CCIE Exam Study Suggestions and Plans
Here’s a collection of links with study tips and suggestions for preparing for the CCIE Routing and Switching exam
CCIE Routing and Switching Written/Lab Information
- A Q+A from Cisco about the CCIE Routing and Switching 4.0 Exam
- Anthony from IE has an expanded routing and switching 4.0 study blueprint.
- Some thoughts on the Routing+Switching 4.0 Blueprint from Scott Morris (Be sure to read the comments after – especially the one from Laura O who mentions that much of the basic routing and switching will be pre-configured!)
- An excellent CCIE R&S Lab 4.0 Blueprint from Routing Bits.
- Here’s an excellent Weighted CCIE Blueprint from Jacob of juecker.net.
- If you’d like to see what the ccie lab actually looks like, be sure to check out this video off of Cisco.com.
- A very detailed lab attack plan – How I learned to stop worrying and love the LAB – may be slightly dated, but still a great read.
- Internetwork Expert has an article with great info regarding the CCIE v4.0 Exam.
- Frank Wagner shares with us an excellent CCIE Lab Plan.
- A MUST-READ article by Wendell Odom on his impressions of the new v4 CCIE Routing and Switching Lab Exam.
- Mar of CCIE Pilot warns us to be familiar with the official CCIE program policies.
CCIE Routing and Switching Study Hints and Materials
- CCIE Krzysztof Zaleski has an awesome must-read CCIE Study Kit.
- A short presentation on lab preparation strategies from Internetwork Expert.
- Some good study tips from Ethereal Mind.
- Brandon, from the CCIE Blog with his name on it, has some tips for making the most out of your lab study time.
- CCIE to Be reminds us to track our mistakes and learn from them!
- Download a CCIE Studying Strategy PDF from Netmasterclass.
- Phenomenal article from Petr at Internetwork Expert about some out-of-the-box ideas for preparing for the CCIE lab must-read! He also has another article on study tricks for the CCIE lab.
- Anthony at Internetwork Expert tackles the problem of interpreting configuration questions in the lab exam. He also has some thoughts on using/creating diagrams during the lab – May I have a diagram with that? and hints on building a network from the logical topology diagram.
- Also from Internetwork Expert, Brian shares some tips on using the Cisco Access Server in the lab. You might also want to check out the IE on-demand video on using the Access Server.
- CCIE Study Notes from Michael Zuo CCIE #17800.
- Petr of Internetwork Expert shares several different ways to optimize your CCIE study time.
- CCIE Lab Preparation has some tips for working on full-scale CCIE practice labs.
- Brandon at the Cisco Study Blog has a great list of links for CCIE lab strategy.
- CCIE Pilot has a useful list of differences between the Cat 3550 and 3560 switches as well as some tips on interacting with CCIE lab proctors. He also explains how to use a ctrl-v to help enter control characters in passwords.
- Cisco Tips & Tricks found some CCIE study suggestions from noted CCIE instructor Narbik.
- Here’s a three-part article on Time Management in the CCIE Exam from Anthony at Internetwork Expert:
CCIE Lab Personal Experiences
- How I passed the CCIE lab from Joe of IP Expert.
- CCIE Pursuit has the story of CCIE Dale Kling and how he passed the CCIE lab in one attempt.
- Here’s a couple of articles from CCIE in 3 Months: The Chronicle of Success and Things I Didn’t Do
- How another CCIE was born, this time from Himawan Nugroho via Cisco Bible!
- Barry Reyes from the bitbucketblog shares his successful CCIE experience.
- The Ferret shares his list of reading materials he used to prepare for the CCIE written exam.
- Ethan Banks of CCIE Candidate writes about his (successful!) CCIE lab experience.
- Tassos has a detailed breakdown of the time leading up to his CCIE lab.
- Deadhead Blues of CCIE to Be writes about his successful lab experience.
- My CCIE story… from Arden Packeer.
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