CCIE Lab Preparation Resources

INE offers a variety of resources to enable candidates to pass the CCIE exam the first attempt. Many of our resources are free and offer excellent training opportunities.

Preparation Outlines and General Resources

• On Optimal Study Time Planning
• How to Study For Your CCIE
• How to Pass the Routing & Switching CCIE Lab Exam
• How to Build A CCIE Rack
• Using Dynamips for CCIE Lab Preparation (How To Run Cisco IOS On Your PC)
• Catalyst 3560 and 3550 Comparison

Videos

• INE vSeminars
• INE Training YouTube Channel
• CCIE Lab Strategy vSeminar
• Understanding the Cisco Documentation

White Papers

INE's White Papers reveal the secrets behind common problem technologies through theory and real-world configuration examples.

• Misc

  • Password Recovery Procedure for Cisco IPS
  • Booting XM Images on Non-XM 2600 Series Routers
  • Using TCLSH and RSH to Ensure Full Reachability
  • Building a Compound Frame Relay Switch
  • Computing Access-List and Wildcard Pairs
  • Understanding Frame-Relay Traffic Shaping
  • Understanding Network Time Protocol (NTP) Authentication
  • Back-to-Back Frame Relay Configuration
  • Introduction to Optimized Edge Routing
  • New CCIE Routing & Switching v4.0 Lab Exam Format
  • Understanding Unequal Cost Load-Balancing
  • Understanding PIM BSR protocol
  • How to study for your CCIE
  • What is CCDE Certification?

• Security

  • Understanding Private VLANs
  • Understanding Flexible Packet Matching
  • Handling Fragmented Traffic
  • Understanding External ezVPN Authorization
  • Understanding how ASA firewall matches tunnel-group names
  • Understanding IOS Local AAA
  • IPSec High Availability with HSRP
  • Combining ezVPN with VRF Lite
  • DMVPN Technology Explained
  • DMVPN Phase 3
  • Understanding ASA MPF

• VoIP

  • Gatekeeper Call-Routing at a Glance
  • Using RTP Loopback target for VoIP PSTN Call Testing
  • Configuring a PSTN dialplan for CCIE Voice Lab

• Service Provider

  • Understanding MPLS Ping and Traceroute
  • Understanding Cell Mode MPLS
  • Curious Scenario: Poor Man's VPLS
  • Curious Scenario: Turning Switch into Hub

• STP

  • MSTP Tutorial Part 1: Inside a Region
  • MSTP Tutorial Part 2: Outside a Region
  • Understanding PVST+
  • Understanding STP Convergence: Part 1
  • Understanding STP Convergence: Part 2

• QoS

  • Understanding Custom Queueing
  • Catalyst 3550 QoS Explained
  • Quick Notes on 3560 Egress Queueing
  • Bridging the gap between 3550 and 3560 QoS: Part 1
  • Bridging the gap between 3550 and 3560 QoS: Part 2
  • Traffic Classification Options in 3550/3560 switches
  • PPP Multilink Interleaving over Frame-Relay
  • Comparing Traffic Policing Features in 3550 and 3560 series swtiches
  • Understanding Shape Peak Command
  • Insights on CBWFQ

• Redistribution

  • Understanding Redistribution: Part 1
  • Understanding Redistribution: Part 2
  • Understanding Redistribution: Part 3

• NAT & Other Technologies

  • A Curious NAT Scenario
  • The Inside and Outside of NAT
  • Understanding IPv6 NAT-PT
  • GLBP Explained
  • Understanding NTP Access Control

Recommended Reading

Recommended reading to assist you in your preparation for the CCIE Routing & Switching Lab exam.

• Recommended Books
• INE's CCIE Routing & Switching Lab Workbook (IEWB-RS-VOL1 & IEWB-RS-VOL2) Further Reading: Volume I, Volume II
• INE's CCIE Security Lab Workbook (IEWB-SC-VOL1 & IEWB-SC-VOL2) Further Reading: Volume I, Volume II
• CCO Documentation CD Recommended Reading
• IPv6 Recommended Reading
• Recommended RFCs

Product Support

Interact with countless CCIEs and engineers around the world as well as your peers that are also preparing for the CCIE Lab Exam through our Online Community.

• CCIE Online Community