From: Mask Of Zorro (ciscokid00@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon May 21 2001 - 18:07:54 GMT-3
Speed baby! Speed!
At this point, you know what you know (and you don't know what you don't
know)... There will be no useful new learning between now and then. BUT -
how fast can you get that thing built???
Do short speed drills - build a hub and spoke frame architecture with a mix
of physical interfaces and sub-interfaces and have full connectivity in
under 15 minutes.
Build an ISDN connection with PPP authentication in 15 minutes. Then blow it
away and try it with one-way authentication, again in 15 minutes. Then again
with callback...
Implment OSPF authentication on area 0 of a multi-area network in under 15
minutes...
You get the idea. Shoot for the 15 minute mark for all these little snippets
of technology. Do these things over and over from scratch until your fingers
can build them while the rest of you just watches... Make sure you start
over from a clean router config each time, or the repitition will do you no
good.
If you can build the core stuff quickly in the real lab, then you will have
plenty of time for the head-scratchers that are destined to be there.
Good luck!
Z
>From: Jim Healis <jhealis@cisco.com>
>Reply-To: Jim Healis <jhealis@cisco.com>
>To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: OT: 4 weeks and counting
>Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 13:02:55 -0700
>
>(The OT listing is for those who don't wish to hear the journal-esque
>ramblings of a Lab candidate)
>
>I'm four weeks away now from my first lab attempt.
>I must say that the psychological aspect of the exam has been taking its
>toll on me. In the last couple weeks I have lost sleep because of
>nightmarish dreams about routing, switching and the upcoming lab exam.
>I have been trying to force myself to study more and more as my lab date
>comes closer. But each time I do my mind tells me that I have done this
>over and over before and trying any harder will only cause loss of some
>other engram. So I try to soak in what I can when I can get it. I work in
>a department that has me solving complex LAN issues nearly every hour, so I
>feel that I am strong there. My WAN knowledge is a bit dated however. I
>know Frame Relay very well, and leased circuits are easy too... ISDN is a
>bit rusty.
>More complex routing features seem distant to me now. Policy routing is
>easy for me once I get started, but knowing when to use it eludes me at
>times. Redistribution is easy on the surface, but with more complexity I
>forget about how easy it is to screw up.
>The bottom line is that I feel I know what I need to know to pass the Lab
>exam, but I am fearful that I will not be able to recall it under such
>pressure. This has caused me to contemplate postponing my exam for a
>couple months (like I could get a new date now). But the optimistic part
>of me says I have to take it now to know what challenge I face, or I will
>never be brave enough to face the challenge in the future. In other words,
>once you start running away it's easier to keep running than to face the
>challenge.
>So my request to those in the group is this: What should I be focusing on
>in these last few weeks considering this feeling of burn-out on studying?
>I'm looking for direct responses, philosophical answers and mystic
>ramblings...
>
>Jim
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