CCIE written here i come!

Turgon

ipSpace wrote: »

Well, managed to get 5 hours of studying today. I finished chapter 12, and it was pretty ok.

Tomorrow i am not going to learn anything since it's my birthday. I'm turning 25 i am getting old.

Congrats to James for the pass!!

Happy Birthday tomorrow. Get through that book, then read it again hammering the Odom and Bosen tests as you go. 200 hours of reading then it's written test time. April time.

ipSpace

Well yesterday i did not post, but managed to get 7 hours of study time(i am on vacation, so i will learn and rest).
Today i got another 7 hours of reading. Reached the IP Multicast Chapter, but i did not start it because i wanted to review my notes and re-read them.

Tomorrow i hope i can get 7 more hours, but i have some chores.

jamesp1983

ipSpace wrote: »

Well yesterday i did not post, but managed to get 7 hours of study time(i am on vacation, so i will learn and rest).
Today i got another 7 hours of reading. Reached the IP Multicast Chapter, but i did not start it because i wanted to review my notes and re-read them.

Tomorrow i hope i can get 7 more hours, but i have some chores.

good work. You definitely want to have all of your energy for the multicast chapter.

Turgon

ipSpace wrote: »

Well yesterday i did not post, but managed to get 7 hours of study time(i am on vacation, so i will learn and rest).
Today i got another 7 hours of reading. Reached the IP Multicast Chapter, but i did not start it because i wanted to review my notes and re-read them.

Tomorrow i hope i can get 7 more hours, but i have some chores.

Just get through the first pass of the whole book. Of course dont rush but finish it. Theres a lot there you wont understand really well even when you take the written! Lab practice helps. Once you are through Odom do the end of chapter questions and have a second crack at reading it, to turn the mush in your head into knowledge you can work with. Then its Boson tests and a few other books. It takes time and practice.

ipSpace

Thanks for the support guys.

Today i managed to get 3 hours, i had a lot of stuff to do and also i caught a flue. Started the Multicast chapter, but i was unable to finish it of course

Time to get my medicine and relax. Hope i'm better tomorrow.

How is the lab going for you guys?

Btw, passed the 50 hours milestone, off to the 100 hours.

jamesp1983

ipSpace wrote: »

Thanks for the support guys.

Today i managed to get 3 hours, i had a lot of stuff to do and also i caught a flue. Started the Multicast chapter, but i was unable to finish it of course

Time to get my medicine and relax. Hope i'm better tomorrow.

How is the lab going for you guys?

Btw, passed the 50 hours milestone, off to the 100 hours.

Keep moving man. Get to 100 hours. I know that was an important milestone to me.

Turgon

ipSpace wrote: »

Thanks for the support guys.

Today i managed to get 3 hours, i had a lot of stuff to do and also i caught a flue. Started the Multicast chapter, but i was unable to finish it of course

Time to get my medicine and relax. Hope i'm better tomorrow.

How is the lab going for you guys?

Btw, passed the 50 hours milestone, off to the 100 hours.

Take it easy, get better. Then 100 hours..200 hours required for non dumpers. No wonder tk make so much money

ipSpace

Well today i managed to get 6 hours of learning. Still not finished with the Multicast Chapters.

I now realized that my next 3 weekends i will get no study since i have some family obligations to attend to .
Hope to get some study in the commute between the cities(4 hours commute time).

The hand written notes are getting pretty big.

Turgon

ipSpace wrote: »

Well today i managed to get 6 hours of learning. Still not finished with the Multicast Chapters.

I now realized that my next 3 weekends i will get no study since i have some family obligations to attend to .
Hope to get some study in the commute between the cities(4 hours commute time).

The hand written notes are getting pretty big.

Its all good. Be patient. Unless you are unemployed or have significant workstime to study this will take 2+ years.

ipSpace

Well did not post in a while, i had to learn some virtualization for a project, but from tomorrow i am back on track.

jamesp1983

Turgon wrote: »

Take it easy, get better. Then 100 hours..200 hours required for non dumpers. No wonder tk make so much money

It certainly isn't easy, but the time commitment is well worth it in the end to know that you passed the right way.

jamesp1983

ipSpace wrote: »

Well did not post in a while, i had to learn some virtualization for a project, but from tomorrow i am back on track.

Keep it up man. You're doing well.

ipSpace

Well so back on track. Managed to get 3 hours of study today .

Finished the Multicast Chapter..huh that was a really long chapter.

