Bootcamp kicks off tomorrow.

This past week i have done nothing but work/complete all the  soup to nuts core technologies. This weekend after receiving the HUGE Advanced CCIE R/S workbooks i completed the i was able to go through the Switching/MST and some of the private vlans during the 5.5 hour session that i rented online. Switching is a weak point for me, but i am feeling better and better as i work through the workbooks and their tasks. Repetition is key for me, my only sorepoint is that i dont have access to any switches, and now due to financial constraints i will have to get creative and either drop the commands in a notepad or see if i can get some switches/access online.

I have been looking forward to Narbiks Bootcamp for quite some time now.  I plan on getting the most out of it. Its time for me to take a well deserved rest for the night and get some good sleep.  More to come tomorrow.

Crunch Time.

Lately i have been spending numerous hours that i can muster in a day working through all the core technologies from the STN workbook.  Other then playing Mr Mom ( anyone remember that old Michael Keaton flick ) since i recently got laid off most of my time is seen banging away at the CLI on my laptop.  Thus as of this  Friday i have covered Frame Relay, RIP, Eigrp along with their theory for the core questions.   So overall a good few days spent practicing configs, and theory revisiting.

I plan on splurging on a Mac Book since the laptop i used all this time was from work.  I have had an urge to run dynamips on a  Macs ever since i read Scott Vermillions post and the success he had with it.  Scott was kind to reply back and give me some advice on the dynamips/mac task which i am thankful for.

This coming week will be all about my initial seating at Narbiks bootcamp which i have been avidly dreaming/drooling about for some time now.  As such i will be posting my thoughts about what i experienced in the session.

Ok back to the CLI.  More labs await me.

7 days and some hours left

Before i get to sit Narbiks bootcamp. I am excited and as ready as i could be.  I have decided to spend the last of my 10 days before the bootcamp going over the core technologies to refresh myself.

I also plan on spending some dough for a MacBook so i can get dynamips running on that. As such my free time has been spent browsing hacki forum/web for blogs with howtos as well as scripts that will help with dynamips on a MacBook.

Thats all i have for now. More to come later.

IPv6 summarization.

Lately i have tackling IPv6. This past week was a brush up on theory as well as several practice labs of IPv6.  Tonight i have been going head to head with IPv6 summarization. A google search came up with some decent hits. Best one i liked so far is ccietobe blog  summarizing IPv6 . You ll have to click the link to get there. I havent browsed the rest of the site even though i pride myself on spending time on each and every ccie blog/site that i come across.  Nice explanation on how to break the summarization down.

Ahh I have been looking forward to Narbiks bootcamp for some time now, and i can finally see that week coming close. I am 19 days away from sitting his camp.  I also read/commented a post on cciecandidate from Lucio Janik about Narbik adding new material. I wont copy or paste what Lucio wrote so just click the link to read what he wrote.  Man oh man i am so looking forward to now not only the bootcamp but using the new material as well.

nuff for now. time for me to get back to my labbing.

March 09 hath arrived.

Lately i have changed my study schedule, tweaked it a bit to get more out of my precious study time. So here goes. I get off work, stop @ the gym, workout for an hour then head home. Grap a cuppa tea for a caffeine jolt then its off for some labs or theory. I take an hour break for family time, then get back to the task at hand.  I have been splitting my time in half at night with part of it going to lab practice and the other reading.  Come 10:30 pm, i call it a night, grab some Zzzzz, and then get up at  4:30 am whereupon its back to some mini lab practice. As the instructions say on the shampoo bottles, apply lather, rinse repeat. Well no lather/rinse here. Just repeat, repeat.

Well I am working through the bgp section of ye olde STN workbook & its coming to a close. Next up is  IPV6 and then QoS. I plan on reading up on some of the advanced Switching topics before tackling it.

And not to forget i am also working on my CCVP, Cvoice is what i picked up as my first task to complete.  As such i am scouring my resources such as cisco / tmcnet.com for goodies on VoIP related news and documents.  I also came across sipforum.org a while back and oh wow the goodies there are endless for a sip afficionado.