From: Dave Humphrey (dave.humphrey@xxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Dec 07 1999 - 10:07:18 GMT-3
I've seen this somewhere in the distant past in a place called Brussels I
had configured an aspect of IPX which I couldn't get to work. I went back to
it 3 times with no success, when it came to assessment time I started to
explain how I had tried and failed to get it working, the proctor looked at
me as if I was an idiot and then showed me that it was working fine. It had
sprung to life while I was sitting in the corridor outside!
Dave Humphrey
----- Original Message -----
From: Brad Hedlund <BHedlund@LifeTimeFitness.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 9:39 PM
Subject: be patient...
> Hello Group,
>
> Something I have learned while practicing is to be patient with the
routers.
> Things often dont happen right after you have configured them ...
especially
> with DLSW, BGP and AppleTalk, Ive found. Sometimes it takes as long as
3-4
> minutes!.
> For instance, today I was doing some DLSW practice. I configured DLSW
> between an Ethernet on one router and Token-Ring on another router. That
> came up fairly quickly. I then added a third router's Ethernet to the
DLSW
> network. I waited for several minutes for it to work and it didnt. I
then
> started to try and research what I had done incorrectly. I went to lunch
> and thought about it some more. When I came back from lunch an hour later
> it was working.
> After seeing that, I began to think that if I had been in the actual CCIE
> test, I wouldnt have been that patient. I probably would have started
> changing the configuration around and begin a downward spiral to failure.
>
> I guess what I have learned is ... if the configuration is RIGHT and you
> know it, give it some more time ... if it still doesnt come up, reload the
> involved routers. If it STILL doesnt come up right, then your
configuration
> is WRONG.
>
> Has anyone had such experiences on the exam?
>
>
> Brad Hedlund
> Network Consultant
> Network Guidance Co.
> Mpls, MN.
>
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