Re: Please Advise

This is always a tough time for every candidate. I'll give you the same
advice I give most of the people that I work with one on one:

At this point in your prep, you should be very comfortable with the OVERALL
aspect of the technologies that are on the blue print.

This is a good time to really be focusing on speed AND accuracy.

You probably know of some topics that you are not overly

comfortable with.

This is a good time to go back to the technology focused labs with a command
reference, know and understand each of the commands that you enter ( what
they are really doing besides fulfilling the requirement ).

Make sure that you KNOW without a doubt where and how to find the

documentation for the areas that you are unsure about on the

documentation area that you will have access to in the lab 

dont use any other documentation as your PRIMARY source of

information. This is the time to be training like you fight.

 Lastly I would suggest trying this. Pick out 4 labs

that you think are challenging and that you do not know by heart

from doing it 10 times before. Take these 4 labs one at a time and read
through them.

As you read through the lab  take notes and identify

areas that will affect other areas of the lab ( i.e. changing a

router ID, adding an ACL ). This will help to show yourself that you
understand
the technologies and how they interact with each other.

After reading through the lab do the lab  ON PAPER 

write down as much of the config as you can in notepad or your

favorite text editor. Use the documentation that will be available to you in
the lab for commands that you cannot remember.

Put your configs into the devices and see how you did.

You will probably be very surprised by how much of this you can do
frommemory as well as you might unwrap an area that you thought you
knew
well that you need to take another look at.

Do not walk into the lab with failure in your mind. Be confident that you
have a GOOD shot at passing the lab -IF you dont let if psych you out.

Think about the things that you do every day. It is fun sometimes to make a
lab out of some of those things.

Lastly, do not let your mind psych you out. It will be with you on lab
day!!! If you let it show up full of anxiety then it can be your enemy. If
you let it show up focused of the task at hand - passing the lab - it will
be your greatest asset.

With all of this said, there are dozens of other hints and opinions that can
help you. It is your job to take the advice that is given and tailor it to
the way that you are most comfortable with.

Thanks
Larry Hadrava
CCIE #12203 CCNP
Sr. Support Engineer  IPexpert, Inc.
URL: http://www.IPexpert.com <http://www.ipexpert.com/>

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 5:41 AM, Cisco League
<ciscoleague_at_googlemail.com>wrote:

> Dear Group,
>
> I am just over a month short of my lab exam. I am very confused with
> respect
> to what my strategy should be for the final phase of preparation.
> Could you please advise whether I shud concentrate on IEWB V5 Vol 2 labs
> only or should I at least once or twice go through the IE V5 Vol 1 workbook
> and do selected full scale labs from Vol 2?
> I'll appreciate your advise and suggestions.
>
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Regards,
> CiscoLeague
>
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