From: David Mann (dmann73702@elmore.rr.com)
Date: Sun Aug 06 2006 - 17:08:06 ART
I felt confident last time that I had a chance of passing even though
I had not attempted several sections. I was that sure I had gotten my
core next to perfect. Anyway, I have on both attempts felt very comfortable
and never stressed out. Thank the lord for that.
I have had practice labs that were more convoluted than the real
lab but not necessarly harder. I was just stating that my second attempt
seemed harder.
I have to say that thru out this process it has given me an even moreso
reason
for the respect I pay to those that have finished this beast.
I can't wait until my next attempt. I think I'm getting addicted to taking
the
lab :-)
David
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joshua Lauer" <jslauer@hotmail.com>
To: "David Mann" <dmann73702@elmore.rr.com>; "Bill Wagner"
<billccie2b@hotmail.com>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: R&S Lab Difficulty
> You'll know when your gonna do it is my take on the whole thing. I wouldnt
> get wrapped around the axel about which vendors practice labs are
> "harder", when you know the fundamentals you know them no matter what
> practice lab book you use. Buy them all and you'll see, like people they
> are all different and have a different swing on the way they present
> things.
>
>
> I wasnt ready my first two attempts. My third attempt I felt I was ready
> but I didnt pay attention to detail and thus, failed. My forth and final
> attempt I not only was more ready I also relaxed, and finished 2 hours
> early and passed. I dont think the CCIE lab is out to fail you, it's just
> freaking hard. You'll get your number soon!
>
>
> jl
>
>
> Joshua Lauer
>
> CCIE#16024
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Mann" <dmann73702@elmore.rr.com>
> To: "Bill Wagner" <billccie2b@hotmail.com>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2006 2:13 PM
> Subject: Re: R&S Lab Difficulty
>
>
>>I have failed twice now, May 8th and July 24th. I felt that I was very
>>prepared my last time but my score report said otherwise.
>> I do feel that my last exam was harder. I know the topics but must be
>> misunderstanding the questions. I will say that I will not
>> have the weak points I currently have when I sit it again.
>>
>> I have used Ipexpert and am working thru Doit labs.
>> Have you rescheduled? Whats your approach?
>>
>>
>> David
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bill Wagner" <billccie2b@hotmail.com>
>> To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
>> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 8:29 PM
>> Subject: R&S Lab Difficulty
>>
>>
>>> Hi guys, I am trying to get a handle on the R&S Lab difficulty. Not long
>>> ago I attempted the lab and came up short. I had done quite a number of
>>> full practice labs (around 40) and felt that I was fairly strong with
>>> them. To be sure I wasn't cheating myself somehow I attempted a mock lab
>>> and did really well on it. From reading this message board for sometime
>>> I
>>> noticed many people say that the actual lab was a lot easier than the
>>> practice labs and in one case someone said 3-5 times easier. Well
>>> without
>>> disclosing any information I can honestly say that the real lab I took
>>> was more difficult than any other practice labs I had attempted prior.
>>> Now I haven't been someone who came into this thinking that I knew so
>>> much that I only needed to pump out some practice labs,memorize some
>>> scenarios, and learn the "advanced content". Instead I took the ground
>>> up
>>> approach to build a strong foundation by understanding the technology.
>>> Well after recently failing the lab I am somewhat humbled and am trying
>>> to get an understanding of where I stand. Part of me believes that I got
>>> a difficult test, but then another part of me thinks that maybe I am not
>>> as ready as I thought I was. The thing is that it seems hard to gauge so
>>> I need to come to the group for some answers. Now if some how or some
>>> way
>>> this is in violation of the NDA please disregard it and do not answer
>>> it,
>>> but I don't think this will break the NDA so here they are. My questions
>>> for anyone who has taken the lab or taken it mutiple times is: 1. Did
>>> the
>>> actual test seem more difficult than the labs or was it the other way
>>> around? If so what material did you use to prepare with. 2. Did anyone
>>> who has attempted multiple labs feel that any labs were easier than
>>> others or did they all seem about the same difficulty? 3. What is a good
>>> way to guage if you are ready or not? I am open to any ideas at all. I
>>> would rather be overprepared than underprepared, but where that line is
>>> at I don't know. 4. Does anyone feel that the lab is out to fail you? By
>>> this I mean after seeing the Cisco facility in SJC I was extreemly
>>> impressed with the facility. It was beautiful, but when I sat down at my
>>> workstation I thought that there was some kind of mistake. The keyboard
>>> looked like it belonged in a museum. It was really dirty and had the big
>>> enter key so everytime you try to hit backspace you hit enter. The pipe
>>> key was tiny and not where it belongs. The right click button on the
>>> mouse did not work and the scroll wheel did not move the terminal window
>>> but instead would move through previous commands in the history. Also if
>>> the scroll wheel was not in the exact right spot when you tried to
>>> highlight text from the terminal window the screen would jump and
>>> highlight 3 lines instead of the one you wanted. In addition the monitor
>>> was not very good, although at least it worked. My friend said that the
>>> insert key was broken on his keyboard, and I couldn't use the default
>>> (ALT E
>>> P) quick key paste function from Secure CRT. Even notepad was hidden way
>>> off to the side of the quick key bar. Although this might seem trivial
>>> it really throws you off if you are not used to it. I think that perhaps
>>> this is all done to slow you down, however I could be wrong. Anyway if
>>> anyone has input I would really appreciate it. Thanks, Bill
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