon wrote: »
    I am hammering away, that's why have not been on :)

    I am hoping to sit very very soon ;)

    :)

    Good. Pass it. Then many hours of lab prep using INE Vol III and Vol II.
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    Thought i would update the blog :)

    I have been hammering away, was looking to sit the written at end of FEB.
    Work has handed me a truck load of work over the last few weeks.
    I have decided to extend until end of March, i have been reviewing/updating notes.
    Going through Boson.

    I will update when i can, be assured i have not gone

    cya

    :)
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  • PsychoFinPsychoFin Member Posts: 280
    No worries! Life always gets in the way, just get your stuff sorted, then get back on track.
    Last time I checked, the CCIE will always be here, waiting for the next TE member to crack it ;)
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Sirsamon wrote: »
    Thought i would update the blog :)

    I have been hammering away, was looking to sit the written at end of FEB.
    Work has handed me a truck load of work over the last few weeks.
    I have decided to extend until end of March, i have been reviewing/updating notes.
    Going through Boson.

    I will update when i can, be assured i have not gone

    cya

    :)

    Just take it when you're ready and be sure to hammer away on boson in the final weeks leading up to your written. Pay close attention to the explanations.
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    Hello all,

    Still revising as much as possible, tomorrow i fly out for another week away from home.

    Hope to be going in soon get it out the way.

    :)

    P.S

    i am so over reading atm :)
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    Morning all,

    It has been a while, yes same as above, just keep getting flown around the country on other projects.
    Which in turn means time familiarizing myself with the setup hardware/software and the people i am going to see, and troubleshoot.
    I don't remember the last time i got to go on a project, just to do the project and not just the troubleshooting.

    Onto the CCIE written, i have been keeping at it when time permits, i am also just about to start the second week off from work.
    This has been great two weeks of nothing but revision, i would say written in the next 2 to 3 weeks max.
    Hopefully i can came back and say i have made it through the first part :) onto the LAB prep.

    cya

    :)
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    I decided it was time, i was as ready as i could be.

    I booked the written the other day, this morning i can say YESSSS!!!!. A PASS :)

    I will have a few days to play with the equipment a bit of gaming ;)

    Then onto study for the lab. Thinking it will get the INE study package.

    cheers, Friday night and i am all done :)

    cya
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  • Ryan82Ryan82 Member Posts: 428
    Congrats and good luck on the 2nd leg of your journey
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  • vColevCole Member Posts: 1,573 ■■■■■■■□□□
    Congrats!
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Sirsamon wrote: »
    I decided it was time, i was as ready as i could be.

    I booked the written the other day, this morning i can say YESSSS!!!!. A PASS :)

    I will have a few days to play with the equipment a bit of gaming ;)

    Then onto study for the lab. Thinking it will get the INE study package.

    cheers, Friday night and i am all done :)

    cya

    Congrats man! I knew you'd do it. Enjoy the lab part!
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    That you very much to all who dropped past :)

    I have decided to use INE, i have ordered the package and awaiting its delivery.
    I believe it can be up to two weeks. I have had one week off for a rest, think i will go through routing TCTP/IP vol I and II while waiting.
    Unless anyone has a better suggestion ?

    cheers

    :)
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  • ipSpaceipSpace Member Posts: 147
    Sirsamon wrote: »
    I decided it was time, i was as ready as i could be.


    I booked the written the other day, this morning i can say YESSSS!!!!. A PASS :)

    I will have a few days to play with the equipment a bit of gaming ;)

    Then onto study for the lab. Thinking it will get the INE study package.

    cheers, Friday night and i am all done :)

    cya

    Congrats dude!

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  • ZartanasaurusZartanasaurus Member Posts: 2,008 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Congrats!
    Currently reading:
    IPSec VPN Design 44%
    Mastering VMWare vSphere 5​ 42.8%
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  • EssendonEssendon Member Posts: 4,546 ■■■■■■■■■■
    I'm a bit late to the party, but nevertheless, CONGRATS!!
    NSX, NSX, more NSX..

    Blog >> http://virtual10.com
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    OK,

    It is now the official LAB study time :)

    The INE training package has eventually arrived, i have cabled the lab, two router's to go with IOS update and off we go.

    Tomorrow morning is all go.

    cya.
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  • jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Good luck! Now the fun begins.
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    Today was a slow start, helping the wife, everyone getting used to the fact i will not be around much and jumping when they wish ;)

    Started on the configs, modifying them to my interfaces. Gonna be a lot of changes as i work my way through the workbooks.
    Mapped out the L2 and L3 topology, who would have guessed loading pre configured configs would put you off so much.
    cleared the cob webs and on with the first few tasks/verification.

    Tomorrow looking to hit it hard, now i have got going.

    cya

    :)
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    Got a lot better session today.

    Started at section 1.2 ended after 1.15, covering layer two, vlans, port channel,ether channel,dtp,encapsulation. and so on.
    Tomorrow we start at 802.1q tunneling.
    Great time, so far feels like taking the long way round before even starting CCIE has been well worth it.

    cya

    :)
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  • SirsamonSirsamon Member Posts: 221
    Tonight's study time was on section 1.17 -18
    Covering 802.1q tunneling along with ether-channel over 802.1q tunneling.
    Found more typos and missing information in the training materials, but it just adds to the troubleshooting ;)
    Good night doing different setups, verifying, troubleshooting. If i have time at work tomorrow i will got through the RFC;s.

    P.S

    is it just me or do you think This is just MPLS (MPLS lite) using vlans icon_wink.gif

    Tomorrow we hit STP

    cya

    :)
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