From: johngibson1541@yahoo.com
Date: Thu Jun 08 2006 - 03:28:16 ART
Hi Pal,
I like that when you said quality of study is paramount, not quantity.
But I still don't know if I can pass the lab this time (4 days left).
I have only 2 topologies at home lab after I failed the 2nd try. I have been using these 2 for half a year already. I think a IGP meshed 6 router + 2 bridge
lab can do many things.
I am done with EGP+IGP+Mcast now for the next 4 days I will look for features. Just practiced auto-rp for the first time last night. I tried to predict the (*, G) lists in my network in sparse mode a year ago. It turned out to be very different from what the routers actually had. I ended up seeing many extra (S, G) that I thought can be improved. So, tonight, when I read bi-directional pim introduction for the first time in my life I thought that's what Cisco's software engineers should have done. If you are a software engineer by day, you know what I mean.
However, there are just too many feature topics. I practiced summarizing RIP when the same router was doing redistribution from RIP to OSPF for the first time in my life just a few days ago. I was very stubborn in thinking that I should use default route otherwise it will be very "dangerously" complex for half a year until a few days ago I finally opened my eyes. I can envision "Pass" in my page.
John
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Just got the results from my lab in Brussels yesterday and I am happy to say
that I passed.
I'm not sure that I am qualified to do so but I would like to share some of
my thoughts in the hope that it will help someone.
1) The CCIE lab is very much achievable. Rather than concentrating on
questions it is better to learn and understand technologies. It is possible
to do this through practice labs but quality of study is paramount - not
quantity!
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John
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