SP Study Material – Routing Bits
So most if not all RS candidates have at least heard if not used Ruhann’s routing bits handbook. I used it whilst studying during R&S and am so happy that Ruhann has released a companion version for the SP track. Up until now he has hinted at its release but nothing has come out until today, if you head over to his blog here you can download a free sample of the upcoming SP handbook for free. Although it is geared towards candidates that are going for their CCIE I…
Time to put my SP hat on
Well I’ve decided to take on the CCIE SP next. Given that there is a lot of overlap between the two tracks and that I use a lot of the technology (multicast aside) in my day job it should be quite good. I’ve started as I did with the R&S by going through the INE ATC videos and have been going over IS-IS tonight, it’s something that is new to me as by the time I did the CCNP it had been removed so its my first time on the…
Whats next?
Well since passing my CCIE R&S I’ve been sat at the crossroads of where to go to next.
I have multiple things that I’m interested in doing:
- CCIE SP
- CCIE DC
- CCDA / CCDP
I think I’m going to go for the SP track next, it makes the most sense in what I do day-to-day but at the same time some of the new DC technologies are pretty interesting.
Who said re-reads are useless?
As a follow up to my last post here on my CCIE lab failure… or so I thought. Those of you who have read through the post will remember that I couldn’t really see where I had gone wrong, if you would have put me in the same exam again I would end up doing the exact same thing again and this kind of bummed me out and made me doubt myself! When I got my score report and saw that I scored a 43% on Layer2 I thought something…
Third time not so lucky…
I’ve been quiet on here since my last attempt but yesterday I once again made the trip to the Lab in Brussels…. and once again have come back empty handed. Unlike my first two attempts I felt secure with this attempt, my troubleshooting went well and all tickets were completed and the configuration was sailed through with more than enough time to triple check everything and even reboot all the kit and check it again. Someone said before that you never really fail until you give up but this time…
Try again next time…
What do you mean I don’t get anything for a full set? Unfortunately I got the results of yesterdays CCIE attempt and much like the first it was a failure. The result came in a little quicker and arrived whilst I was on my flight back to the UK. Where the failure differs is that this time I passed the config section (which I failed the first time) but failed the troubleshooting (which I passed last time) and unfortunately you don’t get anything for a full set I can’t say…
Here we go again…
Well it’s almost time to take the plunge again and go for another attempt at the CCIE R&S Lab exam. I fly out on Sunday and take the exam on the Monday morning, I’m taking a lot less time over in Belgium this time as I don’t personally feel that I need it. This time round I have tried to polish up on some of my periphery topics that I felt weak on after the last round. Will it have been enough? Only time will tell and you can only…
CCIE Lab… round two!
Well my seat and travel etc is all booked for my second attempt at the R&S lab. I’ll be sitting the exam at the start of January (7th Jan) as this was the soonest seat they had (I checked on the Monday after my first attempt). I had wanted to try and get in there a little sooner as I felt I was ready but it seems that the whole of December was blocked solid! This time around I will do much of the same yet more, I will be…
CCIE Lab attempt number one… FAIL!
Well last week I went over to Brussels to take my first lab attempt. As most of you already unfortunately know I was unsuccessful and I failed the lab. For my first attempt I decided that I was going to take my time and extend the stay past the usual ‘splash and dash’ stay. I flew out on Tuesday evening and then checked in at the NH Hotel, I spent Wednesday mainly in my room going over a few RFC’s, checking some things on the DocCD and relaxing watching some…
CCIE R&S Lab… point of no return!
Well today I got the confirmation through from Cisco that my lab attempt has been paid for and therefore there is no turning back now! Once you are within 90-days of your lab exam there are no changes or cancellations allowed which can seem a little extreme but I think it is more because of the fact that there are very limited amount of seats available. For those interested I will be taking the lab exam in Brussels on the 8th November, I had considered keeping the attempt quiet but…
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