From: Mask Of Zorro (ciscokid00@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Sat Jan 13 2001 - 14:11:58 GMT-3
Without going into detail, I will say that I HAVE done that (the pricker
bushes thing...). It was not intentional, but as circumstances unfolded, it
was an event that took place.
Looking back on it now, I can honestly say that day 1 of my first lab
attempt was not quite as bad. Not quite. Close, but no cigar...
Z
>From: Chuck Church <cchurch@MAGNACOM.com>
>Reply-To: Chuck Church <cchurch@MAGNACOM.com>
>To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: RE: In defense of the lab...
>Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 22:11:28 -0500
>
>Entertaining? Pleasureable? You can't be serious. I thought my first day
>today was about as pleasurable as running naked through a field of pricker
>bushes. Not that I've ever done that, it just happens to be the most
>unpleasurable thing I can think of right now.
>
>
>Chuck Church
>CCNP, CCDP, MCNE, MCSE
>Sr. Network Engineer
>Magnacom Technologies
>140 N. Rt. 303
>Valley Cottage, NY 10989
>845-267-4000 x218
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Erick B. [mailto:erickbe@yahoo.com]
>Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 2:00 AM
>To: Padhu (LFG); 'Tony Olzak'; ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: RE: In defense of the lab...
>
>
>
>I've been to the lab once and am going back soon. I
>found it an entertaining and pleasureable experience
>and wasn't stressed at all (Stress is for the birds!)
>and had time. I didn't make the best use of it
>(mistakes learned) but had a good strategy. I had some
>issues with my termserv which ate up some time. I
>think I would have made it if I was solid with LANE
>and a few other things. I'm also doing the CCIE for
>fun and am not going to kill my personal life or my
>bank account on a home lab to get a certification.
>
>The #1 lab strategy I recommend is to not touch any
>equipment until you have read through the binder(s) a
>few times when you get them, and have your network
>drawn on paper in as much detail as possible. If you
>have that the config will go a lot faster.
>
>Erick
>
>--- "Padhu (LFG)" <padhu@steinroe.com> wrote:
> > not a complaint but however i think they can do a
> > few things better ...
> >
> > Like a really nice big white sheet of paper , where
> > we can neatly draw out
> > and not worry
> > space for fitting all protocol and all other info
> > reqd ...
> >
> > a better pc with no sticky 1980 keyboards....
> >
> > CDROM drive that works at a "reasonable speed" ...
> > one rarely would use
> > ..however when u really wanna use its useless .
> >
> > We all know those 2 days are probably the worst
> > stress test in life ...the
> > last thing we
> > wanna get frustrated about is all those silly things
> > mentioned above ...
> >
> > cisco definetly has the money for fixing all the
> > above ..donno why they
> > aren't fixing it .
> >
> > Cheers,Padhu
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tony Olzak [mailto:aolzak@buckeye-express.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 2:32 PM
> > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: In defense of the lab...
> >
> >
> > On both of my CCIE lab attempts, I've heard people
> > attack the format of =
> > the lab. They usually go like this:
> >
> > "I think the whole thing is a crock! No network
> > would ever be set up =
> > that way and you wouldn't have all those
> > restrictions. If I had enough =
> > time and didn't have the restrictions I could get
> > everything working."
> >
> > Yes, it's true that anyone, with enough time and no
> > restrictions, could =
> > get everything to work. However, this isn't called
> > the Cisco Certified =
> > PROFESSIONAL Lab--it's an EXPERT lab. That means you
> > can take a bunch of =
> > routers and make them do whatever is required, no
> > matter how many =
> > restrictions are placed upon you or how ugly the
> > situation gets.
> >
> > Anyone can get routers to work, only experts can
> > make them dance.
> >
> > Tony Olzak, CCIE #6689
>
>
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