From: Frank Xu (xzmail@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Mar 26 2007 - 11:08:20 ART
Congratulations!
30 month, this must means a lot to you. And it's a great inspiration for us.
Great work.
/Frank.
> Subject: Passed R&S in RTP> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 06:21:32 -0700> From:
Jerry.Hulbert@flukenetworks.com> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com> > All,> Just
wanted to say thanks to those who helped me pass the lab last> Thursday in
RTP. This was my third attempt, but my first since the fall> of 2004. A
special thanks to the Brian's at InternetworkExpert and of> course, the folks
(Bruce, Val and Bob) over at NMC.> > I went through the labs from both vendors
noted above and the Class on> Demand from IE. I have nothing but great things
to say about their R&S> products.> > I used the Core and Technology Labs from
IE. These products were great,> because I really was only getting about 4-6
hours a week in studying> (other than the NMC classes below) and these
products allowed me to> focus on my speed and my weak areas.> > Last November,
I took both NMC-1 & NMC-2 courses in Herndon, VA. These> classes were terrific
and helped me to prepare mentally for the actual> lab. Another big plus about
these classes was that I was able to> utilize my GI Bill to help pay for
them.> > I went through NMC's new IPv6 video as well. I would strongly
recommend> this to everyone. After going through the entire series, all of my
IPv6> tasks on my practice labs became non-trivial. It was easy to "spot the>
issue" and then implement the correct configuration. Thanks Anthony,> and go
Red Sox!> > I took several CheckIT's from NMC in January and one Mock Lab from
IE> last week.> > I also utilized two other "free" resources to help me. The
first one is> Group Study. I mostly lurked on this mailing list as I was
usually> about 2-3 weeks behind in reading the posts, but intelligence and>
experience that is conveyed here cannot be replicated anywhere else. So>
thanks to everyone! One quick question: Does Scott Morris ever sleep?> Thanks
Scott and everyone else for your efforts to this group!> > The second one is
www.cisco.com. I would sometimes print a section out> of the CCO and take it
to one of my daily meetings at work and read> through area's that I was really
weak in. IE has a nice layout of CCO> URL's based on the R&S Lab Blueprint
that helped me with this.> > I only have a few tips:> > Don't wait long (30
months for me) in between lab attempts. Try to stay> focused on the
technologies in the Blueprint. I unfortunately have some> serious ongoing
medical issues within my immediate family that I'm> dealing with, so the
importance of taking the lab seemed to keep> slipping away.> > Know the
UniverCD well. I was and I still am horrible at this. Some> people say that
you should be able to find anything within "5 clicks".> I couldn't do this,
and it did slow me down a few times. I would have> easily saved 15 minutes if
I could locate certain areas within the> UniverCD better.> > Read it and then
"lab it up". Try to understand the technology first> and then how Cisco
implements this technology. Then "dumb it down",> meaning make the technology
and implementation non-trivial. Know what> the additional command options are
and what they were intended for. Use> debug and show commands to see the
before and after results each time> you configure something, especially on
everything that is considered> "Core" to the lab.> > Thanks,> Jerry Hulbert>
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