From: Chuck Larrieu (chuck@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Sun Jan 14 2001 - 16:38:58 GMT-3
I'm going to respectfully disagree with some of the other responses you have
received. 100% lab practice is NOT the way to go, IMHO
You cannot expect to completely abandon the books and become expert in the
kind of configuration issues you will face in the Lab.
Let me throw out a couple of questions here, to illustrate the point.
1) What are the issues with redistribution of VLSM protocols into FLSM /
classful protocols? What are the ways one can do so WITHOUT resorting to a
default route, a default network, or a default gateway?
2) What are the implications of the various types of frame-relay interfaces
and subinterfaces with regards to each of the routing protocols you can
expect to find in the Lab? E.g. if you have the classic three router pod,
and router_1 has a multipoint subinterface, and router_2 has a
point-to-point subinterface, and router_3 does not use subinterfaces, what
are the implications to each of the common routing protocols?
3) What are the implications of changing the ospf network type on an
interface or any kind, frame-relay or otherwise? If you do so, what else
must you change, and where?
I just finished one of my practice labs, an ospf one, and it has left me
considering each of these points. I spent 30 minutes troubleshooting an
issue where one of the routers was not getting ospf routes. I had originally
attributed the problem to the md5 authentication I had just put into the
area. Wanna guess what the problem was? Hint - changes to ospf network
types on a frame relay network require what other changes as well?
Every individual can decide a correct ratio of lab to book time. For me that
ration is about 75% book and 25% lab right now. I expect to increase the lab
to book ration to about 4 to 1 by March 1, which is five weeks from my lab
date. The last two weeks before my lab I expect to be doing 95% lab work as
a final push preparation.
But 100% lab? No way. I want to be well grounded in theory so that I can
make adjustments based on what they throw at me. Trying to do that my lab
alone I am convinced will leave me unprepared for those things I know Cisco
is going to throw at me.
JMHO
Chuck
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Bruce Williams (TruePosition)
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 10:33 AM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: New Member
I just joined the CCIE Lab list today. I am scheduled to take my lab on =
Sept 13th and 14th in RTP, NC. Currently I am doing labs from CIMs, and =
labs from "CCIE All in One Lab Study Guide". After I finish Internet =
"Routing TCP/IP, I plan to read "Internet Routing Architectures", "Cisco =
LAN Switching" and Caslow's "Bridges, Routers and Switches". By the =
time, I finish that it will be close to my scheduled lab date and I am =
hoping possibly to attend Mentor Technologies, "ECP1" course or do the =
labs from CCbootcamp. How does my plan sound? Any suggestions.
Bruce Williams
bruce@williamsnetworking.com
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