Go CCIE Go!! - A Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert

Congrats ,ensure you spend more time with your wife now that you have you digits!!!!!!!!!!!
On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 8:28 AM, nagendra kumar wrote:
> Hi All, > > I have passed the R&S lab on 29-May-2008 in Bangalore. I used Internetwork > Expert for my preparation. I also tried few labs from NMC. Both IEWB and NMC > are very much helpful for my preparation. > > NMC workbook will be very tough, But will make you understand the > technology well enough. IEWB helped a lot to learn more about technology and > have very good explanation in the solution guide. > > I took 4 mock labs in IEWB and one in NMC and failed in all mock labs . > Mock labs helped me a lot to know how the real labs will be graded and what > are the points we need to be careful while doing lab. > > My first attempt was in Dubai in the month of Feb. Every thing was fine > till lunch. But after lunch, something went wrong. Some technologies which I > am working in my day to day life went wrong and made me mad. I was sure that > I missed it this time. So I was not much worried. > > My next attempt was in April 25th. This time I was much confident that I > will clear it when I stepped out of the lab. But once I reached home, I > started realizing that I have done some silly careless mistakes. On looking > into the results, I failed in 3 points which I would have scored if I was > careful enough. > > I know I am prepared well and don t want to take a long time. So I booked > immediately with one month gap on 29-May-2008. I know I will get it this > time and by god s grace, I got it. > About my study strategy, I spent around 6 to 7 hours for preparation > daily. I use to read case studies, Field notice from Cisco site apart from > practicing workbook labs. I also used Netpro. That s a wonderful community > where we will get to know real time issues from field and design level > questions. > I did all Workbook labs for 2 times. While doing the workbook labs for > the first time, I was not much worried about the time I took to finish the > lab. After getting the desired output for a task, I use to try other > possible solutions also. This way we will get to know why we should use a > particular solution. If I am not clear about any particular solution or > technology, I used google and not Doc CD. > > Second time, I was much time conscious and tried to finish first 10 > labs in 6 to 7 hours. Then I use to book only 1 session from gradedlabs > which is 5.5 hours. So we will have only 5.5 hours to finish the entire lab. > Some times I have slipped to finish the lab within 5.5 hours, But I was able > to finish most of the lab on time. This helped me to finish the actual lab > in 5 hours and had enough time for verification. This time, I used Cisco Doc > CD and I made myself familiar with DoC CD for all my grey areas. > Thanks to all who have replied me for my (silly) questions > > My special thanks to my wife who was very much understanding and was very > much patience despite of being a newly married couple. I got married last > September and after 1 week of my marriage I started taking rack rental and > spent more time with Cisco routers than with my wife. > > Thanks to my parents who are very much supportive to me (both financially > and mentally ) > I would also like to thank my senior who shared my work and gave me > bandwidth for my studies. > > Thanks again to all. > > Will take a break and planning to start my SP track. > > Regards, > Nagendra > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Subscription information may be found at: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html