Re: AW: ASET labs

We are platinum partner.. but what i got from my seniors is that you need
to sign a training contract with cisco for this ..

Regards,
Thameem

"Roger Pfaeffli" <rpf23543_at_gmail.com>
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07/05/2009 03:50 PM
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AW: ASET labs

Hmmmm, didn't have a problem with the SE. Just showed him the page and
then
he could very quickly set it up. But as I said, you need to be a
GoldPartner
to benefit from this service...

regards

Roger

Von: Darby Weaver [mailto:ccie.weaver_at_gmail.com]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. Mai 2009 13:35
An: Roger Pfaeffli
Cc: John Galt Kupec; Chris Breece; Cisco certification; Jared Scrivener
Betreff: Re: ASET labs

And that is the overwhelming consensus I've heard over the years too from
various people.
 
It's just hard to find an SE who knows about them. Cisco's best kept
Secret.
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 4:38 AM, Roger Pfaeffli <rpf23543_at_gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Chris,

I can highly recommend the ASET LABS. I did them in the last two weeks
before my lab exam. They are awesome, just a few thoughts:

-they are veeery similar in "kind and style" like the real lab, also the 8
hour format is the same
-some of them are quite difficult and you really have to think, sometimes
they are very strange which really lets you to sit down and think
-it is something different. I used only Ipexpert lab products. Even though
they are great and I love them, after a while I got used to it, wording,
topology...
-the ASET labs are accessed through webbroser, one window for each box,
like
in the real lab
-you can simulate for yourself a real lab, put stress on you - tell
yourself
that you must finish in eight hours.
-After then, you can run the grading script (heard it is quite similar
than
the real lab) and you get detailed results what you did wrong. This is one
of the amazing features of the ASET.
-since you can have booked the ASET session for example for 12 hours,
after
you run the verify script you have time to fix and think about the issues.
-The support from labgear.net (the company doing the ASET) is very great,
had many interesting discussions and explanations from them.

Beside the Ipexpert stuff, this is (at least for me) the best ressource
for
labbing. Just hope that this offer will be available in future, also for
the
changed R&S and also for all the other tracks.
You must be a Gold partner to get access. You should definitely talk to
your
SE to get ASET sessions!

regards

Roger #23543

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Von: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] Im Auftrag von
John Galt Kupec
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 7. Mai 2009 03:46
An: Chris Breece; Cisco certification
Cc: Jared Scrivener
Betreff: Re: ASET labs

On May 6, 2009, at 7:28 PM, Jared Scrivener wrote:

> They are the Cisco Assessor labs - mock lab simulations. They are
> alright (I
> did the first two they released in '06) but they are too easy from a
> training standpoint (they resemble the real lab in difficulty,
> unlike the
> IPexpert labs which really push you to learn things in detail).
>
> If you are in the last few weeks of preparation and want to gauge your
> readiness, I'd recommend them as they give you the best chance of
> keeping
> your confidence level up.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jared Scrivener CCIE3 #16983 (R&S, Security, SP), CISSP
> Sr. Technical Instructor - IPexpert, Inc.
> Telephone: +1.810.326.1444
> Fax: +1.810.454.0130
> Mailto: jscrivener_at_ipexpert.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf
> Of
> Chris Breece
> Sent: Wednesday, 6 May 2009 6:19 PM
> To: Cisco certification
> Subject: ASET labs
>
> I've seen talk on G/S about Cisco ASET labs. I did about 2 minutes of
> googling around before I decided to ask G/S, so forgive me if this
> is a
> stupid question....
>
> What are they? :P

No, the ASET labs and the Assessor labs are not the same thing.
Somewhat similar, but ASET does not equal Assessor. As Jared says, the
Assessor labs are intended to represent the "real" lab. The ASET labs
are kind of a mixed bag of training and testing.

Cisco Assessor:
4 hour timed labs
Cost money
Content direct from Cisco CCIE team
All-or-nothing scoring
You sign yourself up

Cisco ASET:
"full" labs designed to take at 6-8 hours to complete. The full lab
covers all blueprint topics
"modular" labs take 1-3 hours and cover only certain blueprint topics
free
no time limit on sessions (depends on how you have been set up)
partial credit
A Cisco rep or training partner must sign you up.

---------------------------------------------------

The Assessor lab wording and questions are pretty similar to the real
thing. The labs come from or are at least OK'd by the Cisco CCIE team.

The ASET labs use the Assessor labs as their model. The ASET labs
probably have a tad more "help" in them compared to the Assessor labs
or real lab. By that I mean that some of the tasks may be spelled out
a little bit more (less vague) than you might find in Assessor or real
lab.

The ASET labs do not come from the CCIE team nor are they "blessed" by
them. But the feedback we have received is that the ASET labs do a
pretty good job.

You can email support_at_autoverify.net for more info.

John
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