Welcome Michael! There is no right or wrong way to study this stuff, you just do what works for you. I take two weeks per section watching the COD's, listening to the AOD's, and reading on the first week, and labbing the technologies on the second week. It's a slow process but I find it's better for me to lab up after watching the COD's then to wait until later. Here is a sample of how I study, cheers!!
::Bridging and Switching:: ::Week 1:: Reading: Chapter 01: Ethernet Basics Chapter 02: VLAN's Chapter 03: Spanning Tree Protocol Chapter 15: Wide Area Networks (Frame Relay, PPP, HDLC) VoD (Lecture) V4 Bridging & switching V4 Switch Security V4 Frame Relay / PPP VoD (Configs) V4 Basic Switching V4 Spanning Tree V4 L2 & Q-Q tunnels V4 Bridging security V4 Frame Relay V4 FR Advanced V4 PPP AoD Audio on Demand Driving to and from work V4 Spanning Tree Protocol V4 Trunks, VLAN's and VTP V4 EtherChannels V4 Ethernet Technologies V4 SPAN, RSPAN, Flow Control V4 Frame Relay V4 HDLC and PPP ::Week 2:: IPexpert VOL 1 Labs 1 - 7 General Setup (Basic Configs) 1 day Switching: (PVST+) 1 day Switching: (MST) 1 day Switching: (RPVST+) 1 day Layer 2 Tunneling 1 day Frame Relay 1 day Bridging and Frame relay 1 day Thank you. Steve Di Bias Network Engineer - Information Systems Valley Health System - Las Vegas Office - 702- 369-7594 Cell - 702-241-1801 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Hackney Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 8:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Structured Learning Method question Greetings, I hope all are doing great. This is my first post, but I've been subscribed for a while. I know that the order of the learning method is VOD -> Audio - > Lab Workbook Vol. 1 etc.. However I'm wondering if you think anything is wrong if I were to do something such as.. VOD Day 1, then use a day of rack time afterwards to do the first few labs that go with the switching technologies from day 1, even though they don't exactly correspond.. Not that I won't do the labs again after I finish the whole VOD (as I'll be watching over and over, as well as labs..). I just feel I learn better sometimes when I do configurations while I'm learning/cementing the corresponding technologies.. BTW I'm going through the CCIE R&S BLS. Thanks to all for any replies and I'm happy to be part of the IPExpert Community! Respectfully, Michael A. Hackney CCNP, C|EH, Security+, Network+, A+ _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com UHS Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient (s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this information is prohibited. If this was sent to you in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com
