From: Peter Kurdziel (usaccie@gmail.com)
Date: Sat May 31 2008 - 07:05:25 ART
Congratulations!
On 5/31/08, nagendra kumar <nagendranainar@yahoo.co.in> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have passed the R&S lab on 29-May-2008 in Bangalore. I used Internetwork
> Expert for my preparation. I also tried few labs from NMC. Both IEWB and NMC
> are very much helpful for my preparation.
>
> NMC workbook will be very tough, But will make you understand the
> technology well enough. IEWB helped a lot to learn more about technology and
> have very good explanation in the solution guide.
>
> I took 4 mock labs in IEWB and one in NMC and failed in all mock labs .
> Mock labs helped me a lot to know how the real labs will be graded and what
> are the points we need to be careful while doing lab.
>
> My first attempt was in Dubai in the month of Feb. Every thing was fine
> till lunch. But after lunch, something went wrong. Some technologies which I
> am working in my day to day life went wrong and made me mad. I was sure that
> I missed it this time. So I was not much worried.
>
> My next attempt was in April 25th. This time I was much confident that I
> will clear it when I stepped out of the lab. But once I reached home, I
> started realizing that I have done some silly careless mistakes. On looking
> into the results, I failed in 3 points which I would have scored if I was
> careful enough.
>
> I know I am prepared well and don t want to take a long time. So I booked
> immediately with one month gap on 29-May-2008. I know I will get it this
> time and by god s grace, I got it.
> About my study strategy, I spent around 6 to 7 hours for preparation
> daily. I use to read case studies, Field notice from Cisco site apart from
> practicing workbook labs. I also used Netpro. That s a wonderful community
> where we will get to know real time issues from field and design level
> questions.
> I did all Workbook labs for 2 times. While doing the workbook labs for
> the first time, I was not much worried about the time I took to finish the
> lab. After getting the desired output for a task, I use to try other
> possible solutions also. This way we will get to know why we should use a
> particular solution. If I am not clear about any particular solution or
> technology, I used google and not Doc CD.
>
> Second time, I was much time conscious and tried to finish first 10
> labs in 6 to 7 hours. Then I use to book only 1 session from gradedlabs
> which is 5.5 hours. So we will have only 5.5 hours to finish the entire lab.
> Some times I have slipped to finish the lab within 5.5 hours, But I was able
> to finish most of the lab on time. This helped me to finish the actual lab
> in 5 hours and had enough time for verification. This time, I used Cisco Doc
> CD and I made myself familiar with DoC CD for all my grey areas.
> Thanks to all who have replied me for my (silly) questions
>
> My special thanks to my wife who was very much understanding and was very
> much patience despite of being a newly married couple. I got married last
> September and after 1 week of my marriage I started taking rack rental and
> spent more time with Cisco routers than with my wife.
>
> Thanks to my parents who are very much supportive to me (both financially
> and mentally )
> I would also like to thank my senior who shared my work and gave me
> bandwidth for my studies.
>
> Thanks again to all.
>
> Will take a break and planning to start my SP track.
>
> Regards,
> Nagendra
>
>
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