Becoming a CCIE is a lot about technology, but it is also a mental game. Many people forget this aspect. What do I mean with this? Yes, we need to know the technology inside out but we also need to
Status update
Difficult finding time for posts lately. I am deep into studies. I have now passed 500h preparing for the lab. My focus right now is mainly Vol1 labs with a Vol2 lab every other week. Towards the end my focus
Status update
I’m doing labs in Dynamips now since rack rentals are fully booked for two weeks. Going through Vol1 labs and I’m currently at the routing section. Most of the stuff is familiar but need to do some practice on OER.
Status update
I have finished the Vol1 QoS. Yesterday I did a full Vol2 so not much sleeping tonight. It went OK, I am where I expect to be right now. I still have about 6 months to go and I need
Status update
Haven’t had much time posting lately since I have started at a new job. Seems to be a great place so far. Didn’t have much time to study either but I’m resuming my studies tonight with a double rack session.
600 hours reached
Another milestone has been reached. I’ve now studied for a total of 600 hours for the CCIE. My current focus for now is going to be QoS. When I’m done with QoS I will take a mock lab at INE
INE Vol3 on Dynamips
I use mostly rack rentals when doing labs but INE has a bootcamp right now so they are fully booked for 2 weeks ahead. I decied to run some Vol3 labs on Dynamips and it turned out to work fine.
Good week
I’ve had a good week of studying so far. I’ve been doing INEs Vol2 lab7 and it’s a really challenging lab and it’s rated a 9 for difficulty. If the real lab is close to this then time is going
500
I have now done 500 hours of studying for the CCIE (written+lab). I should be somewhere halfway at my road to the CCIE. Right now I am focusing on route redistribution, I’m struggling a bit with some of the more
Not much study lately
I haven’t done much studying lately and it’s for two reasons. Last week I was on vacation and that was wholly dedicated to my family. Also before that I was busy with interviews for a new job which I’m happy