From: afocusli@eml.cc
Date: Sat Nov 22 2003 - 22:27:44 GMT-3
yes,on Tuesday, also I would like to thank Brian Dennis,Brian
McGahan,Scott Morris and Jonathan, your guys give me so much help.
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 18:40:36 -0800, "Jason Viera"
<jasonviera@avenuecable.com> said:
> Did you also pass this week? Congrats to you as well!!!
> Jason
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <afocusli@eml.cc>
> To: "Jason Viera" <jasonviera@avenuecable.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 5:42 PM
> Subject: Re: Finally #12534
>
>
> > Good number,better than me(#12527)....
> >
> > Congratulations!!
> >
> > On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:42:53 -0800, "Jason Viera"
> > <jasonviera@avenuecable.com> said:
> > > Like many have said before lack of knowledge or nerves will easily lead
> > > to
> > > your demise in the lab. Could that be any more obvious??
> > >
> > > This is all based on my experience so take it with a grain of salt. I
> had
> > > read
> > > all of the usual books and gone through a full book of labs, but that
> > > didn't
> > > cut it on my first attempt I then went through another lab book and
> > > really
> > > read all of the config guides on the DOC CD, as well as creating a Map
> of
> > > the
> > > CD, still no cigar. Finally I read all (those being relevant) Command
> > > references and took the InternetworkExpert IEvW-RS course which brought
> > > it all
> > > together, and I finally passed yesterday on my third attempt!
> > >
> > > There is no easy way! There are no shortcuts! But there are
> > > some
> > > ways to increase the utility of your study time. If you have access to
> > > equipment I would recommend running the protocols over Ethernet through
> a
> > > hub
> > > and using Ethereal or some kind of sniffer in order to really understand
> > > the
> > > protocol and how it works (Stolen from the thoughts of Pricilla). This
> > > will
> > > help bridge the gap between your "book" knowledge and the inter-workings
> > > of
> > > the IOS. It is important to understand the relationship of the protocol
> > > and
> > > how Cisco has actually implemented it! Reading RFC's can be quite
> > > informative
> > > but will do you little good when studying for the Lab exam. Practice is
> > > important but if you get into the habit of just typing in configs and
> not
> > > really understanding what they are doing what's the point??? I've been
> > > there
> > > and it doesn't help, it's pointless to go through the "8" hr practice
> > > labs if
> > > you haven't already studied and configured all of the protocols
> > > independently
> > > (Not to mention it's a waste of $$$). To make the best use of your time
> > > you
> > > have to understand all of the protocols as well as how to configure
> them;
> > > read
> > > the config guides (which are usually pretty basic) and then read through
> > > and
> > > experiment with the commands in the command references this will better
> > > prepare you for the real deal.
> > >
> > > Now that I've put you all to sleep, I would like to thank
> > > Brian
> > > Dennis and Brian McGahan for putting together the best training class
> > > that one
> > > could ask for as a final check before taking the lab!! These two set the
> > > standard for CCIE training, at a very reasonable price!!! Their labs are
> > > the
> > > best available!! If you are studying for the lab you have to check out
> > > the
> > > following links:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.internetworkexpert.com/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.internetworkexpert.com/resources/01700358.htm
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I would also like to recommend Gigavelocity as an excellent
> > > place
> > > to rent rack time, their lab is as close to the real thing as possible,
> > > it
> > > even has the 3725 as well as the same ISDN sim as the real lab!!!
> > > www.gigavelocity.com They have also recently added a PIX, IDS
> > > Sensor,
> > > VPN Concentrator a well as an AAA server for those whom are studying for
> > > the
> > > Security Lab.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I am in no way associated with the above two companies.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Last but not least I would like to thank all of the kind souls who
> > > regularly
> > > post to GroupStudy and a special thanks to Paul for running the show!!!!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Jason Viera
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > CCIE #12534
> > >
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