From: James Matrisciano (jmatrisciano@kenttech.com)
Date: Tue Mar 01 2005 - 14:53:31 GMT-3
Here here to JM's words of wisdom. I too am a product of the netmasters
community; I will be back there again for IPv6 next week. I have to say
that their products are extensive, thorough and down right on target. A
proctor said the following, "there are labs and boot camps out there
that help you pass...netmasters makes you learn, after learning, then
you pass"...well, I am sure I am paraphrasing, but it was pretty damn
close to that.
In any case, do not worry about time, time will come, you need to know
the commands and how to read what the lab wants you to do...when there
is a description in the lab saying that its frame on a physical
interface and that later the ospf area says it wants dr/bdr
election...or not....you need to know off the top of your head that,
hey, I need to put in ip ospf net non-broadcast....or what have you when
you are building your frame interface.
No time to look that stuff up, as Bruce said, the golden moment should
be child's play.
I can say that my golden moment is at the 3 hour mark...its the
qos,security,ios features, ipv6, dlsw and all the other stuff that still
kick my butt in time cause I have to look it all up cause I am not sure
of myself when I go to configure. That's what kills me personally, the
second guessing.
I guess what I am trying to say is, practice, practice practice. No,
there is not one thing you need to know more than the other, you need to
know it all! Core topics, your IGP's and BGP need to be second nature
without a thought, you should see the commands before you type them,
hell, your fingers should be doing them without you even thinking about
it.
Know the fundamentals about each flavor of security, (dos, viruses,
worms) and how to protect your network.
Know the fundamentals about QoS, when do I use LLQ, or CBWFQ, or just
frame fragmentation. Mapping mls qos in the cats.
Know your SNMP and RMON basics, but know where to find the good stuff
Know you DHCP, know where to find your different options.
Know HSRP, IDRP, know where to find deep configuration answers.
In All, you will know when it is time. I also highly recommend the DoIT
labs, the output and personal input from Val, Bruce and Bob is helpful,
when they are complimenting you, or when they are saying "Dude, what the
hell were you thinking"...ok, maybe not that, but I swear they said it
when they looked at my second lab :)
I know there are other labs and instructors and classes, I can only
speak from the experience I have. I have Netmasters labs and IE. Both
are extremely good, I just like the user friendly interface for the
netmasters stuff...but it is really hard and deep, so be warned if you
jump straight into it.
Good luck, sorry for the long read.
jm
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
John Murphy
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 11:46 AM
To: Leigh Harrison
Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: New Member
Bruce Caslow describes a moment in the lab when you've attained
universal connectivity to all the ip addresses from all devices in your
test pod, he calls it the Golden Moment (an appropriate name). IMHO
you need to know the skills necessary to reach this point (defined quite
well by Richard in his response as the "core" topics) cold. You can't
afford to need to stop and look up the required commands to establish IP
connectivity universally in your pod. After that, then univercd is your
friend.
This is a personal recommendation, based on my own experience and I'm
sure others may disagree, but if you want to get an accurate measurement
of where you are today, consider the CheckIt Labs from Netmasterclass.
They're very extensive, and provide some really great feedback and
"ShowIt" tools are quite impressive - the emphasis is on learning, not
just passing or failing.... I took CheckIt 3 shortly before I went on
my first - though sadly not my last - attempt and the score I got on the
CheckIt was relatively close to what I got in the actual lab.
For the record, no I'm not a Netmasterclass employee - they work way too
many hours for my wife's liking - but I am a satisfied customer. :)
Good luck in your pursuit,
hth,
jm
Leigh Harrison wrote:
>Hi there Group (strange - sounds a bit like therapy!),
>
>My name is Leigh Harrison and I plan to take my lab exam towards the
end
>of May. I've been reading all of the messages that have come through
>over the last day or two and have realised that I am a fair way behind.
>
>My first question(s) therefore are:-
>If I should know one particular subject inside out - what should it be?
>and;
>What is the one bit of advice that you would give to me on my first
(and
>hopefully only!) lab?
>
>Hope this message reaches you all well,
>
>Best regards & many thanks in advance,
>
>Leigh
>
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