From: Darby Weaver (darbyweaver@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Dec 02 2007 - 15:51:23 ART
1. Everyone will be different - me I work on my areas
that I know I've had problems with in the past or
speed or a combo of both and maybe some "Can I find it
in the DOC CD really quickly".
2. A typical office cube for space with a monitor and
keyboard in the upper right hand side.
3. There was a box of colored pencils and they give
two sheets of paper and will give you more after you
use the first two if you ask for it. They expect you
to use it all and to turn it all in.
4. Typically 30 minutes unless you are making up time
for something.
5. Have no clue - I never asked.
6. 24 hours has been my luck I think. It seems like
one time it took longer but I still think it was in
the 24-72 hour span - I took my exams mostly on Friday
so we were advised results might take till Monday to
get.
7. I've documented quite a bit about approach methods
but here are some new thoughts:
- Get all Layer 2 done and done quickly/efficiently.
Includes VTP, Etherchannel, Trunks, VLANs, VLAN
assignments & Frame Relay / Bridging. If NAT or DHCP
are required for full connecitivity then why not.
- Obtain connectivity to the BackBone areas - whatever
you are supposed to do, do it and get it over while
you are fresh.
- P2P Connectivity comes next - you probably already
got your frame if you see it. Now get the rest -
remember I mean direct connectivity.
- IGPs Get these and then deal with redistribution.
- BGP - I take this in two parts. Part one is
ensuring neighbor relationships work as advertised.
Part two is whatever else may be required.
- IPv6 - Not that bad. Tunneling techniques are
helpful as is remembering what the link-local does.
- Multicast - I've had troubles here - even when it
looked too easy to be true. So... Verify RPF and
Unicast and then... ensure you are doing whatever is
asked. Check it step by step and watch out for
landmines. Mroute is not a static route. Be careful
on Frame-Relay links and generally wrap everything in
an ACL as needed. RP's can be interesting.
- QoS - Always made out to be harder than it is. Know
the various formulas. Every vendor I've seen covers
this in spades. There are reasons for it.
- Security - And what isn't? Try whatever you are
going to try to apply it to first. Make your changes.
Did you meet the requirements? Y | N Then check the
results - What broke? Console Logging comes in handy,
as does debug ip routing - Big time...
- Access-Control Lists / Prefixes / Route-Maps /
Filter-Lists / Off-set Lists etc.... This is why you
came - expect them... Hmmm... If I have to say more,
maybe it is not a bad idea to see what it takes to get
the benjamins back... :) Seriously.
- The Candidate Default - The biggest sleeper that
ever walked.
Whew!!!
Draw YOUR diagrams - think L1 / L2 / L3 - think BGP /
MCAST and IPv6
Look for Loops - Physical / Layer 2 / Layer 3
Overall get some sleep the night before...
BTW - If you are Tony Blanco -> Who's J.
Later
--- Tony Blanco <blancoj17@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Team,
> I have the following questions and your support is
> much apreciated:
>
> 1 - What do you focus on the last 13 days before the
> big one
> 2 - How is the rtp environment (open space, very
> cold, plenty of space on the desk....)
> 3 - Do you get color pencils and plenty of paper....
> 4 - How long does lunch take place (do I have to
> take lunch)....
> 5 - Can I bring my own snacks and redbull...
> 6 - Normally how long it will take from this
> facility to provided the final scary results....
> 7 - Finally what are you personal
> recomendation/aproach about attacking this
> animal....
>
> Wow all the presure that we really get on taking
> this test....but there is one thing for sure that at
> the end we are always winners because we are better
> enginners.....(offcourse I want the number in order
> to start working on my next track VOIP [hold down I
> think I am going to fast :)]
>
> Regards,
>
> J.
>
>
>
>
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