Point and shoot.

So something I started doing recently is what I call the wheel of CCIE.

It's goes like this.

Print out the blueprint. I prefer to use the expanded 4.0 blueprint from internetwork expert. I of course expanded it well beyond to be more granular but that is beside the point....

So you have your blueprint printed out. Good.

Close your eyes, now take your blueprint, put it on a table or other flat surface and point your finger randomly down on the paper. The major topic section that you fall on do the following:

Bust out notepad and see if you can whip out a basic config for that technology.

For example, let's say I wanted to set up OSPF

Router ospf 1
router-id 1.1.1.1
int s0/0
ip ospf 1 area 0

Of course there might be frame relay so the ip ospf network command might be used etc, still that would be part of a basic configuration for either just serial links/fa interfaces. Frame relay would be automatically considering neighbor commands and changing the network types around etc etc.

Basically, I know that I can look at ANY major topic section and whip out a basic config. I am not talking about filtering, or authentication or anything fancy just basic, core configuration.

It's a neat little game. There is also something called "Ccie command memorizer" that my friend swears by, but it's $150 bucks and I'm still considering it but for now my little game works just fine :)

Enjoy.