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Congratulations to:
- Steven Clarkin CCIE #25821 (R&S)
- Erick Pineda CCIE #25871 (Voice)
- Ricardo Lezcano CCIE #25855 (Voice)
- Jeffrey Bassoff CCIE #25887 (Security)
Steven stated:
I have good news….I passed the CCIE R&S lab on my first attempt. I took the lab on the 27th November 2009 in Brussels and was initially told that I had failed. I was pretty sure I was very close to a pass so I knuckled down and started studying for my next attempt confident that I would nail it the next time. To my surprise early January Cisco e-mailed me to inform me that my lab had been re-marked due to a review and adjustment of the grading guidelines! The changed my score to a PASS. I didn’t believe it at first but once I’d received my number (#25821) I knew it was true!! Even so I must have checked the verification tool a hundred times just to make sure!!
I based my study preparation around your CCIE R&S Blended Learning Solution. I particularly liked the fact that it came all on a portable drive. I could therefore take the all the study materials with me wherever I went. This really helped me maximize my study time.
Preparation for my lab started back in February 2009 soon after I passed the written. From this date I started doing the Volume 1 Workbook labs. From August 2009 I stepped up my studies and was able to put in a minimum 7 hours solid every weekday, and at least 10 hours a day at weekends. I slowly worked my way through the Volume 1 labs and I did these each a couple of times. While doing these I worked my way through the VoD to really help solidify the concepts I was learning. Each week I did at least 2 of the Volume 2 Workbook labs, this helped me put those concepts into practice and train my brain to be able to cope with 6-8hr lab scenarios. Anytime that I wasn’t working or labbing I had my head buried in the IOS config guides. Hard work but very worth it.
The 4 weeks immediately before my lab I was able to take time off work and focus entirely on my studies. During this period I redid a number of the Volume 1 labs to go over topics that I was weak on. Then I redid all the Volume 2 labs. Re-doing the Volume 2 labs really helped me with speed and gave me confidence in my ability at times when I doubted it. During this 4 week period I also did all of the Volume 3 Workbook labs that had been updated to the new V4 blueprint. They are really good recreations of the actual lab exam. I particularly liked the new troubleshooting section in this workbook as it helped me work out a strategy for this section in the actual lab. This strategy was to spend no more than 10 minutes on each ticket…..This ensures you have time within the 2 hour window to go back to tickets you couldn’t complete….It worked for me.
As for the lab itself…..It was much easier than I expected. The OEQ’s were straight forward (as long as you’ve covered the blueprint in your studies). The troubleshooting and configuration sections were challenging and I found it comparable to your Volume 3 labs with a difficultly of 7-8. I would like to tell you more of my lab experience but it’s all a blur at the moment!!!
Thank you IPexpert!
Steven Clarkin
CCIE #25821 (R&S)
Erick said:
IPexpert, it’s a great company, the team really understands their clients’ needs, they help step by step in this long long journey!!!! I used the Blended Learning Solution, Proctor Labs vRack sessions and assisted to the One Week Lab Experience Bootcamp V2 & V3. Vik is the man regarding CCIE Voice, I learned a lot of him, he tought me good, as many of my peers said before. IPexpert teaches you the technology for the real world and it’s a critic differentiator when you take the LAB. I started this journey since version 2, unfortunately I couldn’t make it in that version, but as many of you know it is not an easy task……. Finally, I made it and got my precious number
Many thanks to IPexpert for helping me to become an Expert.
Erick Pineda
CCIE #25871 (Voice)
Ricardo commented:
I finally passed the CCIE VOICE, after lots of hard work. I participated in the One Week Lab experience on December 2009 with Vik, and I improved my speed through remote labs with workbooks provided by IPexpert and my owns 7965 phones.
I think the remote labs of ipexpert using your owns IP Phones is the best way to practice and the IPexpert bootcamps are a good way to learn the exam topics.
Regards,
Ricardo Lezcano Herrera
CCIE #25855 (Voice)
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