Hey all and thanks for all the kind gratulation messages. Just a little story to sum this adventure up. Hope it is valuable to some.
My Journey started in 2010. I had been working with wireless projects for 8-9 years (but not full time) before I decided to to for the CCIE. My background has been in the networking with CCNP R&S exam back in 2001. Also I have been involved in projects setting up VOIP systems. Firewalls e.t.c This all helps. And gave me quicker entry in QOS, Routing and security related parameters of the Wireless world. And often it helps to prove things are wrong at the network, not the wireless. This is most often the case! and to be able to prove it instead of just saying it is, sure helps. Thats why it is so common for R&S CCIEs to have an easy time during the network part of this lab. So without the proper networking foundation, it is boing to be very hard to pass this lab in my opinion. Not saying that CCIE R&S knowledge is required. but CCNP or close to it would be required. I was lucky enough to enter boot camps with Fastlane and IPexpert in the past. And to meet both Jerome Henry and Jason Boyers was something that helped me more than a lot. both boot camps were different but both very good. So I recommend to everyone to vary their study not to get stuck in specific wording or style. I also wrote my own practice labs and this can become an interesting experience. I took some of the question being discussed here, lab them up and try to solve them and explain them. Also I tried to take some of them to different levels and make them more complex. So I like both Fastlanes and IPexpert material. They are not complete guide to pass this lab. But I think one should not expect that with any material. Experience should float us up on what is missing. I made 4 attempts to version 1 of the exam. First one was only to look, nr 2 to 4 were very painfull. I sensed I had the knowledge but I was just hitting a wall. This was much more difficult than first time and I kept hitting that wall. Until the v1 retired and I didn´t miss it ! I took a year off from exam taking. But started preparing for version 2 about 8 months before taking it now on 5th of febuary. I studied very hard at the last 10 weeks before the exam. I think I missed only a couple of nights of studying. I was studying every day as much as I could from work, every night after dinner and every weekend I was taking moc labs. I needed to get deep on ACS 5, and several other items on the blueprint I wanted to grasp more deeper. Finally the lab is a mind game. You only need 80% to pass. So don´t be a perfectionist and spend time on something you really have problems with either solving or understanding. This is not all about the knowledge. You should be calm and real focused. Read everything well. Try to ask your self, what could be the trap here ? Well, long enough post :) Good luck everyone. This is sure doable since I did it ;) regards. Kristjan _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out www.PlatinumPlacement.com
