From: keith tokash (ktokash@hotmail.com)
Date: Fri Jul 18 2008 - 03:44:54 ART
There are errors in everything from everyone everywhere. To minimize mistakes
make sure to download the PDF of the lab before you do it as opposed to
downloading them all 6 months in advance. Mistakes happen, but get fixed, and
it sucks suffering through an error and finding out it's a non-issue because
the latest lab fixed it.
As for how many times you should do each one - my coworker did them all 3
times each. I did them all once, and 2-3 a second time. It's not about
pounding out labs, it's about understanding the technology so deeply that
Cisco would have to start throwing triple negatives at you to trip you up
(which I've never heard of them doing, unlike ISC2). If your journey to
ass-kickery takes the route of mock lab after mock lab, then that's a
perfectly viable strategy. But don't think you aren't ready until you finish
them all 2-3 times each.
Also, if you're weak in the non-core areas it might help to spend a week on
QoS, a week on IP Services (ok, maybe 4 days), etcetera, then go back to
labbing it up. The speed comes naturally when you read a question and think,
"oh, I know exactly what they want". That's not a result of drilling, it's a
result of depth of knowledge.
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> Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:18:44 +0530
> From: ccie.adam@gmail.com
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: how to approach IEWB Volume II
>
> After watching lots of candidates who do the labs 2 or 3 time and fail
> .. I said I have to do something different
>
> I have delayed touching volume II labs till I felt I am "really"
> confident that I can do them with some ease
>
> My strategy was to study study study .. then do the 20 labs in 20
> days!!! One lab per day, 7 am to 4 pm .. don't touch the solution till
> I finish And if I do pass 15 out of the 20 .. then I am ready and I
> will go to the exam after repeating some labs here and there
>
>
> My philosophy: If I can do a tough task without help "today".. then I
> will be able to do it after 1 year !!
>
> I am now done with lab 6 .. with the following conclusions:
>
> 1.I am not speeding up in config
>
> 2.I am really good in core technologies (finish after 3 hours) .. but
> weak in the rest ( takes the rest of the day
>
> 3.without considering the stupid mistakes .. I somehow passed half of these
labs
>
> 4.the most thing I hate is a wordy question.. where I have to read it
> maybe 3 times in order to find out what it is actually asking for..
> this consumes time gets me bored quickly ..
>
> 5.is it me or there are mistakes in every lab (half answers, hidden
> side effects, not optimal solutions..etce)
>
>
>
> some ccie told me to do the labs at least twice he said yes.. u need
> to memorize and speed up
>
> my goal is to pass from the first shoot any ccie who has some advice
> in the way to approach the labs with most benefit
>
> thanks a lot and mind my english
>
>
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