My Personal Blog
On august 1st I got married and it was an awesome day. Because this wasn’t our first wedding, we wanted to have a nice atmosphere with a lot of fun. Preperation I propose to my wife in style. It was in Las Vegas at a chapel. Of course with the real Elvis singing for us … Read more
If I can do it, everybody can do it ! Step 1 : Get information Do you have a dream that you want to become CCIE Certified ? You’re at the right address to start here. Before you even start thinking about the written and lab, first you have to get information. Maybe you already … Read more
10 steps to become CCIE Certified If I can do it, everybody can do it ! Step 1 : Get information Do you have a dream that you want to become CCIE Certified ? You’re at the right address to start here. Before you even start thinking about the written and lab, first you have … Read more
Step 2 : Written To become a CCIE you must pass for a written exam before you can schedule a lab. When you pass both written and lab you will get a CCIE number. Start to find the recommended reading list on the Cisco site and start reading. I prefer PDF and maybe you like … Read more
Step 3 : Read Right now you passed the ccie written and you are able to set a date for your lab exam. Although you already read a lot for your written, there are also some reading recommendation for the lab. Some same books, some are new. Read also design guides and technotes, which are … Read more
Step 4 : Schedule When you got a date of your ccie lab exam, you can schedule your personally agenda for reading and practicing. When you make a schedule, be honest to yourself. You can schedule time in the weekend but if you are full with all kind of things, you will have to make … Read more
Step 5 : Find study partners You can do your journey by yourself and it is doable but when you have a companion, you will experience that the journey is easier. If a colleague is also starting with a CCIE journey you can together create a schedule and use the same equipment’s. What if you … Read more
Step 6 : Practice Although it is possible that you have some hands-on experience due to your job, the main focus should be practice, practice, practice. One time during a ccie coaching session I saw that a participant was very smart, but he was very slow with typing. I advised him to have typing lessons … Read more
Step 7 : Strategy You are at the ccie lab exam and it is time to start. What will you do ? Just start with configuring the routers ? Or do you start to read the whole exam before touching a keyboard ? Do you start at the beginning and skip questions when you don’t … Read more
Step 8 : Make mistakes Did I ever had an environment that was the same as the CCIE lab? No way! I was not even close. During the Voice lab, I only had two routers, some old phones and I wanted to have a MGCP gateway, H323 gateway and a CME. I could create this … Read more