It is time to slay the beast...CCIE R&S, here we come

Well, since my boss is providing me with the moral/financial support and my wife is all on board, I am going to attempt to slay the beast. I have a decent lab built so far which consists of the following:
1 x 3640 (frame switch?? maybe)
3 x 2610xm
1 x 2620xm
1 x 1841
1 x 2811
2 x 3560 EI
1 x 3550 EI
3 x 2950
1 x 2960

I still want to get a few more 1841's, maybe another 3560, and a 2500 series for terminal server and perhaps a second 2500 series for a frame switch if I don't want to use my 3640. Boss man says a 3825 is a possibility if I need it since it is on the blueprint, but we'll see.

For study materials:
- CCIE Routing and Switching (Odom)
- TCP/IP Vol 1
- TCP/IP Vol 2

I'll be stopping off and getting my CCIP on the way so I should have BGP, MPLS, and QoS under control. I have my CCNP study materials as well. I'll be picking up INE audio/video/lab materials plus other supplemental materials that I find along the way. Depending on how I feel, boss man says he'll send me to see Narbik...not sure if it will be needed, but it's not a bad option.

I plan on having a life while I study so it will take me longer than most to get it done; my goal is 18 - 24 months.

Now that I've made my declaration public, there's no backing out!!! Good luck to those of you making your run, we'll definitely need it!!!

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Comments

jamesp1983

It sounds like you've got a good plan of attack. Good luck and keep us updated.

unclerico

@down77, that is very good advice! I will definitely do that going forward. @james, thanks for the encouragement, I definitely need it

...good luck to you as well!

unclerico

Finished Narbiks foundation volumes which equal around 900 pages. I felt that 99.9% of the labs were extremely simple. The .1 that I'm still stuck on is OER/PfR. Narbik wrote this really nice ~70 page study guide on PfR, but I still am not sure about it. Ill be looking to some white papers and blogs to clear it up and hopefully bring it home. After I get a little more clarity I'm going to begin Narbiks Advanced work books which equal more than 1,000 pages! Good times...

mhonsky

There was free vSeminar on PfR on INE last Sunday and this coming Sunday too. You may want to watch that and try the labs publish on ine blogs..

unclerico

Well, the good news is I'm on Adv. EIGRP in Narbiks book. The bad news is I'm only about 380 pages in out of 1100. I really need to get my Anki cards updated and start reviewing daily. My job is killer in terms of time and brain power and now I am helping a former company do a large MAN buildout in my "spare time" on nights and weekends. Most of the config is Juniper gear, but I love me some junos so it's all good. Oh, to top it off we are remodeling our house starting tomorrow and then we hit the Caribbean at the end of June. I swear there is a force out there that does all it can to keep me from obtaining my digits...

jamesp1983

mhonsky wrote: »

There was free vSeminar on PfR on INE last Sunday and this coming Sunday too. You may want to watch that and try the labs publish on ine blogs..

Do you know where to find these videos now?

jamesp1983

unclerico wrote: »

Finished Narbiks foundation volumes which equal around 900 pages. I felt that 99.9% of the labs were extremely simple. The .1 that I'm still stuck on is OER/PfR. Narbik wrote this really nice ~70 page study guide on PfR, but I still am not sure about it. Ill be looking to some white papers and blogs to clear it up and hopefully bring it home. After I get a little more clarity I'm going to begin Narbiks Advanced work books which equal more than 1,000 pages! Good times...

Nice, keep it up.

mhonsky

Do you know where to find these videos now?

I tried to check them on AAP and currently they were not published yet. But the old PfR Vseminar is still there.

unclerico

Since I'm finding it difficult to get adequate time to study after work I approached my boss and asked him if I could work from home one day per week with the idea that I would use the time to study. He said yes! This will help me out in a big way. Nothing new to report anyways. I'm working advanced EIGRP labs right now.