From: Derek Small (d.small@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue Jul 18 2000 - 10:08:58 GMT-3
Congrats Brad, Welcome to the club!! Enjoy the time off.
A couple of comments on your comments,
Time management is a factor, to be certain, but in that you cannot afford to
dwell on one thing too long. Most students will have time to pursue the
CD-ROM for minor things. You will not have to use it figure out a basic
concept, but know how to find some sample configs quickly if you get stuck.
Be warned though, Cisco seams to have found some of the last remaining 4x
drives still in use, because they are very slow. If you run a search, let
it run in the background and work on something else while it's running. I
used the CD several times on my last couple of attempts. My biggest problem
on my first attempt was NOT using it. It's a tool, use it! just don't rely
on it for concepts, only syntax or examples. For instance, if you don't
know why your OSPF routes are not getting propagated across your frame relay
network, the CD will probably not help you much. If you are asked to
configure BGP using two AS numbers, but you are also given an EBGP peer that
is expecting a different AS number, you need to know that you need to use
confederations to solve the problem. But don't be afraid to look at the CD
for the syntax.
The level of difficulty that students experience during troubleshooting
appears to be related to the amount of time they have spent in the field.
The things you find in troubleshooting are very much like what you will see
on break-fix calls. I though troubleshooting was a breeze and got all 25
with 30 minutes to spare. They do total f*** everything up though. Be
ready to recover from a network that your ten year old has been learning on
for the last week. Passwords, images, cabling, system names, numbers and
addresses that are easily transposed (ie. 10.11.1.2 10.1.11.2) as well as
all sorts of other treachery. Keep in mind though that very few students
actually fail the tests as a result of poor performance in trouble shooting.
Derek Small
CCIE # 5832
dwsmall@fatkid.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Sevastiadis, Narkissos <Narkissos.Sevastiadis@getronics.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2000 11:24 AM
Subject: I PAAAAASED
> Hi everybody,
> I passed in Belgium in my first try.
> I can tell you it's a nightmare.
> There were moments when I thought my head was going to explode.
> Now I shall take a two weeks vacation in Spain on a beach to regain
> my forces and find myself again.
> If I would not have passed I do not think that I would have come soon
again.
> It's a terrifying experience.
> Forget the CD during the lab.
> You have no chance if you need it.
> I have not touched it a bit and still I would have needed more time.
> The troubleshooting was INCREDIBLE difficult.
> EVERYTHING was fucked up beyond recognition.
> You must be an automatic machine to make 20 from 25.
> I got only 12. The target of 25 seems impossible.
> If you do not score great before troubleshooting you do not have a chance.
> Do not count on troubleshooting.
> Bye
> Narkissos
> CCIE#6046
>
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