CCIE R&S progress

Hi all, so after the feedback from the other thread i decided to make this thread! I am creating this to keep myself on track and hopefully feel bad knowing that other members are working hard while i think of excuses to not read or lab!

My story so far: Achieved my CCNA while at college, then went to university, have done my BSc in Networking and had a placement year also, i have been doing SAP basis for the past 2 years (while at university) and graduated about a month ago! during this time i also achieved my CCNP. I am now starting a Graduate scheme at BT in september for 2 years in the networking team and i want to learn at my own pace, hence cracking the whip!!

I have my trusty safari account with plenty of books to read and subscribed to INE for the videos to re-encorce the knowledge. I am NOT focusing too much on labs for the first month or so as i really want to cram it in currently. I have been doing about 2 hours or so revision a day for the past 2 months (then saw this website) and as of 2 days ago i have been doing 4 hours revision a day, minimum!

Any advice is welcome and any "OI SLACKER, GET YOUR ARSE IN GEAR" is also very much welcome!

All the best!

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silver145

i get paid on the 25th so i am going to attempt it on the 28th, or 3rd. Havent decided which date but it is now between those two

As i have next week off, then a week off after that weekend due to moving house etc. I plan to get another 60 hours revision in

silver145

Exam booked for 30th as i am moving this weekend! Hopefully all will go well.

gorebrush

Not doing things by half then!

Best of luck for your written

silver145

Thanks, cant be letting you get too far in the lead as i want a spot in london also

gorebrush

Will have to arrange a meetup methinks! Post lab comiserations/celebrations haa

Maybe we could partner up on issues in the meantime??

silver145

yes yes and yes! i am definatly in need of some one to bounce ideas off and review material!

gorebrush

Awesome!

Sounds like a plan!

silver145

JUST finished moving in, Unpacked the PC's and got the 3750's/3550's set up and ready with my GNS3 machine, not touching any of it until hopefully Friday evening!

silver145

FAILED. just got back from written, it was a close fail but a fail none the less!!!!

I have rebooked for next thursday and will be concentrating on the areas i found i did terrible in

instant000

silver145 wrote: »

FAILED. just got back from written, it was a close fail but a fail none the less!!!!

I have rebooked for next thursday and will be concentrating on the areas i found i did terrible in

Don't let it get you down. Brian M. from INE remarked that he failed the Data Center written MANY times. He one-shotted the lab. It is what it is.

Mrock4

Hey man, think of it this way- that fail means you're closer to a pass!

Also, I failed the BSCI (now CCNP Route) TWICE before passing. You haven't truly failed unless you give up!

I look forward to your PASS!

instant000

Mrock4 wrote: »

Also, I failed the BSCI (now CCNP Route) TWICE before passing.

Oh, now you go and mention BSCI. I know that I failed that exam at least three times in the past! I can still remember the last time I took it (it was 2009). My very first question was a sim on IS-IS w/ IPv6. (The BSCI curriculum included ISIS.) I wound up failing the exam with a 777 score. This would look to be a very lucky number, except for the fact that I failed by 13 points! My CCNA/CCNP expired at the time. [This was actually good for me, as I was rusty and out-of-practice. Also, it meant that you'd have one less weak CCNP out there!] I probably could have recerted using the known to be much easier BCMSN, but I must be a glutton for punishment: I wanted to feel like I "earned" it.

I will say that I thought the old BSCI / BCMSN / BCRAN seemed to have more topics, overall. The old CIT (the troubleshooting test, as I remember it) seemed to be a little easy, but that was probably because it required knowing all the others first.

You haven't truly failed unless you give up!

Yeah. Don't give up.

Note: I could have fudged the acronyms. These tests haven't been available for a few years.

silver145

Re-took the exam today and passed

, a rather large difference in my percentages as well. I took the parts i knew i sucked at from the first and re-covered them. seemed to do the trick, a few questions still caught me out though! probably spent another 20 hours prepping since i failed the last test so i will update ciggy and onto the lab prep now!

Thanks Instant/Mrock (congrats to you also!)

carterw65

Nice, great job! Have fun labbing!

jamesp1983

Mrock4 wrote: »

Hey man, think of it this way- that fail means you're closer to a pass!

Also, I failed the BSCI (now CCNP Route) TWICE before passing. You haven't truly failed unless you give up!

Great piece of advice!

jamesp1983

silver145 wrote: »

Re-took the exam today and passed , a rather large difference in my percentages as well. I took the parts i knew i sucked at from the first and re-covered them. seemed to do the trick, a few questions still caught me out though! probably spent another 20 hours prepping since i failed the last test so i will update ciggy and onto the lab prep now!

Congrats man, great work!

nel

Congrats man. I cant wait to see when you and dave both pass!

Keep up the good work fella!

gorebrush

Yay! Well done on the pass! Never mind that it took two attempts.

Onwards and upwards. I'm still enjoying my sabbatical but I am often checking up on what is going on in here..

Keep it up. I'm back next week full time. Been re-arranging and sorting the house this week - a job that was long overdue sadly but never mind, nearly all done now.

I needed a break from the computer anyway, I work 12 hour shifts of it at work and been doing 8-10 hours a day in my off days, a break after the written felt right.

I'll be catching up on your written hours again shortly!

silver145

Hey!
Nearly finished settling into the new job and start my official line of business on monday, as a side project while going through basic training i have been practicing for the "Metro Ethernet Forum - Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional" exam which i have booked to sit next thursday. Then onwards and upwards with my IE!

gorebrush

Good to hear you are still going!

silver145

so the IE begins! My first rack rental slot starts in 30 mins, (even though i have a home lab) just wanting to see the difference between the two as i am using half GNS3 and physical switches.

I decided not to clock watch with my labbbing, I am following the INE workbooks, ill work untill i feel ready, then ill book mock exams, depending how much i fail by, adjust the study plan and continue untill i am happy

Also gore, it should be next thursday that the dates for London 2014 mobile lab become available.

gorebrush

Ah good!

I'm heading for Brussels instead now though...

silver145

TRAITOR!

Just incase you feel like saving money on flights etc

gorebrush

Well, the interesting thing here is - my wife says we have air miles from our mortgage, so apparently we could both get flights for £70...

Mobile lab in London is £200 more expensive!!

silver145

lol! nice, didnt know that!