From: Darby Weaver (darbyweaver@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Dec 20 2007 - 23:49:59 ART
The funny thing is after going to lab a few times one
starts to realize how easy it is and there is a sense
of clarity (till you get back in the ring again).
I mean, I finally know what ole Bob Sinclair meant
when he said put your finger on every word - He did
mean it literally.
And when Bruce Caslow (a former lawyer as I understand
it) says "Bring your lawyer with you for
interpretation" - he meant it as well.
I mean the lab is easy for most things. But you
really have to stop taking the lab and just sit there
for a few minutes collect yourself, and just read the
workbook with the tasks you have been given.
I mean if you configure task on Router A interface X,
when you really should have configured in on Router C,
interface Y, you don't get the points. Sounds silly
but is very historic on this list and often times
repeated.
If you are used to doing things a certain way every
time, and forget to use or not use say... router-ids
for one protocol or all protocols, you may lose points
for an entire section.
If you are given a lab and asked to use a certain
numbering scheme and do not either because you did not
understand even these very very simple instructions
(that may present a twist by the way) you will likely
not get the points for configuring the wrong IP
Addresses in the first place.
My dad used to say if you are talking, then you are
probably not listening.
In the lab, you are talking to yourself, trying to
remember a lot of things you probably trained with to
help relieve stress on the big day. Well what happens
when those stress-relievers are taken away? If you
are prepared, then you do not have as many issues, if
you are not well-prepared, then you might find you are
in for a long day and hopefully a great meal.
Again, my advice is probably not quite the best since
I'm not yet finished the job at hand, however, I've
been told by a large number of recent CCIE's that I
probably ought to collect my tidbits and read my own
advice.
But I'm copying my own words here and saving them for
my last-minute review in my next lab attempt.
--- Narbik Kocharians <narbikk@gmail.com> wrote:
> ha ha ha ha
> That is RIDICULOUSLY funny, but take it easy man,
> the test isn't that hard,
> it's RIDICULOUSLY easy, its so easy its hard. You
> will get it, i am sure of
> it.
>
>
>
> On 12/20/07, Scott M Vermillion <scott@it-ag.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > That's a funny coincidence Narbik; your
> grandmother told me exactly the
> > same thing not more than two hours ago! She said
> "shut up you quivering
> > wimp this stuff is RIDICULOUSLY EASY!"
> >
> >
> >
> > "Even my grandson can do this stuff off the top of
> his head and we
> > purposely dropped him a lot when he was a child!"
> >
> >
> > Small world
> >
> >
> >
> > *From:* Narbik Kocharians
> [mailto:narbikk@gmail.com]
> > *Sent:* Thursday, December 20, 2007 12:00 PM
> > *To:* Scott M Vermillion
> > *Cc:* ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > *Subject:* Re: Final 40 Approach??
> >
> >
> >
> > I would say concentrate on what you feel your weak
> area are, get all of
> > your doubts straightened out, as far as Mock or
> tech specific labs, i don't
> > think it matters much, if any i would focus on
> what you got in the class.
> Do
> > all the labs in the work books that you got, mine,
> Brian's etc. and work on
> > your accuracy. Speed should NOT and would NOT be
> an issue if you are
> totally
> > ready.
> >
> >
> >
> > Have a great Christmas and a new year.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 12/20/07, *Scott M Vermillion*
> <scott@it-ag.com> wrote:
> >
> > Folks,
> >
> >
> > I want to tell each and every one of you THANK YOU
> for taking the time out
> > of your busy study/work days to share your
> thoughts with me. I will be
> > taking all of your recommendations very seriously
> and it will all shape
> > how
> > I attack these final days (and so now anything bad
> that happens is YOUR
> > fault! ;=) ).
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers all,
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: Scott M Vermillion [mailto:scott@it-ag.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 9:05 PM
> > To: 'ccielab@groupstudy.com '
> > Subject: Final 40 Approach??
> >
> >
> >
> > OK all, I'm not quite down to 40 days 'till lab
> time but I will be by
> > Christmas. Of course I am interested in general
> thoughts on how to spend
> > these last weeks, but I am particularly interested
> to hear thoughts on
> > specifics, such as when best to do assessor labs.
> I know I still really,
> > really need to work on speed, so it's too soon
> right now. But I don't
> > want
> > to wait until the point of no return and bomb an
> assessor. Since there's
> > only two of them, you really want to get as much
> out of each as possible.
> > Also, do you bother with reading anything but the
> DocCD and lab solutions
> > guides at this late phase? I'm finding myself
> really, really wanting to
> > read Odom's QoS book again. Also that Router
> Firewall Security book has
> > largely faded from memory. I have books I haven't
> even cracked (and at
> > least one more still in the shipping pipeline).
> Etc.
> >
> >
> >
> > I will mostly be staying with my full-time study
> approach but will be
> > blending in some paid work. Thus, I'm probably
> down to about 30 full
> > study
> > days left, which is why I chose to fire off this
> query now. Honestly, I
> > would likely slip my date a month at this point,
> but I'm already committed
> > to about three weeks of travel immediately
> following my current lab date,
> > so
> > slipping it a month would mean slipping it two or
> three, which I'm not too
> >
> > keen on right now. I have lots of air miles, etc,
> so the lab isn't as
> > expensive for me as for some. But I loathe
> failure in all of its many
> > forms, so I want to be deadly serious about each
> and every attempt. Any
> > and
> > all thoughts/experiences welcome!!
> >
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
>
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