Defending against lameness since 2008

Today is the official start date of my CCIE Security studies. I have taken the last few weeks since my BCSI failure to work on some other projects non-CCIE related. Even though these are not fully completed I feel that 6 months might not be enough time even with a full-time study attitude but I cannot let another day pass without studying. My goal is at least 2 hours a day during the work week and 8 hours a day on the weekends. Obviously due to circumstances related to other business interests this is a lofty goal and I will be struggling to keep my schedule.
Tonight I will start on the Volume I workbook from IPExpert’s Blended Learning Solution and hopefully tomorrow I will be filling you in on my first impression.

Bryan

EDIT: Or so I thought it would begin. I ran into some snags getting the first section working in GNS3. Since I am not so familiar with GNS3 I decided to watch a few of the videos that came with the hard drive. I will have to look at getting some rack time so I dont have to mess with GNS3.

So I ran through a few of the training videos this weekend and must say I really enjoyed them. Following along was easy the presenter did a good job of keeping the video flowing. I was working on some other projects so I wasn’t using them to study but I did want to run through a few of them to see what I would be dealing with for the next few months. I believe my printed workbooks should arrive tomorrow so I really look forwarded to begin working through some of them this week. As always I will try and keep this blog updated frequently as I move through the workbook and the audio/video provided.  I finished setting up my GNS3 machine and hope to finish my work lab tomorrow.

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I was hoping to receive my printed workbooks and my hard drive at the same time. However, I received my hard drive today and I found an email in my inbox this morning notifying me that my printed workbooks had been shipped and should arrive on or before October 7th. No real tragedy here and no real reason to be upset (which I’m not). I am excited to get started tonight listening to some audio tracks while doing some yardwork this weekend. Once I have listened to a few of the tracks and maybe watched a few videos I will check back in with my first impression.s

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I am pretty excited that I was able to order the Blended Learning Solution today. I went ahead and chose the option to have the professional binders sent. After my BSCI failure I am ready to jump back into the security side of things where I am more familiar with the techonology. Now that I will have the BLS I hope to be posting much more information related to my successes and failures related to the CCIE Security.

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