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And, what about Voice?
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On Jan 28, 2008 7:54 PM, Roman Rodichev wrote:
> Not yet > > Roman Rodichev > 5xCCIE #7927 (R&S, Security, Voice, Storage, Service Provider) > Instructor, Content Developer. ieMentor Corporation > http://www.iementor.com > Y!M: roman7927 > > > —–Original Message—– > > From: Gary Duncanson [mailto:gary.duncanson@googlemail.com] > > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 3:08 AM > > To: subodh.rawat@wipro.com > > Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com; Roman Rodichev > > Subject: Re: How i became CCIE — caution Huge Post > > > > Don’t IEMENTOR do R&S? > > > > Roman? > > —– Original Message —– > > From: > > To: ; > > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 3:17 AM > > Subject: RE: How i became CCIE — caution Huge Post > > > > > > > Nice post Farhan…Surely will help many aspirants. > > > > > > IEMENTOR for R&S???? > > > > > > Regards > > > Subodh > > > > > > —–Original Message—– > > > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf > Of > > > Farhan Anwar > > > Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 6:57 AM > > > To: Cisco certification > > > Subject: How i became CCIE — caution Huge Post > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > Since my last post regarding my CCIE# i have received countless > unicasts > > > from different professionals asking for advice on how to start their > > > studies and how i did it in the first attempt. Finally since I am > still > > > resting and evaluating Job Offers in my mailbox , I have decided to > > > write my journey towards becoming a ccie. I couldn’t find any better > > > place than the GS itself so pardon me if you don’t like the size of > it. > > > Here it goes, pardon me for any typos and NO I don’t work for any > > > workbook vendor , telling ya straight. > > > > > > I started preparing for the CCIE roughly 4 years ago when i did the > CCIE > > > Routing & Switching Training from a local institute during my studies. > > > But then I entered in the professional field, got married and > things > > > slowed down to a halt due to my OTHER activities. > > > > > > I started my personal goal again over 1.5 years ago but things were > > > going very slow, until i finally decided to take CCIE Certification > > > Seriously and devote time and resources to it, i started studying in > > > nights and on whole weekends. For Practicing I was in search of > low-cost > > > lab equipment when a friend told me about dynamips as a Cisco 7200 > > > Router Simulator; i was impressed with the performance and its ease of > > > use. I immediately started searching for its features, configuration > > > settings and found a detailed article from Brian Mcghan of > > > internetworkexpert explaining dynamips, furthermore the HACKI’s forum > > > was very much helpful in the initial stages of dynamips / dynagen > > > experiences. > > > > > > I tuned, tweaked and optimized dynamips configuration files and idlepc > > > values for one month while practicing my Routing Techniques on it, and > > > it was in JANUARY 2007. A CCIE Friend told me about > > > internetworkexpert.com. And also about the groupstudy.com, At that > time > > > I didn’t have a clear view of what to study how to do it and what to > > > practice for the CCIE due to a number of topics being covered in the > R&S > > > Program. Brian’s detailed CCIE R&S Topics list in their Free > Resources > > > section helped me enormously till the last day for tracking my > > > performance and topics to cover. > > > > > > I already had a strong base in IGP and BGP but i was weak in Advanced > > > Switching, QoS, Security and Multicasting. For getting an edge in > > > non-core topics i reviewed KnowledgeNet QoS and Multicast. I polished > my > > > security and Switching skills using the Cisco DocCD. > > > > > > Afterwards, i started viewing Class on Demand Videos of Internetwork > > > Expert. After digesting that video of several hours in one month by > > > seeing it again and again. I started doing Advanced Technology Labs on > > > Dynamips. It took me another one and a half month to finish them off > > > completely and tuning Dynamips Topological File for Advanced > Technology > > > Labs, i changed the interfaces, switch connections and frame-relay > > > topology to suit my needs. Some Tasks were not supported in Dynamips > > > such as Dot1x Tunneling, VLAN ACLs, RSPAN, Dynamic Trunking etc. so i > > > skipped them and lateron rented a rack several times for practicing > > > those specific