CCNP Achieved

CyanicCyanic Member Posts: 289
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Finally!!! icon_cheers.gif

I took about 1.5 years off after passing the BSCI before picking up the SWITCH and ROUTE books to prepare for the TSHOOT. Knowing the topology by heart and having a solid strategy is key to this exam.

I am going to hit up Voice and then possibly go after CCIE R&S.
Cy

http://www.mashtronauts.com
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  • networker050184networker050184 Mod Posts: 11,962 Mod
    Congrats! I bet the feeling is that much better after the long wait!
    An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made.
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  • matt333matt333 Member Posts: 276 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Congrats!!
    Studying: Automating Everything, network API's, Python etc.. 
    Certifications: CCNP, CCDP, JNCIP-DC, JNCIS-DevOps, JNCIS-ENT, JNCIS-SP
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  • MickQMickQ Member Posts: 628 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Nice one! Congrats.
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  • IvanjamIvanjam Member Posts: 978 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Way to go! icon_thumright.gif
    Fall 2014: Start MA in Mathematics [X]
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  • MrBrianMrBrian Member Posts: 520
    Congrats! Hoping to join you sometime next month
    Currently reading: Internet Routing Architectures by Halabi
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  • yamaj615yamaj615 Member Posts: 29 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Congrats man!!
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  • wavewave Member Posts: 342
    Awesome! Congrats!
    ROUTE Passed 1 May 2012
    SWITCH Passed 25 September 2012
    TSHOOT Passed 23 October 2012
    Taking CCNA Security in April 2013 then studying for the CISSP
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  • ShanmanShanman Member Posts: 223
    Big congratz!!!
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  • f0rgiv3nf0rgiv3n Member Posts: 598 ■■■■□□□□□□
    Congratulations!! Great job on sticking to it after so long.
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  • waragiwaragi Member Posts: 72 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Would building the tshoot lab from scratch without any notes mean that one is ready for tshoot?
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  • waragiwaragi Member Posts: 72 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Congratulations! , the time delay must have made things more difficult , people that do tshoot after a few weeks after route or switch seem to find it easy.
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  • CyanicCyanic Member Posts: 289
    waragi wrote: »
    Would building the tshoot lab from scratch without any notes mean that one is ready for tshoot?

    Maybe but I think having a strategy in mind is equality as important. I used the divide and conquer strategy.

    Mine was looked like this.

    Log into host, verify the ip address configuration of the host.
    If Good - Ping R1
    If Good - Log into R1 and....
    If Bad ....
    If Bad.......
    Cy

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  • NetworkVeteranNetworkVeteran Member Posts: 2,338 ■■■■■■■■□□
    waragi wrote: »
    Would building the tshoot lab from scratch without any notes mean that one is ready for tshoot?
    Waragi, nah, because the test is a troubleshooting exam not a configuration exam. First, understanding the lab topology will save you time. Second, you are expected to remember the routing/switching content. Third, having a basic process such as debugging up or down the OSI layers will help. It's not a particularly hard exam if you did well on ROUTE and SWITCH and do it while those are fresh in your memory. Scores of 1000/1000 are not uncommon.

    IIRC, I set aside one evening to study, and took it the same day as ROUTE.
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