From: Scott Morris (swm@emanon.com)
Date: Sun Nov 19 2006 - 14:50:51 ART
Work with labs that concentrate on core topics. Even if, in the beginning,
you have a hard time doing those labs, at least you are concentrating on one
thing at a time.
Ipexpert has 18 of these kinds of labs. So while there may be a lot of OSPF
stuff you don't know about with CCNP knowledge, you are at least working
just on OSPF at the time and not trying to juggle too many things at once.
Other vendors may have similar products, so it becomes a matter of looking
around.
Even if you can't figure out all of the answers as you go through a core
lab, that's fine. Do spend lots of time to research and TRY to get it.
Make notes. Then look at the solution sets (our Proctor Guide is extremely
detailed for these types of labs and should highlight the thinking). Make
sure the answers make sense to you. Make more notes.
Take some time to consolidate your notes as you go. Repetition is the
mother of learning. When you're done with all the individual ones, go over
them again using just your notes (checking final configs to verify but not
the "why" part). This pressure and added learning capability will reinforce
the basics even more.
As you go through, make sure to watch on the documentation for referenced
show/debug commands (and pull back from things you may have learned in your
CCNP training). While often-overlooked, being able to know what your router
is thinking about and why it did something is paramount to your success as a
CCIE! Working through multiprotocol labs would then be a good next step.
Here you concentrate not only on reinforcing the basic stuff, but putting
things together and also starting to work on your mental strategy. Break
complex things down into simple tasks and suddenly it will all seem to be
much easier. But never underestimate the power of the basics!
If you have the resources available, I would recommend getting more than one
vendor's materials. Each group has slight differences in the teaching style
(or lack) and each multiprotocol lab has a slightly different
perspective/method of writing. You don't want to get so hooked into one
vendor's/lab writer's method of thinking that when you take the exam and
realize the proctor's views are different you have a meltdown!
Best of luck in your studies, and enjoy the journey along the way!
Cheers,
Scott Morris, CCIE4 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) #4713, JNCIE
#153, CISSP, et al.
CCSI/JNCI-M/JNCI-J
IPExpert VP - Curriculum Development
IPExpert Sr. Technical Instructor
smorris@ipexpert.com
http://www.ipexpert.com
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Abderrahim sadki
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 12:53 AM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: im starting and need advice
Hi all, I am starting my quest for CCIE lab R&S and I would need advice..I
have a CCNP level knowledge of topics on the blue print and as I go through
the internetwork expert labs...I feel really behind. Should I stop and go
back to the theory or study as I go along the labs...??
Thanks!Abdel
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