I started getting interested in the Wireless track around January 2010
I had to recert my R&S and took the Written. After I had been
implementing and troubleshooting Unified wireless for a couple of
years I started to look a the Wireless blueprint. It looked really easy.
How hard could it be. I had done most of it time and time before at
customers. So when going to the Cisco Live in Las Vegas in 2010 I took
the 4 hour CCIE Wireless Techtorial. I expected 4 hours of tips and
tricks for the lab exam but got a sample lab exam. I was NOT prepared
at all. I was pure murder. When coming home from Las Vegas I talked
with my boss and my wife about going for the Wireless and got a go.
I got Fastlane WB1 for technology focused labs and started working
that. In August 2010 I ordered WB1 and WB2 and a bootcamp. My plan was
to complete Fastlanes workbook 1 by October 2010, IPExpert workbook 1
by december 2010 and then IPExpert workbook 2 by March 2011.
But the plan didn't go at all. When labbing I needed to lookup everything I
didn't know or understand, and that turned out to be alot. So the
Fastlane workbook took me to untill christmas. But as IPExpert's
workbooks was delayed it didn't matter that I finished late.
IPExperts workbook started to arrive chapter by chapter late december. I got the
complete workbook 1 just weeks before leaving to the bootcamp in March
2011. My idea was to hit the bootcamp prepared learn the last 5-10%
and take the exam just after the bootcamp. Well I was not near the
level I needed to be when I took the bootcamp. I was at 50% and the
bootcamp to me 20-30%.
Did the first exam late March 2011 and failed. I guess I got around 50
points. I booked a new date at once and took my second attempt in late
May 2011.
In the 2 months between the exams I read the Mobility 4.1
Guide, the WLC, WCS and autonomous configration guides (some of them
for the second time). This time I was prepared. Took the exam and
believed it was perfect when I left building C. Got the score report
and I'm guessing I got around 70-72 points.
Before going for the 3rd attempt I wanted to do a reseat with the
bootcamp to ensure everything was repeated. Unfortunately I didn't
feel the bootcamp did that much for me, but I did get to do questions
and answers on topics I still wanted to verify. Took the exam the week
after the bootcamp and the rest is history!