From: Roberto Fernandez (rofernandez@us.telefonica.com)
Date: Tue Jan 03 2006 - 12:30:15 GMT-3
Friends,
Just to share my experience (Failed my first attempt)
The main difference it is not difficulty. I'd wish lab questions and
materials had been as pretty and clear as IEWB's... IEWB's Labs are
always more complete and difficult that the test itself, but less
tricky. The Lab intentionally asks for a couple (or more) of things that
will be mayor bumps in the future, and the way scenarios and IP address
are depicted will need far more cautions than those at IEWB's.
Once more, strategy is important. I've lost more points on a couple of
tasks that I "knew well" due to lack of time for proper double check. I
spent a lot of time getting a very intricate BGP feature (which I
finally got), but then I didn't went over the "easy" things again, the
ones that were "sure".
Third, but not less, the real solutions are training, training and
training.
Best Regards,
Roberto
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Brian Dennis
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 11:28 PM
To: Scott Morris; joshua lauer; CCIEin2006; Cisco certification
Subject: RE: Internetworkexpert lab difficulty compared to real lab
Scott,
We all know that anyone can take a lab rated 5 and get hung up
on one task (i.e. can't get OSPF neighbors to form over FR) that creates
a cascade of other problems (multicast or IP services tasks can't be
completed because of the problem with OSPF). Just because they had a
problem with a core task that caused a ton of other problems, they
shouldn't say that the labs rated 5 are real killers. The idea of the
rating system is that if they are having problems with a lot of the
tasks in a lab rated as a 5, they should then definitely take notice.
So I'm not saying that any one should get "hung up" on our
rating system but if someone is struggling with labs from our workbooks
that are rated 5 or 6, they should save their $1250 and not attend the
real CCIE lab until they are able to work through this level of lab
without too many problems.
Brian Dennis, CCIE #2210 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security)
bdennis@internetworkexpert.com
Internetwork Expert, Inc.
http://www.InternetworkExpert.com
Toll Free: 877-224-8987
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-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Scott Morris
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 6:03 PM
To: 'joshua lauer'; 'CCIEin2006'; 'Cisco certification'
Subject: RE: Internetworkexpert lab difficulty compared to real lab
And it could be a '6' lab, and you just happen to catch something bad,
not
be thinking straight or whatever the reason is and what SHOULD be simple
isn't. The process and thinking you go through is more important than
getting hung up on anyone's rating system.
Just my opinion.
Scott
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
joshua lauer
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 6:53 PM
To: CCIEin2006; Cisco certification
Subject: Re: Internetworkexpert lab difficulty compared to real lab
They'll get easier as you do them,
I would say that depending on what lab you get, they'll be anywhere from
6-10 in comparison. That really means nothing, since the level of
difficulty
depends on your level of experience. That level that they give you is
really
only useful in comparing the labs to each other....As a whole they are
all
harder in some instances (and easier in some others) than the real
thing. If
you complete the whole book you should be well prepared but still doesnt
mean you'll pass. I've completed all the major vendors workbooks
multiple
times and feel very comfortable with all the technologies, yet still
failed
3 times...
JL
----- Original Message -----
From: "CCIEin2006" <ciscocciein2006@gmail.com>
To: "Cisco certification" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 6:43 PM
Subject: Internetworkexpert lab difficulty compared to real lab
> Just a quick survey,
>
> If you had to rate the difficulty of the real lab using the
> Internetworkexpert rating system, what level (1-10) would you say the
real
> lab is?
> I'm just wondering because I'm doing a IE lab right now that is rated
> Level
> 6 in difficulty and it is totally kicking my arse.
>
> I remember reading a few posts stating that some of the IE labs are
harder
> than the real deal.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
>
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