From: Alex De Gruiter (Alex.deGruiter@didata.com.au)
Date: Fri Dec 15 2006 - 19:00:35 ART
Hi Rik,
Thanks for your mail. To be honest after the 1st failure I got really
depressed, but I'm a lot more pragmatic after this attempt. For example it
took me a month to even want to look a the Doc CD again, whereas my 1st
thought after seeing my results today was "Well, time to review the OSPF
RFCs".
I think your comments are spot-on about knowing the IGP characteristics. I'll
invest some time reading the Cisco literature and better learning the
features... Unfortunately the "elite" vendors on the list aren't a viable
option within my budgetary and time constraints.
I'm finding there's still a small amount of ambiguity in the IGP questions,
whereas for QoS the requirements were blatently obvious. Thats probably what
you are talking about with the knowing characteristics!
Thanks for the advice.
Alex
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From: nobody@groupstudy.com on behalf of Guyler, Rik
Sent: Sat 16/12/2006 8:22 AM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: RE: Tackling IGP
Hey Alex, I wouldn't get down on myself too much if I were you. The lab is
meant to mess you up and trip you. I mean c'mon, have ou ever seen a
network so messed up in real life as the cluster you have to build in the
lab? And to think, you have to make it work in just 8 hours. ;-)
When you say IGP is you strongest area, is that a strength in functionality
or knowledge of the IGP characteristics? The Lab doesn't test you on making
it work really, it's testing you on whether or not you can make it work
*exactly* like they want it to no matter how ridiculous, which means you
have to know darn near every little detail. For example, when they say
don't allow RIP to broadcast out interface X, you have to know exactly how
to prevent this. Also knowing how to test and verify your config is another
excellent way to get a few extra points.
If you haven't done so, consider taking one or more of the classes offered
by one of the elite training vendors on the list. They've done this stuff
so many times that they can help you identify those areas that you need to
improve on and get those extra 9 points next time. They are a little
expensive but worth every penny, I promise.
Rik
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of Alex
De Gruiter
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 3:50 PM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Tackling IGP
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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