From: Andrew Bruce Caslow (abcaslow@netmasterclass.net)
Date: Wed Nov 22 2006 - 18:32:07 ART
Congratulations Alexei!
Job well done in attaining your certification. At NMC, we have all enjoyed
and valued your GroupStudy postings. We found them insightful and well
thought out. Go and enjoy a well deserved celebration!!!
All the best,
-Bruce Caslow CCIE #3139
NetMasterClass, LLC
www.netmasterclass.net
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Alexei Monastyrnyi
> Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 1:37 PM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: was in Brussels yesterday...
>
> A bit of details.
>
> It was my 5th attempt on R&S Lab.
>
> My life with Cisco, in a nutshell :-)
>
> 18-08-2001 - CCNA
> 03-12-2001 - CCNP
> 24-11-2003 - CCIE R&S Written Exam
> 15-11-2004 - CCNP recertification
> 19-05-2005 - Lab Failure 1
> 11-01-2006 - Lab Failure 2
> 28-02-2006 - Lab Failure 3 (it was very close)
> 03-04-2006 - Lab Failure 4 (same close)
> 21-11-2006 - Lab Passed
>
> As you see, had I got a failure this time I would have had to re-take
> the written exam. :-)
>
> First attempt I was far cry from understanding things, then it got
> better but still not good enough, last two times I failed only due to my
> "phenomenal" distraction. like putting FCE in link-local IPv6 instead of
> FEC on the third one...
>
> Taking IE MOC lab I scored 55 two weeks before this exam. I missed 23
> points because of distraction. (and another 12 because of wrong scoring,
> the rest was my bad). Thanks IE team and Brians et al for their great
> job! So, last two weeks I was working on my attention to tasks
> implementation.
>
> About the exam itself: without breaking NDA, I can safely say that with
> introducing more than 2 switches one can logically expect a heavier L2
> section in terms of access/distribution/core interaction, modern STP
> implementations etc. I think it will be covered in all workbooks soon,
> IE sample lab proves that. And that is it. One shouldn't be scared out
> by that. You are all good to go, not a major change. :-)
>
> About Brussels Lab facilities and proctors. As you may safely guess, I
> know it pretty well. :-) They recently upgraded stuff to better PCs at
> work places, very nice. Proctors are friendly and help with clarifying
> questions, no probs here. I was probably the most asker last time. :-)
> Just to make sure I understand things right and feel more confident
> during the Lab. But Brussels is no-go for me for a while, too many
> visits. :-)
>
> And finally THANKS. Thanks to Brians, Scott, Brad, Narbik, Andrew Bruce
> and other gurus for contributing their time and efforts to this SG. Your
> participation here is just priceless.
>
> Thanks to Petr, Victor and many others (you know your names, guys) for
> the inspiration and help with word and did.
>
> Thanks to all SG readers for reading my posts, sometime off the
> track.:-) Concerned of correct answers I always tried to check before
> posting. And this approach helped me a lot to learn stuff I was talking
> about.
>
> I firmly believe you are ALL gonna make it, sooner or later.
>
> Just believe in yourself (different from being opinionated :-) )
>
> Cheers,
> A.
>
> PS
> and proudly added "CCIE #17234" :-)
>
> Alexei Monastyrnyi wrote:
> > .... and got my digits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >
> > 17234
> >
> > just lost for words for now..... :-)
> >
> > It finally happened - I'm slightly mad
> >
> > Will give you more details later today.
> > But on the first hand - THANKS A MILLION to all of you guys, we did
> > that together.
> > A.
> >
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