Well, the easy part of my pursuit for the CCIE is complete. I passed the new 350-001 R&S written test today ($300 big-ones for this baby!). I’m really looking forward to using my IPexpert workbooks for practicing for the lab exam-or the hard part as they say. I’m hoping to take my first shot at the lab exam this year, but not sure if that’s going to happen…

The materials I used are the CCIE exam guide by Wendell Odom and Routing TCP/IP volumes I and II by Jeff Doyle. I started off reading the TCP/IP volumes, which really give you a good foundation for more then you need to know for the test. The exam guide is great at providing a good last-minute cram before the test. If you’re wondering about the IPv6 and MPLS additions to the test, the resources I used cover those topics just fine.