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I am currently studying the CCNA exam with the hope of passing by June. It’s more of a challenge than a requirement which makes this a little fun. A few close friends have already obtained their CCNA levels. One has achieved the CCIE level.
After reading the statistics, it seems 15,658 people have acquired the CCIE level in the world. Call it stubborn determination, but I am going to spend the next couple of weeks acquiring all the info I can to see how hard it is to get to this level.
Once I can asses the situation, I will then evaluate how much it will cost to achieve the goal if fiesable.
| Total of Worldwide CCIEs: |  |
15658 (last updated 11.14.2007) |
| Total of Routing and Switching CCIEs: | 14329 | |
| Total of Security CCIEs: | 1207 | |
| Total of Service Provider CCIEs: | 650 | |
| Total of Storage Networking CCIEs: | 99 | |
| Total of Voice CCIEs: | 601 |
If it is, I am going to try achieve the CCIE level in the cheapest methods possible…
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Conor
February 13th, 2008 at 12:00 am
To do CCIE training in a classroom you are looking at about 12k and many exams including an 8 hour practical one.
bkenny
February 13th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Connor: Is the classroom aspect of it mandatory ? If not, I would prefer a more hands on approach. Possibly nixers etc to gain access to the equipment I need to learn as they can be quiet expensive.
Conor
February 13th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
It isn’t necessary but I’d recommend it if you want access to the HW since people who tend to have this type of hardware (50k+ no problem) wouldn’t want people doing nixers on it.
bkenny
February 13th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Very true. People wouldn’t exactly opt for generic nixers on their high end data center routers. Any idea’s on a way around this without having to spend the 12k ?
Conor
February 22nd, 2008 at 1:10 am
You can try (assuming you have a valid cisco contract……(or other means which I in no way endorse)) get a copy of IOS and run a copy of Dynamips on it.