topics. During this time, i reviewed the CoD countless > > > times to gain a deeper understanding of technologies. > > > > > > My next move was to purchase a dedicated dynamips server to support my > > > topology as my laptop was not enough for it, i purchased an AMD Athlon > > > 64 4400+ with 2 GiG RAM as a dynamips server machine. Here Scott > > > Vermillion came to the rescue as I was using Windows as my primary OS > > > but I failed miserably in running the full topology, Scott insisted > and > > > encouraged me to use linux as at that time he was using MacOSX. > > > You can find my huge post in the GS Archives. > > > > > > I started doing the Core-Labs as my next move to improve my IGP, BGP > and > > > Redistribution skills, additional one month just for the 10 Labs, they > > > surely were hard as i think now . Core Labs were done easily done on > > > the Dynamips Server that i had purchased because they focused on IGP, > > > Redistribution and BGP the most. Switching was mostly simple and when > i > > > was stuck with an unsupported task, i always skipped it and did them > > > later on a rented rack if I had the chance. > > > > > > Finally i started R&S Workbook Labs, the first five labs were just > warm > > > up labs as the authors said but they looked really hard to me at the > > > first glance, they can be done using Dynamips but some tasks were > > > skipped in Switching. Initially it took me 3 days to finish only one > lab > > > with research on every topic. When i reached Lab5 i gained speed, > > > accuracy and got familiar with most of the problems. Lab5 was done in > > > 13 Hours in first attempt on my dynamips. > > > > > > I continued doing the workbook labs 6,7,8,9 and 10. The hardest of all > > > was Lab 7 which again took me two days to figure out. After finishing > > > Lab10 i almost knew all of the problems and i could solve most of the > > > tasks at the back of my head. Labs 11 - 13 i did with a pencil just to > > > save some time. Then I did all the remaining 14 b 20 Labs. Next, I > > > rented rack equipment and did several labs on them again. Again My > CCIE > > > friend came to rescue and generously gave access to his own rack with > 9 > > > Routers and 2 3550’s I used it to do Labs again and gained some speed > > > and accuracy. Thanks Ghias for that. > > > > > > In total I did the IE Labs 3 times on different equipment, 1st time on > > > Dynamips, 2nd time on rented rack and third time on Physical Rack. > > > Finally, in the last month, I reviewed most of the content again, > > > reviewed the Class on Demand Videos to refresh some of the topics such > > > as Catalyst QoS (freely available on internetworkexpert free resources > > > section), IP/IOS Services, Multicasting, Security and BGP. I took > > > references from the DocCD to memorize where to find stuff like Router > > > Menus, WCCP, Nat, Reflexive ACLs, CBAC, IGMP Filtering, Multicast Stub > > > Routing, IPv6 etc. > > > > > > I sat for lab in dubai on 22nd Jan 2008 and fortunately attained the > > > number in the first attempt. For the last 2 nights i couldn’t sleep > and > > > i just kept on praying and building strategies like should i do > > > frame-relay first restart the routers then go on switching or the > > > otherway around etc etc.. > > > > > > Well, I hope this LONG LONG Post will help most of the people who > > > emailed me for guidance on how to start and where to search the > > > material. I specifically used IE Material but I have also seen other > > > vendor’s workbooks such as IPEXPERT, IEMENTOR, Soup-to-Nuts etc. and I > > > have found them equally good for practicing the labs. It’s a personal > > > preference and what your company/budget allows you to purchase. > > > > > > Lastly, i would say, this was my technique, i cannot guarantee that > > > following this one could lead you to success but it worked for me. I > did > > > the core-labs first, authors dont recommend this way, but i did it. > > > > > > Regards, > > > — > > > Farhan Anwar > > > CCIE(R) .N9lN9..N9lN9. #19871 > > > www.farhananwar.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > > Subscription information may be found at: > > > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html > > > > > > Please do not print this email unless it is absolutely necessary. > Spread > > > environmental awareness. > > > > > > The information contained in this electronic message and any > attachments > > > to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) > and > > > may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. 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