From: Fanglo MA (fangloma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Wed Nov 21 2001 - 03:17:00 GMT-3
Congratulation! Any home lab you have to prepare the lab test?
Regards,
Fanglo
On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Charles Huang wrote:
> Finally it's my turn to write my CCIE experience.
>
> I passed the lab this Monday, the 19th at San Jose. This is my first time
> taking the lab so I don't know how it is compare to the 2 day lab. Although
I
> do think this lab is harder than the 2 day lab because on the 2 day lab you
> need to score 55 out of 75 to get to the trouble shooting part. But if you
> were to take the 1 day lab, 55 out of 75 = 73% that would fail the lab alread
y
> (without the chance to trouble shoot). to score 80 points on the one day lab
> is like score 60 out of 75 on the 2 day lab before trouble shooting. And mos
t
> people made it to trouble shooting, pass the lab. ( I guess the one didn't
> pass were the one score between 55-60 ) Maybe this is one of the reason Cisco
> remove the trouble shooting part from the lab.
>
> This one day lab is kind of long. Every question is straight forward. If yo
u
> don't understand a question. Ask the proctor right away. my proctor (Jose)
> was very helpful and very professional. as always, ask the question in a
> positive way. He helped me clarified many questions. I got more than half o
f
> the lab done by lunch time, but I miss one of questions. I didn't want to go
> back because I was afraid I won't have enough time. around 2pm I have finish
> all the exercises. and that calm me down alot. I go back to check the
> question I miss, and It was one simple typo. I noticed one thing very helpfu
l
> was the "ping script" -- I learned this trick from Bryan Cox (CCIE 8305) we
> took the ECP1 class together -- after 2 and a half hours of checking my work,
> I'm pretty sure I pass.
>
> Here's the schedule I have for my lab in San Jose
> 8:00-11:30 Lab
> 11:30-12:00 Lunch ($10 coupon) get the chicken soup, it taste good. but dont
> eat too much or you'll fall asleep in the afternoon
> 12:00-4:30 Lab
>
> I had a total of 8 hours lab time.
> The desk was kind of small about 4' x 30"
> I notice some of my routers are still running 12.0 version, not 12.1
> I heard T train IOS was not in the lab which is not true. I DO have a T trai
n
> IOS
> One of my router was very buggy. After I config one of the routing protocols
> I did a "show ip protocol" and nothing came up. I did a show run and the
> config was there. I clear the routing protocol, and still no luck. I was
> about to reboot the router then one thing came to my mind. I recall one of
> the buggy T train IOS have this problem. So I did a show version, and It is
> the exact same version. to resolve the problem you simply need to copy down
> the routing protocol config. remove it from the config and pasted back. WOLA
> it worked. so know your IOS problems.
>
>
> Here's the list of things I went over before my lab
>
> OSPF -
> P2P,P2M,Broadcast,non-Broadcast,Virtual-Link,demand-circuit,summarization
> BGP -
> confederation,aggregate,supress-map,community,dampening,MED,as-path,reg-exp,s
> ync,as-set,peer group,advertise-map,password
> EIGRP - summary,distribute-list,route-map, load-balancing
> RIP - v1,v2,authentication,timer
> IGRP - default-network, split-horizon, timer
> IS-IS - L1,l2,password,priority, L1&L2 circuit
> ATM - PVC P2P, PVC P2M, SVC, CLIP,ATM QoS
> IPX - RIP,EIGRP,NLSP,SAP,Watch-dog,SPX-spoof,GNS,floating-static
> DLSW - TCP,FST,Direct,Frame,Border
> peer,cluster,sap-priority,locaddr-priority,transparent map.
> IP Sec - ESP,AH,transport/tunnel,pre-share key,RSA key,CET,CA
> Voice - VOIP,VOFR,num-exp,dial-peer,FXO,FXS
> Multicast - PIM-DM/SM,RP,auto-rp,dvmrp
> QoS - Priority queue,custom queue,WFQ,RED,WRED,RSVP,GTS,FRTS
> Access-List - Dynamic,Reflex,Intercept,CBAC
> ISDN - PPP, Multilink,CHAP,PPP,Call back,Dialer Watch, Snapshot
> Bridge - SRB,SRT,TB,SR/TLB,bridge priority
> Catalyst - logging,permit list,port security,port channel,trunk,
> static/dynamic map
> Misc - DHCP,NAT,HSRP,NTP,SNMP,TFTP,Syslog,RMON,RSH,SSH,IP-Accounting,moble ip
>
> Since this is a Routing & Switching lab. I went through all the routing
> protocols, not just the command references but also how they work. When I se
e
> a question on the lab. You would know the exact config you need to make it
> work.
>
> If you go through the above list, understand your routing protocols and knows
> the exact config when you see the requirements. I'm sure you will pass the
> exam with ease.
>
> Last but not least. I want to thank Paul for hosting this group and I want t
o
> thank all of the members in this group. You guys helped me pass my lab.
>
>
> Good Luck to all of you and let us know when you pass.
>
>
> CCIE Security next
>
> Charles Huang
> CCIE 8431
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