From: David Vasek (dvasek@satx.rr.com)
Date: Fri Jun 16 2006 - 09:31:44 ART
My strategy was simple; have a good study partner to push you when you don't
want to study anymore!! Obviously everyone who is serious about the lab will
practice extensively, read exhaustively, and sleep minimally! I had taken
the lab and failed twice this year, and then found a good study partner.
After we started going through scenarios (we used Internetwork Experts
workbooks) and talked about different options things started to click. The
method we found that worked for us was for one person to read and the other
person type on the lab. We would read a task, then discuss what options were
available to meet the requirements. After about two weeks we started
focusing only on difficulty 9 and 10 labs, then spent the rest of the 2
months on these labs.
Groupstudy provided a good reference point when we didn't know what to do,
as well as the IE forum. Some of you may remember that after my second
failure I was ready to abandon the routing track and switch to security. I
have already passed the written for security so it wasn't too big a deal to
me, but after I emailed Groupstudy and the responses I got remotivated me to
give the routing lab one more try. My study partner developed a schedule
that basically required 3-4 hrs and covered at least half of a lab per
night. We both work so time is at a premium. During that time we would go
read through the entire lab, then tackle the scenarios.
Here's my two cents:
1. Find a study partner you can work with
2. Keep each other motivated and dedicated (in my case my partner did this
for me more than I did for him!)
3. Practice
4. Practice
5. Pass
In my opinion the lab is less about knowing every command and every nuance;
being able to effectively isolate and troubleshoot issues is the key. After
I finished I went back and started testing everything. During this process I
discovered several issues that I hadn't even thought about. At this point I
asked the proctor very specific questions, and I made of point of letting
them know that I had solutions for how they answered my questions, that I
wasn't looking for them to provide a solution but rather clarification to
the task.
Anyway, that worked for me. Good luck!!
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From: Ashwin Iyer [mailto:ash.iyer@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 2:17 AM
To: David Vasek
Subject: Re: Taking the Lab on a Friday
hi david..
pls share ur lab experiences and ur preparation strategies for the same...
rgds
Ashwin
On 6/15/06, David Vasek < dvasek@satx.rr.com <mailto:dvasek@satx.rr.com> >
wrote:
I took the lab on Friday, June 2d. I thought I was going to wait until
Monday; in fact, the proctor basically said that would be the case, but I
think now that he was speaking to the voice candidates. I received my score
report by Saturday morning, which was great because I didn't want to go all
weekend without knowing, one way or the other.
The good news is I passed, CCIE #16333!!!
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Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2006 12:45 PM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Taking the Lab on a Friday
Hi all,
I am taking my exam on June 16th... which is a friday. One of my friends
that took it, said that I would probably have to wait until Monday to get my
results... Is that true? can someone shed some light on this, Via personal
experience?
Thanks,
Dan
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