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I would recommend to at least do the 360 (especially the CA-20's and the INE labs. And whatever else you can afford honestly. The advantage of multiple labs is you get used to different ways of items/questions being asked. And possibly see different solutions. INE covers a pretty large variety. The 360 I felt was a lot closer to the real thing than anything else I've done. Although its not 100% identical or anything. The graded labs are interesting for the 360 stuff but not 100% accurate. I do like how you can compare your config to the key though and run output commands to see the differences. I would recommend checking out some of Narbik's stuff. He has a book called "CCIE Routing and Switching v5.1 Foundational" that has some good stuff in it. Along with his CCIE R&S Workbooks. I highly recommend those. I thought they were much better then the INE labs and they explain things a lot better. His workbooks are here https://micronicstraining.com/ and the book I'm talking about is this one. https://www.amazon.com/CCIE-Routing-Switching-v5-1-Foundations/dp/1587144727 Additionally I have heard good things about Jazari. I have not done those though. https://jaziri.training/ Congrats on the test and best of luck on the long road ahead!

> Did you use the Boot Camp or Zero to Hero from Micronics?

Hi, I got the Zero to Hero - I was having some major issues with streaming the Webex recordings and ending up dropping off the course, but it was of a very high standard indeed. If you're looking for a recommendation, then I'm in the middle of a University campus network upgrade right now, then I'm relocating to Denmark from Scotland because of Brexit. Once I get that out of the way, I'm going to go back on Piotrs next available Z2H course and hopefully do the entire course - that's how good I think it is. I really think it's one of the best options out there for CCIE Security v5 at the moment.

> Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately, from the Novodyne site, it looks as though his CCIE Security course is also incomplete. The site states the progress is at 75%. Perhaps I'll try the Micronics site.

Yes, Novodyne is 75% but I would reach out to him directly and ask about expected progress. HE's done more than most - only Khawar Butt can boast a full video series AFAIK.

> I just don't understand why the training for this track is so damn sparse. It's frustrating as hell.

I've been chasing INE around the internet for over 2 years and they've never come anywhere near to a usable video course for CCIE Security, never mind rack rentals or workbooks.

There is a CCIE Professional Development series book by Aaron Woland and others for CCIE Security now. I have Volume 1 and it's very good. Volume 2 is due out in November 2018.

Integrated Security Technologies and Solutions - Volume I

Integrated Security Technologies and Solutions - Volume II

The new IP Routing on Cisco IOS, IOS XE, and IOS XR: An Essential Guide to Understanding and Implementing IP Routing Protocols as you mentioned is very good.

I talked to the author Brad at Cisco and told him how refreshing that Cisco Press finally had a new book that I can recommend to people again. It's been years since I could say otherwise ;)

Edit: off topic but if you're really interested in BGP, we had a guy named Bill Norton at our last Chicago Network Operators Group (CHI-NOG) who did a really interesting presentations on real world BGP peering strategies.

He wrote a book called The Internet Peering Playbook. You can see some of it in whitepaper format here..

Bill's a very very smart guy and its a very interesting read.

> I know MPLS-TE and MPLS-TP are different things, but the book was making a comparison between PBB-TE and MPLS-TP.

sorry man i wasnt trying to come across as an ass at all, many people dont see TE at all (they just think LDP when they think MPLS), not PBB but MPLS-TE. those who have seen TP are even less (its honestly used now for CEM which is Circuit Emulation, which is a really nifty idea but not fully mature imo). to boot normally you run TP overtop of TE for FRR via NHOP/NNHOP/NNnHOP lol...

> Since I've never worked for a SP, but have always been interested in SP stuff, I found the book interesting for all the different things it explained.

this is what drew me to the SP arena and holy shit man....its different on both the modern levels but the legacy levels too and then within that at layer's 1-3 (lol), both scale, protocol and resiliency wise from large enterprise. its also alot of fun :)

one thing i have noticed is that in the SP side unlike the enterprise side there are alot of names that mean the EXACT same thing, an example would be a simple layer 2 carrier ethernet (native 802.3 handoff):

• Cisco/Juniper used to call this an Pseudowire using ATOM or L2TPv3(never seen it).
  
