From: Jonathan Hays (nomad@gfoyle.org)
Date: Mon Mar 15 2004 - 12:23:10 GMT-3
I'm sorry to whine, but would you guys please use a subject header? I do
email with threads and no subject header messes me up.
Thanks,
Jonathan
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On
>Behalf Of McNeace, Roger
>Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 10:08 AM
>To: 'Lee Donald'; Nick Guy; ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: RE:
>
>
>Checkout www.anthonypanda.com for memory. Cheap and reliable.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lee Donald [mailto:Lee.Donald@bacs.co.uk]
>Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 9:56 AM
>To: Nick Guy; ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: RE:
>
>
>I'm trying to upgrade my equipment so I have everything for
>the lab to practice on, I wonder if anyone can help me with
>some hardware questions ?
>
>One of the things I'm stuck on is upgrading a load of 2610's
>so I can run 12.2.23 ios on them. Where can I find the
>part-numbers for the 64mb dram and 16mb flash for them ?
>
>Also I need to get some ATM kit for our lab, what do I need ?
>
>Thanks alot for any help.
>
>Lee.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com]On Behalf Of
>Nick Guy
>Sent: 15 March 2004 14:49
>To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject:
>
>
>Thanks to all of those who responded to my retrospectively whiny post.
>It is amazing how positive and supportive this group is. Back to the
>grindstone. :-)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Nick Guy
>Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2004 9:54 AM
>To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: Failed again.
>
>
>Hello,
>I want to start by throwing out the caveat that I just failed my 5th
>attempt at the lab. Just saying that makes me feel like a complete
>idiot but it is time to start facing the fact that I am not
>able to nail
>this exam easily. In my own defense I have to prepare for the lab on
>top of being a Dad and husband and running a network department for a
>small, sometimes struggling company. The caveat is there because I am
>fully aware of the fact that I could be accused of being
>a little bitter. I am in the state of shock one has after
>failing a lab
>and still deciding if I care enough to try it again.
> One thing I would strongly recommend against is spacing out attempts
>too far. Anyway it has not worked for me.
>
>Here are some of my opinions/beefs, for what they are worth good, bad
>and ugly
>
>
>The good,
>
>It is fair to say that the effort put into my CCIE prep has widened my
>knowledge to arenas that I do not encounter very often in a Network
>Engineering/Manager job. In some circumstances that additional
>knowledge has been useful for customers.
>
>
>The proctors are awesome.
>
>If I ever move to Mexico my knowledge of ISDN will be helpful... :-)
>(sorry, could not resist)
>
>
>
>
>The bad,
>
>For $1250 air fare and prep costs I deserve more than the less than
>thorough feedback I got. 15 minutes on the phone with a proctor would
>be invaluable.
>
>I think, and it is difficult to discuss this without violating NDA, it
>is wrong to develop testing to trip people up on obscure
>gotchas. It is
>lazy. Also, if Cisco is concerned about the Microsoftization of the
>credential this is the kind of stuff that will generate paper CCIE's
>
>On a similar note, while I can buy into the notion that to some degree
>creating networks that would never exist in the real world might be a
>reasonable measure of a candidate's handle on minutiae I fail
>to see how
>this prepares one for running and or designing networks. I reminds me
>of taking a British driving test after driving in the States for a
>while. I had to
>learn to drive like an amateur.
>
>
>The ugly:
>
>I am beginning to feel ripped off.
>
>When I pass the test I will ban myself from configuring GSR's. and
>confine myself to making little lans and data link switching people's
>netbios.
>
>As a group I think it is important to us all to view and value the test
>as an good measure of the kind of skills necessary to configure Cisco's
>equipment for our customers. It is I feel important though that as
>customers of what I am sure is one of Cisco's higher margin
>departments,
>that we apply our critical thinking skills to giving Cisco feedback
>about our
>experiences. I have done this using the feedback form already but for
>any of you that have used it, it feels about as interactive as the
>Internet over cable.
>
>
>It is my hope that I will lick my wounds and develop another strategy.
>Wanted to post this while I am still pissed off.
>
>Anyway that is my .02 please do not flame me too much.
>
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