Going to Security now. I just got MPLS Fundamentals so i think that will help me on the MPLS Chapter, when i get there.

Turgon

Take the pain. 200 hours for you. Start hitting the Odom and Boson tests after 100 hours. Once the 200 is done and you pass written, the next 1000 lab hours will help you put the theory into practical context Lab hours are more brutal than reading.

ipSpace

Well i am back on track. Another 'project' got in the way. Had to learn more linux for some stuff.

I managed to get 8 hours of reading. The MPLS chapter is done((skipped the security). I manage to review OSPF also.

Tomorrow i will review BGP and IS-IS(i know it is not for CCIE track, but i need this)

ipSpace

Well managed to get about 3 hours of reviewing the BGP. Slow day today and tomorrow as i had a lot of chores and to make something related to my Master Degree.

ipSpace

Well 3 hours again today. Thing are getting tight at work..

ipSpace

Wow, did not post in a while. i managed to get only 2 hours of reading the IPv6 chapter. Work got in the way.

I am now doing some migrating and getting a customer in our environment..mostly checkpoint/juniper stuff. Got to get good on this, and then back to CCIE.

It's taking a long time...offf

NetworkVeteran

ipSpace wrote: »

Wow, did not post in a while. i managed to get only 2 hours of reading the IPv6 chapter. Work got in the way.

Dear ipSpace,

I will be a CCNP by Monday and then back on the CCIE path. 2 hours is awesome! The guy on my last team who made CCIE--he was not, by most accunts the most talented, nor did he put in a great many hours per day. He just kept putting in that one hour per day until he reached goal. And then he doubled up. Discipline, that surely is one of his skills! May you not take an interminable break, and make some small forward progress each day towards your goal. I certaintly will join him one day. Cheers, mate!

jamesp1983

ipSpace wrote: »

Wow, did not post in a while. i managed to get only 2 hours of reading the IPv6 chapter. Work got in the way.

I am now doing some migrating and getting a customer in our environment..mostly checkpoint/juniper stuff. Got to get good on this, and then back to CCIE.

It's taking a long time...offf

You're getting some time in, but just keep pushing. Just stay consistent if your schedule permits and know that you are going to do this.

ipSpace

Well, back on track.

Got 5 hours of study today. Finish my 1st pass over the Odom book, and reviewed some other Multicast and IPv6 materials.

These 2 subjects, are by far my weakest points.

Hope tomorrow to get more than 7 hours.


It's a good feeling to get back on track

ipSpace

Well managed to get 6 more hours on IPv6 and Multicast.

From this evening, i will start a second pass on the Odom Book. I also read some chapters from other books as well (MPLS fundamentals etc..)

Reaching 100 hours..uhu

ipSpace

Well got 4 hours of reading/reviewing BGP.

That was a nice session. 2 more hours to go, and i reach 100 ...uhu

nethacker

ipSpace wrote: »

Well, back on track.

Got 5 hours of study today. Finish my 1st pass over the Odom book, and reviewed some other Multicast and IPv6 materials.

These 2 subjects, are by far my weakest points.

Hope tomorrow to get more than 7 hours.


It's a good feeling to get back on track

You are not alone in this. IPv6 is a nightmare to me right now. Perhaps I have not done any implementation requiring ipv6.

jamesp1983

ipSpace wrote: »

Well got 4 hours of reading/reviewing BGP.

That was a nice session. 2 more hours to go, and i reach 100 ...uhu

Great work! Separating the men from the boys...

ipSpace

Well just passed 100 hours.. Managed to get 2 hours tonight!

A few more hundred hours to go! )

ipSpace

Got a few hours in the last week.. but reading about Checkpoint for the moment. A new client with some checkpoint firewalls..

Trying to get at least 1 hours every day ..

ipSpace

Well, it's been some time since i posted here, but i did not quit. I had a lot of new technologies at work that i had to learn, and now in a few weeks i am going to finish my master degree... after that...ccie full time

Btw, my lab is finished

ipSpace

Well it seems life has taken over my studies. Yesterday i managed to get 2 more hours of CCIE study.

I did not post in a while, since i was preparing for my Master Degree. A lot to study for my Thesis.

I am back on track, the Thesis is completed and now i only have to present it.

Hope you people are all well.

Sirsamon

Great to hear, stick at it.
I got delayed a month or two more than i expected, i just made sure every bit of free time i had would be right back at it.

I Passed almost 2 weeks ago
had a rest just starting the lab prep.

cya