From: Alex De Gruiter (Alex.deGruiter@didata.com.au)
Date: Fri Dec 15 2006 - 17:50:03 ART
Group,
I address you all hoping for advice. I have just recently (within the last few
hours) found out that my 2nd lab attempt was unsuccessful. I was surprised
because on this attempt I was far more dilligent in my planning, execution and
review. I was once again very close, this time a little closer, but not quite
close enough to warrant a reread (I was 9 short on this attempt).
I feel that my strongest area in general is IGP, however in both attempts I
have performed poorly - 53% and 59%, respectively. I wonder if anyone has any
recommendations on how best to handle, in particular, IGP? Perhaps someone who
has passed, or one who has failed but gone well in this area.
I honestly don't know how to focus my effort for another attempt - I took both
assessor labs, and in 1 received 100% for IGP, and very close to it in the
other. I find the feedback mechanism very frustrating; while we all know the
feedback mechanism is deliberately poor so as to improve the ability of Cisco
to fill their coffers, its hard to know where mistakes were made when one
feels so obviously misplaced in their confidence of ability.
I'm not asking anyone to break NDA, just feeling down and would appreciate any
support and advice on how to tackle IGP in the lab. After I failed the last
time I worked on redistribution, route maps, prefix lists, OSPF area types,
virtual links, etc. etc. Technical details aren't the issue - the problem is
the theory and psychology of defeating this area. How do I refocus my energy?
The only explanation that I can think of is that I am performing due to
interpretation of the questions. How is it possible to improve interpretation
skills? I tried taking the assessor labs to no avail!
Hope someone has some tidbits that can point me in the right direction, as I
am desperate not to fail again.
Regards,
Alex de Gruiter
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