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| Hi Everyone
I finished my CCNP and CCDP just studying the official CISCO books, Now i am planning for CCIE . I have very less hands on experience.Can i go for LAB Exam by attending a 12 day CCIE LAB training ? I want advice on taking the CCIE LAB Training and Exam .
NGA. | |
| vr2zjw 2001-06-03, 10:17 am |
| There are no way you can pass the practical lab by just attend a 12d-day hands-on lab. If any training class tell you that, then you know you don't need to consider that class because they are lying. Cisco training partner like Global Knowledge have pretty of training course, even you take all their training course, you still need a lot of working experience and your own home lab. If CCIE is so easy, they won't get their reputation and respect and it is not worth to get it.
Those CCIE pre-lab training expected that you are ready for the real practical exams and give you a feel of doing the real one under extreme time pressure and without hestation instead of train you up to attend the lab.
To give you some feel of experience required, I am prepare the lab exams and having 6 years experience in networking. Now practiing with a home lab of 7 routers and preparing for the lab full time for nearly two months and I still don't have much confidence to pass it the first time.
If you want some feel of the practical exams, you can take a look at
http://www.ccbootcamp.com/sample_labs.htm
and see if you are comfortable with that.
The books I used to preparing for the CCIE lab is as follow:
Routing TCP/IP volume 1 by Jeff Doyle
Cisco Certification Bridge, Routers and Switches for CCIE by Bruce Caslow
Internet Routing Architecture by Halabi
CCIE Lab practice Kit
www.ccbootcamp.com lab practice labs
www.ccprep.com lab fasttrack
And remember subscribe the mailing list of the CCIE lab at www.groupstudy.com
See you at base camp (CCIE written) and I hope you can climb the peak (CCIE #????) in the near future.
Hope this can help and there are long way to go. | |
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| hi vr2zjw,
where did you book your lab exam and when ??? | |
| vr2zjw 2001-06-05, 8:48 pm |
| Singapore & late this month! | |
| nlegs 2001-06-05, 10:38 pm |
| drop me an email nlegs@visto.com when are you gonna be in town ....
a wk ago one of my colleague took the seat but didnt make it .... come 17 sept will be my turn ....
good luck !!! | |
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| Hi vr2zjw ,
Thanks for the suggestion , I am not intending to take the exam immediately after the training. what i want to know is about how this will help in taking the exam later after working on the 12 day taining,i dont have any one to guide me so i am thinking of going for this after which i can work on my own till i feel confident enough for taking the exam.Here in UAE it costs 5k USD for 12 days . what is the price for the same in Singapore ? | |
| vr2zjw 2001-06-06, 11:37 am |
| I can't answer your question since I haven't taken such training. But US 5k for me a hell a lot of money and can built a decent lab consist of plenty of 2500. And I would rather spend money that way. And you can always sell your lab and have your money back after getting the CCIE.
In Hong Kong, a 5-day pre-CCIE lab probably cost US 2.5K. For that price, I would rather see the real one two times (Or one time only if I am lucky).
Hope this help. | |
| sardarji 2002-02-25, 4:47 am |
| that's true that ccie lab trainig are too high.. in india it is around 1.4k indian rupees.. that suck me but i will undergo bootcamp .
bye
sardarji2u@yahoo.com | |
| huntert 2002-02-25, 12:53 pm |
| Building your own CCIE lab is the best way to prepare for the real exam and you can sell it and get your money back.
All cisco training is expensive, but their reputation is top-notch  | |
| darthfeces 2002-03-06, 9:22 am |
| i just bought a lab from a ccie who just got his number ... on the 4th attempt
4k 7 routers. | |
| jcash2000 2002-03-06, 1:26 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by vr2zjw
To give you some feel of experience required, I am prepare the lab exams and having 6 years experience in networking. Now practiing with a home lab of 7 routers and preparing for the lab full time for nearly two months and I still don't have much confidence to pass it the first time.
What equipment is in your lab and what did it cost? I am looking into that option, but was curious as to how much it would run.
Thanks | |
| darthfeces 2002-03-06, 2:42 pm |
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also look at ccprep.com
and download their
resource guide for building a ccie lab
i'd post it here but *.pdf is not allowed | |
| jcash2000 2002-03-06, 3:02 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by darthfeces
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Does that consist of any ATM? What technologies does one need to be primarily concerned with when building the lab. Checking into that link. Gratzi! | |
| darthfeces 2002-03-06, 5:00 pm |
| no
consider atm and appletalk removed from the lab
focus on igp's and egp's rip,eigrp,ospf,bgp
know the basic's of a cat5000. | |
| Yeti-GBR1 2002-03-06, 5:38 pm |
| Eh?
quote:
consider atm and appletalk removed from the lab
Really 
This is from the Cisco CCCIE R&S site:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/62...s/ATM_FAQs.html
1.Will I need to configure an ATM switch?
Candidates will not be required to configure an ATM switch. However, they may be required to connect to a switch that is external to their rack.
2.What ATM related equipment will I need to configure?
The candidate should be prepared to configure any ATM interfaces that will operate on the equipment listed on the Routing & Switching exam Equipment List.
3.How much weight will ATM have on the exam?
The exact percentage will vary between versions of the exam. Like most additions to the lab test, the initial weighting will be fairly small and then increase as the tests change over time.
4.Where do I find out more on ATM for the test?
Candidates should check the CCIE Routing and Switching reading list and the Cisco documentation on configuring ATM. Further questions should be addressed by e-mail to the CCIE regional contacts:
So now I'm really confused | |
| jcash2000 2002-03-06, 5:43 pm |
| quote:
Originally posted by darthfeces
no
consider atm and appletalk removed from the lab
focus on igp's and egp's rip,eigrp,ospf,bgp
know the basic's of a cat5000.
Could you post that CCPrep .pdf file link? | |
| dumbut 2002-03-08, 7:17 pm |
| quote:
no
consider atm and appletalk removed from the lab focus on igp's and egp's rip,eigrp,ospf,bgp know the basic's of a cat5000.
ATM is not removed | |
| chodan 2002-03-08, 7:38 pm |
| My company is paying for some courses.
I am looking at "after my CID tuesday"
doing CCIE written this summer and doing a global knowledge 2 day lab simulation and/or a 1 week lab course.
Then using the lab rack we are setting up at work for several months all of this with a training partner. | |
| darthfeces 2002-03-09, 7:58 pm |
| i spoke at length with the ccie i bought my lab from he passed in feb and had no atm.
take that how you will, they can do anything they
want until it is "officially" removed |
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