From: Ryan (ryan95842@gmail.com)
Date: Mon May 12 2008 - 15:15:00 ART
Hi Carlos,
You need to ask your self how well you understand the practice labs.
As you do a lab, are you able to identify all the possible issues with
each requirement? Are you able to look at each requirement and see how
it could effect other requirements further down? I'm not talking about
memorizing the scenario, but but how the technology works and works
with other technologies.
The Practice labs serve a purpose, they are for helping you manage
your time, develop speed of configuration, and understand how multiple
protocols work and inter operate with one another. Doing the lab a
dozen times will not help if your just brute forcing and end up
memorizing how to solve certain scenario's.
They will help you if your configuration speed is slow and you do not
have a lot of experience with multiple protocols running on the same
network. They are great for time management skills as well.
You'll need to evaluate where you are at in preparation for the lab:
Can you configure an 8 hour practice lab in enough to go back and fix
it (nobody gets it perfect the first configuration pass).
Are you spending a lot of time going to the Doc CD for "simple things"?
Do you have a Lab taking strategy that works for you?
(sit down, diagram the lab, read the lab, read it again, configure the
lab, check the lab, verify, etc)
How is your typing/configuration speed?
When I passed the lab, I was able to draw/diagram the lab, read it
twice and "solve it" on paper, then configure the lab in 4 hours
(first pass). That left me three hours to correct all the mistakes
(and there were a lot), re-read the questions and figure out that they
were really asking for something else other than what I initially
thought (surprised at how easy it is to mis-read or misinterpret a
request or forget something). Then 1 hour to verify my configurations
by show, debug, and DocCD verbiage) and then have 5 minutes left to
panic at all the things I could have missed.
This is what you should be doing in the practice lab. Use it as test
of the real thing. Get used to the pressure, get your configuration
speed up, learn the DocCD, learn how to prove your configuration is
correct, etc.
If you are struggling in any of these areas', then repeating the labs
might be good practice for you to hone your skills.
I hope this helps you,
-Ryan
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 10:29 AM, Carlos Trujillo
<carlos.trujillo.jimenez@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Brian.
>
> Well, I supposed it is crazy too.
> But Im not so sure but I read that once in this group that you guys
> recommended doing maximum 6 or 7 times, of course, doing a strategy, like in
> the next try, doing only even labs, then odd labs... If I that is not true,
> please excuseme, Maybe I Misunderstood that comment.
>
> For me, I think 2 times is enough, and In some cases 3 times, but as you
> said, It depends in the candidate.
>
> 2008/5/12, Brian Dennis <bdennis@internetworkexpert.com>:
>
>
> >
> > Carlos,
> > It's not recommended to do all 20 Vol II labs 6 or 7 times. That would
> > be crazy ;-) There are different approaches that we recommend but it is
> > based upon the individual candidate.
> >
> > Brian Dennis, CCIE4 #2210 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/SP)
> > bdennis@internetworkexpert.com
> >
> > Internetwork Expert, Inc.
> > http://www.InternetworkExpert.com
> > Toll Free: 877-224-8987
> > Direct: +1-775-544-1653 (Outside the US and Canada)
> >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > Subject: Re: what to do next?
> > Date: Mon, May 12, 2008 9:54
> > From: "Carlos Trujillo" <carlos.trujillo.jimenez@gmail.com>
> >
> > > Yes, after finishing a vendor workbook you may know your weak areas, and
> > do
> > > all once again, but focusing in your weak areas, then its better to try
> > mock
> > > labs.
> > >
> > > Internetworkexpert guys, recommend doing their workbook around 6 or 7
> > times!
> > > I think its too much, but it depends in the candidate.
> > >
> > >
> > > 2008/5/11, ahmed badr <eng.ahmedbadr@gmail.com>:
> > > >
> > > > After finishing the WB for one vendor, is it recommended to solve it
> > once
> > > > again or go and solve the WB of another vendor?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > _______________________________________________________________________
> > > > Subscription information may be found at:
> > > > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html
> > >
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________________________________
> > > Subscription information may be found at:
> > > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html
>
>
> _______________________________________________________________________
> Subscription information may be found at:
> http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.4 : Mon Jun 02 2008 - 06:59:16 ART