From: Jonathan R. Charles (jrcdehc@ameritech.net)
Date: Sun Sep 05 2004 - 01:58:56 GMT-3
The real question to ask is:
How the hell is the lab graded?
I know they reboot and then run some type of autotester that checks routing
tables and the like, but is the grading system results-based or
process-based?
So, if I accomplish the goals, and all my routing tables have all the routes
they are supposed to (among other things), do I get the points?
If they say 'set up ____ between routers 3 and 4' do they mean ONLY 3 and 4,
necessitating an ACL to block others, for example? Or do they mean make sure
3 and 4 do it, and it doesn't matter if routers 5, 6 and 8 can also do it?
My greatest fear of the grading is that it is a simple text comparison of
your configs and what the right Config is... So, if I do something a little
differently, I get stomped.
I mentioned this in another thread, but how can I determine if I have met
the requirements before I walk out? The last time I took the lab, I walked
out convinced I had crushed it... (I was convinced wrongly).
It almost seems like a crapshoot (yeah, your Config worked, but it wasn't
the method we were looking for, so no plaque for you).
Jonathan Charles
SBC
CCNP/CCDP, NNCSE, NNCSS, MCSE
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Tim
Fewkes
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 23:51
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Cisco Press: CCIE Routing and Switching Practice Labs
Jonathan,
I love the book. I think I will end up getting more out of it than the CCIE
practical studies. There are 6 labs, 3 based on a single 3550/8 router
topology, and 3 based on a double 3550/8 router topology. After each lab
there is an 'ask the proctor' section intended to give clues, which i love,
and then an extensive debrief.
it also seems very much like the real thing to me (i have made 2 attempts),
and it is even co-written by maurilio de paula gorito, who was my proctor in
san jose my first attempt. so the guy knows what you need to know in order
to pass.
tim
>
>
>
> My greatest stumbling block right now is not seeing realistic scenarios. I
> have heard good and bad things about Cisco Press (one that Cisco doesn't'
> really have anything to do with these books, so they are not going to give
> you any info of any use. The other, from my own experience, that they are
> the best out there (especially Doyle, Halabi Solie, Parkhurst (whose OSPF
> and BGP command references are the greatest things since sliced bread,
when
> is he going to write one for IS-IS, EIGRP, and every other Cisco topic???)
>
>
>
> Anyway, has anyone taken a look at the CP Practice Labs?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Jonathan Charles
>
> SBC
>
> CCNP/CCDP, NNCSE, NNCSS, MCSE
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
> Please help support GroupStudy by purchasing your study materials from:
> http://shop.groupstudy.com
>
> Subscription information may be found at:
> http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Fri Oct 01 2004 - 15:00:37 GMT-3