• Cisco/Juniper now call this an VPWS
  
• MEF says this is an E-LINE, of the type EP-LINE. (meaning native 802.3 handoff all maps to the same EVC)
  
• dont even get me started with tag manipulation (aka E-ACCESS)
  
• double dont get me started with the fact that there are multiple ways to skin the cat on the SAME device (aka xconnect vs ethernet flow point)
  
  UGH my head :(
  
  also if you are looking for SP books let me know as i have a HUGE list of good/bad books and even chapters within books for R&S/SP track, http://i.imgur.com/2sEUzgB.jpeg. some things however there are NO books for (ie g8032, y1731, CFM, BVI's with an SVI, etc) BUT there are fantastic cisco doc-cd links which i have if you should also need.
  
  edit, lemme throw in some good links:
  
  
• Starter MEF book, not perfect but a crash course: https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Carrier-Ethernet-foundation-MEF-CECP/dp/1519117566/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478824857&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=fujitsu+mef
  
• More intense MEF book: https://www.amazon.com/MEF-CECP-Study-Carrier-Ethernet-Professionals-ebook/dp/B01678XTUQ/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1478824857&sr=8-2-fkmr0&keywords=fujitsu+mef
  
• Routing-Bits, he no longer publishes his book, no idea why but if you can get a copy its fantastic even though its R&Sv4, SPv3: https://routing-bits.com/
  
• Notes the Series, even though its CCIE-SPv3 its fucking BOSS: http://ccie-in-2-months.blogspot.com/p/the-hints-series.html
  
• Nicks book (fucking amazing): https://leanpub.com/ccie-spv4-comp-guide

So as to not recreate the wheel, Katherine McNamara did a great job putting together a list of training resources on her blog. CCIE Security Materials I took the Zero 2 Hero Security class by Micronics, that did a pretty good job of showing hands on configuration and gave access to a lab for the duration of the class (I think it was 12 weeks). There is also a new Firepower Threat Defense book that is pretty good. I'm still trying to track down my notes of the configuration/product guides that I had to hunt through for the written but if/when I find it I'll let you know.

Raspberry Pi - $35

USB-to-4 RS-232 - $48

Follow this guide

I'm using this right now and it's great. The RasPi also makes for a nice little SAMBA and TFTP server, which makes it a breeze to load new images on my physical switches.

Start with CCIE blueprint. It has everything you will need. Start and assess your self first. When you identify areas you're weak, you can then work on referring to even more materiel to better your understanding.

Since you've reached CCNP, it would be best to pick up this book to bridge the gap between CCNP and CCIE (https://amzn.com/1587144727)

Cisco 360 uses same environment as the lab, but you could also get VIRL; it's very useful to practice.
Regarding topologies, you could get config and tshoot guides; those are similar to 360 "ready" topologies.

Troubleshooting IP Routing Protocols. Add this one to the list. It's a good one to go over.

Yeah a lot of those books are 8+ years old. But the core information in these books are still very relevant.

This is the wrong forum for this type of question. You will be best served by looking at the CWNA curriculum. Have a look at this book instead.

logitech k120 this is changed now with dell weird keyboard exp with very similar to k120 . its looking like something this

https://www.amazon.com/TCP-Illustrated-Protocols-Addison-Wesley-Professional/dp/0321336313

Overkill, but you'll want to know this IRL anyway. Esp if you ever have to explain a wireshark to a dev/server guy/guns pointed at 10 paces meeting with vendor

I haven't started reading it yet, but I got INE's recommendation, which is is this:
IPv6 Theory, Protocol, and Practice

Cisco Press is releasing an updated two volume guide later this year:

http://www.amazon.com/Routing-Switching-Official-Library-Edition/dp/1587144921

This may be a stupid question, but why are you even doing this mess? Why not simply use one of these.