Re: How to prepare for my August lab?

Thanks Anthony,

I honestly believe that mock labs do not teach you anything. The only thing
that you learn by doing Mock labs is what to do in that exact scenario, in
the next mock lab you learn what to do in slightly different scenario.
Now...let's say you are in the lab and you get a different scenario (Which
you will) what are you going to do?

Whereas, with tech focus labs, you will learn the hairs within each
protocol, you will see the behavior of that protocol and because of that,
you will know what to do.

Graded Mock labs and OEQ practice labs ONLY do one thing, they take 100 -200
dollars out of your pocket and put it in the vendors pocket, that is ALL.

I had many students that failed the graded labs and they failed it pretty
bad, but they passed the lab on their first attempt and let me tell you,
they are pretty smart.

There is no short cut, there is no easy way to do this, there is only one
way to get your CCIE and that is by knowing your stuff, learning and NOT
memorizing, you need to dive in each protocol separately and exam, verify
and more importantly test, you don't get that with mock labs or graded labs.

But if it makes some people feel good, GR8 go for it. But remember this cert
should NOT end up costing you lots of money.

I totally agree with Brian, Learn the technology and then passing the lab
would be a natural occurrence.

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 5:56 AM, Darby Weaver <ccie.weaver_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Brian Dennis would sa the same thing. Learn the technology and then
> passing the lab would be a natural occurance.
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