From: P729 (p729@cox.net)
Date: Fri Jan 02 2004 - 22:20:14 GMT-3
Jeff,
My two cents:
Caslow's, et. al., "spotting the issues" comes to mind. I'd recommend
reading it and internalizing it if you haven't already.
Then while reading through your practice lab scenarios, try to find the
"absolutes" in the task and craft your solution for them. Forget the answer
key for all-encompassing "correct" solutions. Look to the answer key only to
resolve ambiguities in the task, but at the end of the day, know in your own
mind what a correct solution to a given task is--and be able to defend it.
Don't over-analyze the tasks. In the real lab, the proctor will be there to
help you resolve those ambiguities.
For a simple example, take these two objectives: "Ensure all subnetworks are
reachable by ping" and "Ensure all subnetworks appear in the routing table."
You should inately know why the solution to one wouldn't necessarily be the
solution to the other and what commands or states could influence the
outcome, etc. As an expert, you'll be able to contrive solutions where you
could satisfy one but not the other, or satisfy both at the same time.
Regards,
Mas Kato, CCIE #7772
https://ecardfile.com/id/mkato
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Nelson" <jnelson@rackspace.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 3:33 PM
Subject: lab restrictions/interpretations
> There is a saying (I saw it written on the wall of a CCIE lab in
Houston)... something like "There are two ways to configure every scenario;
for the CCIE LAB you must know all three."
>
> This is so because of the restrictions and conditions placed on each lab
and scenario. Now, I know a little Cisco-ese, enough to find the freesnacks
breakroom, but it seems like most "example" labs I've tried contradict
themselves. Like saying no static routes and then seeing a static mroute in
configuration answers, or defining Policy Routing as any source-based
traffic manipulation and then using tunneling to overcome another
restriction, or tip toeing around the ol' 0.0.0.0 advertisement
restriction--justified because it was produced as a side-affect of another
method..... Anyway, that is probably my biggest concern at this point,
queueing in on the one or two tag words that are supposed kick my brain into
the right type of configuration. I don't want to be sitting there digging
through the CD (wasting prescious time) looking for that 3rd way (that may
or may not exist) because I believe that it can't be done in the ways I know
due to the interpretive restrictions.
>
> Can anyone give me peace-of-mind on this?
>
> oh yes
> /rant
>
> --
> jeff
>
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