Hi Jay, Congrats for your lab, enjoy your well-deserved free time after so much work
Thanks for your feedback on your preparation, and for your contribution in this Study List in the past months. Andre. 2014-05-12 15:07 GMT+02:00 Jay Killion (jakillio) <[email protected]>: > Hi all – > > > > I spent the week of May 1 in RTP, taking the wireless lab for the first > time. The short version - After a long night and morning of waiting, I > landed again in Dallas to find I had passed. > > > > First and foremost, I want to thank those of you on this list that helped > answer my many questions – especially Jeff, Andre, and Christos. For those > working to pass the lab, this mailer is a fantastic resource that I > wholeheartedly recommend you become involved in. > > > > If interested, here’s what I would recommend to someone looking to pass > the lab… > > > > 1 – Fastlane WB and IPExpert WB vol 1. Both of these have their strengths > and weaknesses so I can’t necessarily rank one over the other. But both do > a great job of covering the foundations and having you work through them in > your lab. > > > > 2 – IPExpert WB vol 2. So here’s the thing… This is really the only > product on the market that has full wireless labs and for that reason, you > need to get it. You need to spend lots of time simulating full length labs > that tie everything together and this WB gives you 5 of those. However, > you need to know that the labs are a bit outdated and don’t do a good job > of emulating what you’ll see on the real lab – to an extent. Plus, the > explanations and solutions are lacking at best and it can be frustrating to > try and figure out what was done and why. Having said that, this WB was > created before Jeff came onboard. Jeff is a fantastic instructor and I > believe he’s redoing the entire thing – which is a huge thumbs up. > > > > 3 – IPExpert VOD. This is hands down, no questions asked, the best > investment you will make. If you are serious about becoming a CCIE > Wireless, this is simply a must have. Jeff does a great job walking you > through every technology on the blueprint, showing examples and > troubleshooting, and pointing out areas to especially focus on. I watched > the entire VOD twice and it was time very well spent. > > > > 4 – This is the most important of all… Lots and lots and lots and lots of > rack time. Either rent time at IPExpert or build your own lab – but there > is simply no substitute for this. You need to know how to configure and > troubleshoot a myriad of items, and should be able to do them with your > eyes closed. When you take the actual lab, nerves will be a factor, the > environment will be very different from your safe home lab, and the wording > will require careful deciphering. The last thing you want to do is be > dealing with all of these things while also trying to remember all the > steps for enabling video stream (for example). > > > > Not to mention that time is definitely a factor. I finished my lab in 6 > hours and spent the final two dealing with a bug in my lab and going back > over each question / answer. I found several questions I would have missed > simply because I overlooked something small – like configuring the > requirement correctly on 3 controllers but forgetting one checkbox on the 4 > th. On several other questions I changed my answer after carefully > re-reading the question. All of this to say, knowing the technologies > inside and out so you can configure them very quickly will definitely work > to your advantage. > > > > Best of luck!! > > > > Jay Killion, CCIE #17873 (R/S & Wireless) > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Free CCIE R&S, Collaboration, Data Center, Wireless & Security Videos :: > > iPexpert on YouTube: www.youtube.com/ipexpertinc >
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