From: Mike Dickson (Mike@dicksonnetworks.com)
Date: Sun Jul 03 2005 - 12:34:06 GMT-3
I don't work for an ISP, but I do work for a Cisco Gold Partner, so I
get to work with lots of different kinds of Cisco technology on a daily
basis.
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Jacob Owen [mailto:jakeowen23@yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 8:07 PM
To: Mike Dickson; comserv@groupstudy.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Observations on passing the Service Provider lab
Mike,
First off, congrats on passing! I hope to pass on my first attempt in
November.
Now onto my question, do you think it is possible to pass the SP Lab
without any Service Provider experience? I mean do you work for a large
ISP or anything? I have dedicated too much time and money in this to
pull out now and hearing your answer may give someone with 0 ISP
experience some hope! :) Thanks.
--- Mike Dickson <Mike@dicksonnetworks.com> wrote:
> Last Tuesday, I passed my Service Provider lab on my first attempt. I
> wanted to make a few observations about the experience, and hopefully,
> other will find these observations helpful.
>
> I used both the Hello Computers and IPExpert workbook as part of my
> preparation. In my opinion, the fact that the Hello Computers
> workbook is no longer for sale is a blessing in disguise. I found
> their exercises to be repetitive, and the solutions to be literally
> incomplete. By incomplete, I mean only half the configs were posted
> on the web site. On the other hand, I found the IPExpert workbook to
> be very helpful. Even though the current version is a bit long in the
> tooth, it still mapped well to the lab, and I think it did a good job
> preparing me for the test.
>
> Secondly, I was very impressed with RTP. My other labs were taken at
> San Jose, and I was a little nervous about RTP.
> However, I found the
> proctors at RTP to be extremely helpful and very open to questions.
>
> Finally, and I hope I'm not getting too close to violating the NDA,
> but I found the SP test to be the first lab exam that seemed to be
> more of a puzzle than a straight test about technology. The R&S and
> Security labs seemed to be testing specific technical ways to
> accomplish a task. The SP lab seemed focused on providing more
> complicated tasks that forced me to figure out ways to combine
> multiple technical steps to accomplish a task. The other tracks
> seemed more focused on making me select the proper technique out of
> many possible techniques through the wording of the requirement.
>
> Hope y'all find this helpful.
>
>
> Mike Dickson
> CCIE #12281 (Routing & Switching, Security, Service Provider),
> MCSE+Internet, MCDBA
>
>
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