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To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [OSL | CCIE_RS] CCIE #25609
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 14:52:45 +0930
Hi Mark,
I used IPExpert BLS exclusively, no bootcamps for me, it's too much for my own
packet as I financed this whole CCIE by myself, no company sponsor, i'm a free
agent :-)
My first step was just to listen for the VOD by Scott Morris. I did this only
once, and then hit Vol1 and Vol2 and Vol3. I mixed and match while doing Vol2
and Vol3, 2 labs from Vol2 then one Vol3 then again. I did the Vol2 and Vol3
twice. The second run on Vol2 and Vol3 was the last 4 weeks before my exam
date. I took a vacation holiday for 5 weeks for this.
I had all the reference Bibles as we say on my desk all the time.
1) CCIE Written Study Guide, 3rd Ed
2) TCP/IP Vol1 and Vol2
3) Cisco Router Firewall Security - (i really like this book, it been with me
since I started long time ago, I did CCIE Security written before but didn't
have time to do the lab, work was putting too much toll on my life then)
4) Cisco QoS and DQOS Study Guide
5) BCMSN - CCNP Study Guide
This 5 books pretty much covers all there is i think.
Cheers!
Antonio
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] CCIE #25609
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 21:26:35 -0700
To: [email protected]
Congratulations! I bet you and your wife are extremely happy. It's a huge
accomplishment! :)
If you don't mind me asking, did you use the IPEXpert BLS? Also, did you
attend any bootcamps or use workbooks from other vendors? Or did you use
IPExpert exclusively?
Good luck with your SP journey. :)
Regards,Mark
On Oct 4, 2009, at 7:51 PM, Antonio Dee wrote:Hi Guyz,
Just arrived back home from my Lab exam last Friday.
And yes, I conquered the beast on the first try, CCIE #26509 !!!! I basically
shouted my heart out when I saw that I passed, I placed my face on the bed and
just shouted, I just couldn't believe it. I gave my wife the honor to login and
see the result :-)
First, want to thank GOD for everything !!!
Second, I want to give a special thanks to my wife who has been there all the
way and the pain that we need to endure for more than 11 months of preparation.
She had to endure my stubbornness :-( and temperament :-(. Thank you Kay
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Third, I want to thank you to a very special friend of mine, he saw how it is
prepared till we went to Sydney to take my exam, he was there till the day I
took the exam, rode with me to the lab center in the morning :-) Thank you Lix
!!!!
And Lastly, thank you IPExpert and this list, I may not be that noisy on this
list, but i've been absorbing all i can from this list and taking notes of the
problem and issue that can arise from each different technology. I've compiled
everything i can on all situation that can arise.
So, here it it, it's really doable guyz, no magic!!!
To be honest and not breaking anything on the NDA, I didn't finish all the
task, I had 5 task left out so it was really close a call , I told my wife and
my friend afterwards that if i'll fail this, it's really going to be very close
to the passing mark of 80. But I really knew i locked down those task that I
answered.
I followed what Joe and Jared has always said, don't be tempted to pound on
your keyboard immediately, I wasted close to an hour just drawing and
internalizing what they want before starting.
I screwed up on my Frame Relay in relation to OSPF, it was really my fault, i
guess i was a really nervous, lost 15 minutes on there troubleshooting, i said
to myself, i'm already dead if i can't get this up and running in 30 minutes ,
no way i'll pass, it was when i got back on my feet on this that I got the
confidence to have a chance to pass the exam. and i just pounded on the
keyboard like crazy to catch up thinking along the way all the task that they
want me to do. This is where I said to myself, thank GOD i read the whole thing
already and I knew which direction i'm going to take.
What I did for the OEQ? On my last week before leaving for Sydney, I just
reviewed the CCIE Written Study Guide, TCP/IP Vol1 and Vol II. took notes on
those little things that you take for granted while simulating.
Wish everybody all the luck, don't let it get into your nervs , if you will let
it, you already lost the battle during the exam. Take Control and stay on top.
I'm taking a month off, get back to the world now and ordering the resources
for SP, will be at the SP mailing list absorbing again what i did from here. :-)
Cheers!
Antonio Dee
CCIE #25609
CCNP,CCDP,CCSP,MCSE,LCP,CNA
"Patience is the virtue of success"
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