From: Kevin Baumgartner (kbaumgar@xxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Jan 10 2001 - 17:56:40 GMT-3
I'm impressed. How did you do it so fast? The last time I took the test
they only gave out part of the questions in the morning, ie. book one.
And then if you were lucky or completed the first book they would give
the second book with the rest of the questions for day one. Not sure if
all the first day labs are in this format.
Kevin
At 02:32 PM 1/10/01 -0500, Tony Olzak wrote:
>I passed on my second attempt yesterday.
>
>The difference this time? I finished the entire lab by about 11:30AM on Day
>1 and had the rest of the time to check my configs five or six times over. I
>caught two mistakes that would have cost me some points.
>
>Tony Olzak, CCIE #6689
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Michelle T" <mtruman@mn.mediaone.net>
>To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 1:22 PM
>Subject: Second Attempts
>
>
> > If anyone is feeling so inclined to, I would be interested in hearing
>about
> > second attempts. I am about to take mine and have been wondering a lot
>about
> > what it will be like. I took my first attempt in March of last year, so it
> > seems like it has been a long time. I remember being really surprised at
>how
> > un-prepared I was. I thought I knew routing and switching very well and
>had
> > a chance at passing the first time. Well, I was surprised to find that
> > routing and switching really were not my biggest problems, though I did
>not
> > know them as well as I thought I did. There is a big difference between
> > knowing how to get a protocol up and working and understanding the inner
> > workings of that protocol and the gotchas and rules. Most importantly, I
> > discovered that you will never get to the layer 3 stuff you feel
>comfortable
> > with if you can't get Layer 1 and 2 working flawlessly. I did ok on L1,
>but
> > layer 2 issues caught me very much by surprise. I felt I encountered just
> > about every frame format that exists in that lab on that day. And as I
> > frantically searched the CD and watched the time tick away at a surreal
> > speed, I realized I had a long way to go.
> >
> > That night, knowing I would not make it the next day, I seriously
> > contemplated giving up. I think I knew deep down just how much time this
>was
> > going to take and had myself nearly talked out of it. Lucky for me I have
>an
> > understanding and encouraging spouse who gently kicked me in the butt and
> > got me going again.
> >
> > I just looked back at a lab I had practiced on a lot before that first
> > attempt. It's from the U of M practice lab and I remember spending an
>entire
> > weekend on it. I think I could do it now in a couple of hours. But at the
> > time, I thought I was doing pretty well. Now I realize that it is so
> > important to know things right off the top of your head so you can have
>some
> > time for the things that don't quite make sense or for which there isn't
>an
> > obvious answer jumping out at you. Anyway, regardless of the outcome, I
>just
> > believe this will be a completely different experience and know that if I
> > pass, I will have earned it and if I don't pass, I don't have nearly as
>far
> > to go as I once did.
> >
> > Thanks for your thoughts in advance!
> >
> > Michelle Truman
> >
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