From: DAN DORTON (DHSTS68@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Feb 07 2002 - 15:09:20 GMT-3
Well I probably could have dealt with it if we could have fixed the
problem, but again we couldn't & I lost way more than 30 minutes!
I understand the whole real world thing, but in the real world I
wouldn't have spent over 3 grand to get there & work on a network, they
would have been paying me!
>>> MADMAN <dmadlan@qwest.com> 02/07/02 12:06PM >>>
DAN DORTON wrote:
I see somethings haven't changed!! I had my RP in a 7000 croak
during
my first try, bad memory. The proctor found another RP and we
installed
it, lost about 30 minutes. I was told the lab is suppose to test real
world and that was real world:(
good luck
Dave
> I only have one MAJOR complaint.
>
> Excuse me for being vague, but I don't want to break the NDA in any
> way.
>
> I had some equipment that failed at layer 1.
>
> I pointed it out right away, but they were unable to fix it.
>
> They told me to configure it like I thought it should be & they
would
> take it into CONSIDERATION. (Too my surprise I did very badly on
this
> section when I checked later!)
>
> Unfortunately that left me at a VERY big disadvantage, because
> troubleshooting as you go is part of the test, but I didn't have
that
> luxury on a VERY LARGE part of my test.
>
> This happened to me right after lunch which basically screwed my
entire
> thought process & made me about ten times as nervous. As if I was
not
> nervous enough in the first place.
>
> It was something that I had torn apart a hundred times over in my
home
> labs & I KNOW if I could have tested it that I would have been able
to
> fix it, but again... I did not have that luxury.
>
> My advice to you is that if you have equipment failure on your lab
that
> you stop & insist that it is repaired, before you go on. I really
wish
> that I had done this.
>
> Overall it was a gut wrenching experience, but again the test is
very
> passable. I believe that if my equipment had not failed & I had not
let
> my nerves override my experience that I would have passed. In fact I
was
> fairly confident that I did pass until I got home to see the
horrible
> results.
>
> I will be going back in a few months to attempt it again & hopefully
my
> experience will be a little better this time.
>
> After this e-mail the proctors that are watching will probably have
it
> out for me, but I wanted to try to save some other people the
problems
> that I had if at all possible.
>
> Anyways, good luck on your attempts & see you in CCIE land one of
these
> days.
>
> Dan
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