From: Roger Dellaca (rdellaca@xxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon Dec 11 2000 - 19:42:21 GMT-3
haven't taken the lab yet, but 1 thing I have been thinking about is how to dev
elop the mental discipline to avoid the dumb costly mistakes.
Example: I was working on a practice lab this weekend, part of it was frame rel
ay with some subinterfaces, some no subinterfaces. Pounded out a lot of OSPF i
ssues that had been bugging me. Then zoomed thru IPX & appletalk EIGRP that wa
s pretty easy. But since I put so much mental energy on the OSPF, I wasn't thi
nking in "distance-vector" mode, & forgot about adding/removing split horizon.
I know I should have caught this with appropriate "issue-spotting", but mental
gear-switching can be tough.
>>> "Foltz" <globalfx@netropolis.net> 12/07 10:14 AM >>>
Well, just got back from sunny Halifax for my first attempt. Bad news is =
i didnt pass, but after what i went through on the first day, i was =
happy to make it to the second. Out of 5 of us there, 3 made it to day =
2, and none made it to troubleshooting. What got me was not reading the =
questions cleealy enough, and alot of stupid mistakes. I left from the =
first day thinking i might have a chance at the second, but thorugh that =
night more and more stuff hit my mind that I had forgotten to do, and I =
finally determined that I probably didnt have enough points to get to =
the second day, but I guess I had. I got booted before troubleshooting =
though, and like I said, all very stupid mistakes. My advice is to try =
and eliminate all mental errors and you should be set very well. BTW =
Halifax is a very nice city, and the people there are very friendly. I =
took my wife which I think is what kept me from going completely insane, =
she helped alot to keep my mind off of the exam, and helped make me feel =
somewhat better about not passing on the first time out. Anyways, next =
attempt is May 8/9 in Halifax unless I can get one a bit sooner =
hopefully.
P.S.
Anyone out there still waiting for their first try, dont put too much =
pressure on yourself, the pressure is what really killed me and i may =
have had a shot if I wasnt worried about puking the whole time.
Richard Foltz, CCNP-Voice, CCNP, CCDP, MCSE+I, Network+, A+
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