One week til d-day.... studying like there is tomorrow
routergods
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I have my second attempt on Thursday Dec 5th. Some of you may be interested in the preparation steps from my first attempt on October 14th to now, so here's a quick synopsis.
After failing, I wrote down all the topics that tripped me up during the lab. I bought the Cisco 360 Practice lab workbook which has 35 practice labs... labs 29-35 are updated for version 4.
Within RouterGods, I formed a sub-group of five people who had upcoming lab dates in December and January. We started labbing up each practice lab. At first it was pretty tough and it would take several hours to complete a lab, but things became faster.
I went crazy with rack rentals and plunked down $160-ish for a bunch of sessions from cconline. I would have gone with Narbik, but all his racks are full. For the past month, I've had an early session for east coast guys and a late session for Pacific time zone. I did each lab three times.. once in the afternoon, once at night and in GNS3 after the rack rental session died out.
It's pretty amazing how fast you get after putting in all that time labbing. I time every section to see if I'm getting faster/slower and one lab I got up to redistribution in 25 minutes which is pretty nuts and no it wasn't one of those labs where everything was preconfigured.
I grabbed Daniel's awesome Anki card set and add a bunch of my own (mainly ip services trivia stuff). Been going through those like a madman.
For the next five days I will do at least two practice labs a day and then rest the day before the exam.
After failing, I wrote down all the topics that tripped me up during the lab. I bought the Cisco 360 Practice lab workbook which has 35 practice labs... labs 29-35 are updated for version 4.
Within RouterGods, I formed a sub-group of five people who had upcoming lab dates in December and January. We started labbing up each practice lab. At first it was pretty tough and it would take several hours to complete a lab, but things became faster.
I went crazy with rack rentals and plunked down $160-ish for a bunch of sessions from cconline. I would have gone with Narbik, but all his racks are full. For the past month, I've had an early session for east coast guys and a late session for Pacific time zone. I did each lab three times.. once in the afternoon, once at night and in GNS3 after the rack rental session died out.
It's pretty amazing how fast you get after putting in all that time labbing. I time every section to see if I'm getting faster/slower and one lab I got up to redistribution in 25 minutes which is pretty nuts and no it wasn't one of those labs where everything was preconfigured.
I grabbed Daniel's awesome Anki card set and add a bunch of my own (mainly ip services trivia stuff). Been going through those like a madman.
For the next five days I will do at least two practice labs a day and then rest the day before the exam.
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reaper81
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Good luck man. I think you have it covered this time.
Glad to see you helping out in the community.Daniel Dib
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routergods
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Anyone know of a good sleep reset technique? I'm currently a vampire, waking up at 7pm and sleeping at noon.
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instant000
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When I was in the military, we'd often have to have staff duty, or charge of quarters, which would be a 24 hour duty day, followed by a reset day, and then we would go back to our regular schedule.
The quickest way to reset the schedule would be to stay up until regular bedtime, as late as you could.
So, for example, if you started duty at 6 AM, and worked through the following 6 AM, you'd have to stay up until that evening, which would mean usually staying up for a total of 36-38 hours before going to sleep.
It will be rough for that one day, but it will be well worth it, to get your schedule back in sync.
We would do the same when we traveled overseas. You'd be on a flight for 20+ hours. You'd force yourself to stay up until the "normal" bedtime, and then go to sleep.
It's rough for that one day, but it'll get you back on schedule quicker.
This is just based on military duty for six years. Your mileage may vary.Currently Working: CCIE R&S
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routergods
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Thanks instant... might as well do that today. 10:30 AM Pacific... been up since 7PM. Should be a fun day
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Ivanjam
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@routergods - good luck on the lab - we are rooting for you!
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Iristheangel
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Good luck! I'll miss your videos for the next week but totally understand that you're in heavy lab/study mode -
jamesp1983
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Good luck."Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks." -
Ivanjam
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@gorebrush - I tried that pun earlier but I think it was lost on the Yanks, as they tend to pronounce route as ˈrau̇t, rather than as ˈrüt.Fall 2014: Start MA in Mathematics [X]
Fall 2016: Start PhD in Mathematics [X] -
snadam
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Best of luck!**** ARE FOR CHUMPS! Don't be a chump! Validate your material with certguard.com search engine
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gregorio323
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ip access-list extended CCIE-ACCESS
permit ip host routergods host CCIE eq ccienumber -
tearofs
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gregorio323 wrote: »ip access-list extended CCIE-ACCESS
permit ip host routergods host CCIE eq ccienumber
int Wallet0/1
ip access-group CCIE-ACCESS in -
Ivanjam
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@routergods - good luck on getting that NUMBER later today! Fall 2014: Start MA in Mathematics [X]
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Zartanasaurus
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Shouldn't it be permit ip host cisco host routergods eq ccienumber? We want Cisco to send him a CCIE number right?gregorio323 wrote: »ip access-list extended CCIE-ACCESS
permit ip host routergods host CCIE eq ccienumber
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routergods
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Eating breakfast at the Starbucks down the street from Cisco... will be going in 45 mins.
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jamesp1983
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You got this."Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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RouteMyPacket
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Probably breaking for lunch right now...come back and shore up configs, verify and get that number...woo wooo!
I'm assuming this is the R/S lab?Modularity and Design Simplicity:
Think of the 2:00 a.m. test—if you were awakened in the
middle of the night because of a network problem and had to figure out the
traffic flows in your network while you were half asleep, could you do it? -
bermovick
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EEK!
GOOD LUCK! \o/Latest Completed: CISSP
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aragoen_celtdra
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Alright Humpster, you're keeping us all in suspense here.
I'm sure by now you've gotten the results. Give us the happy news! CCIE Wr: In Progress...
Hours CCIE Wr Prep: 309:03:52
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