Passed TSHOOT 1000/1000 finally a CCNP

PhildoBaggins · April 2012

I was not expecting it to be that cheese !!!!!

7of9 · April 2012

Congrats!

YFZblu · April 2012

PhildoBaggins wrote: »

I was not expecting it to be that cheese !!!!!

Perfect score?? You're making us look bad

Great work.

networker050184 · April 2012

Congrats!

PhildoBaggins · April 2012

If you know the ROUTE/SWITCH material (REALLY KNOW IT) and you troubleshoot daily then TSHOOT is really a walk in the park compared to the first two tests.

Roguetadhg · April 2012

Damn, you beautiful sob.

What did you use to study for your CCNP?

PhildoBaggins · April 2012

Roguetadhg wrote: »

Damn, you beautiful sob.

What did you use to study for your CCNP?

Heavy on the FLG
Light on the OCG
Heavy on the CBT's (do not rely on these, only use them as an introduction to the concepts and I feel they are worth it)
Heavy on the labbing during ROUTE via GNS3 (3640 with 12.4 enterprise image)
I had sold all my L3 switches (well cisco ones) so I had to just lab it up in my head for SWITCH, I deal mostly with HP procurves daily which are all L3 capable anyways
TSHOOT I just walked in and took it, if you are a break/fix engineer this will be a walk in the park.

If you DO NOT HAVE ANY break/fix experience then i would suggest for TSHOOT study to built 10-20 labs, break 4-5 small items per lab and then sit on it for a week or two so it leaves your memory for a bit. If you have a tech/engineer friend to break the labs for you then its even better. Then go through and troubleshoot each one to resolution.

One other thing I do is get some cheap white boards ($7 at walmart) and I list every single topic from the FLG table of contents. I then go down the line and use a blank whiteboard to explain it to my wife, the fish, the cat, the dog, myself as if I was going to teach a class on it. If you can explain the concepts in a unique fashion that is personal to you then you have just made a permenant resident in your long term memory via object association.

Now I need to learn how to build callcenters for work.....

binargs · April 2012

i think you are my new idol

PhildoBaggins · April 2012

binargs wrote: »

i think you are my new idol

YFZblu · April 2012

This thread got really epic, really quick.

ampdeck · April 2012

congrats PhildoBaggins! I also got perfect score for TSHOOT 3mos ago

SharkDiver · April 2012

As did I.

If you are ever going to get a 1000, this is the one to do it on.

Congratulations!

cmitchell_00 · April 2012

Dude awesome score. I'm fan of you guys who study and lab up and have those perfect scores. I will get there sooner or later with practice.

Roguetadhg · April 2012

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181018&Tpk=h40

The alternative to the cpu cooling you've got. It looks large.

I found out that navigating around a large CPU heatsink with fans leads to a lot of cuts, and blood. $:\$

Especially troubleshooting for it. I've got my computer out of it's rather big case. Too Big and awkward for holding nothing much. I'll probably down-size to a mid-tower. I just hope it'll hold the large video cards of the new generation.

seansabian · April 2012

Congrats Roguetadhg! Outstanding score!

veritas_libertas · April 2012

seansabian wrote: »

Congrats Roguetadhg! Outstanding score!

Roguetadhg only wishes he got that score...

Great score PhildoBaggins. Are you looking forward to the Hobbit coming out this winter?

themagicone · April 2012

I was with out on the computer until the "monster" hdmi cable... Yucky over priced pos in my opinion. They can be picked for .50 to 1.00 from almost any site on the net. Other than that great job and good computer.

spicy ahi · April 2012

Congrats! Where's the jealous button on this thing... I think we need one for posts like this!

PhildoBaggins · May 2012

I scrapped that computer, canceled the order.

I got
i7-3770 (non K)
MSI class 3 u55 z77
evga GTX 480
24GB ddr3 1600
2TB hdd
120gb sata 3 mushkin ssd
1000w power supply
antec DF85 case (7 fans with 4 fan controllers)
all sorts of other goodies

MickQ · May 2012

Still nice. My only concern would be that I've found the WD green HDDs to be noticably slower than the black.

PhildoBaggins · May 2012

MickQ wrote: »

Still nice. My only concern would be that I've found the WD green HDDs to be noticably slower than the black.

I got a 2TB seagate, its been running up to 160MB/s on long single ISO bursts, sometimes higher. Overall I have insane speeds all the way around. I have a WD external 2.0 320gb drive running my backups off the SSD, and a usb 3.0 toshiba 500gb drive running long term backups of my large format data.

I also run drop box for small files offsite backups and crashplan for my dailys. I want another 3-4 HDD's by the end of the year for a raid 5 media streaming (tversity) and storage solution.

Just passed CCDA today, that was pretty cheese. I just went thruoght he book and test questions over the weekend.

Now for some real fun, QOS, UCAD, LCSUAC for work.

Then I can finally start on CCNA Voice and CCNP Vouice by Dec 31st, also for work.

ITS GONNA BE A BUSY YEAR.

JeanM · July 2012

Nice, congrats!

Dakinggamer87 · July 2012

Congrats on pass!!

MrXpert · July 2012

Congratulations on your pass!

how does the TSHOOT compare to the Route and Switch exams in terms of difficulty and comprehension of the subject matter?

PhildoBaggins · July 2012

i didnt read the book or really study that much for it. It will very easy compared to ROUTE and SWITCH. CCNA Security tomorrow 3pm woot.

NotHackingYou · July 2012

Congrats on the CCNP! If you can swing it, the SSD is vastly superior to any spindle disc. I have one and won't go back!

waragi · July 2012

Congratulations.

No problems with the limited iOS command set on the simulater during the exam?

ddcengineer · July 2012

Congrats on your cert!!!

TSHOOT was a walk in the park compared to Route and Switch. I found Route the hardest.

jamesp1983 · July 2012

Congrats! Great score and I structure my studies in a similar fashion.

Passed TSHOOT 1000/1000 finally a CCNP

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