Re: My First $1.750 Lunch (Finally, but it's not Final)

Hi,
Thanks for sharing ... and I hop your lunch will be cheaper nex time!

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Regards,
Iwan Hoogendoorn
CCIE #13084 (R&S / Security / SP)
Sr. Support Engineer  IPexpert, Inc.
URL: http://www.IPexpert.com
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 4:10 PM, ospfv2 <ospfv2_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Finally i did the lunch, the most expensive ever in my life
>
> hope i don't break the NDA
>
> proctor was nice and friendly, very helpful
> we were on the same desk, its mobile lab, no cubicles
>
> first the core questions
> it was four of them
> u need to make three of them right
>
> my core was so easy, it was ccna level, my report for this was excellent
>
> pressed submit button
>
> then the real big thing, it was there on the  binder
>
> for L2, i thought it was easy, until it waste me an hour to found the error.
>
> so make sure you read your L2 diagram carefully
>
> what you see is not what you think
>
> Just do INE mocklabs (all of them), u will know what i mean
> do the mocklab on rack, dont just read the lab and type the answer in
> your notepad
> do it like a real lab, u will find problems
>
> finally i'm done with L2, but some of my BBs is not reachable
> i'm still have no idea how to fix it
> so when your L2 is not right yet, it will cause you loosing points for
> the next Qs.
> make sure you understand what problems those BBs could give u
> and how to handle it
>
> next, with BB headache still in my head, i try to move on with RIP
> the RIP gave me headache as well
> using debug ip rip i know my config isn't right yet
> RIP waste more time than i thought
> finally my debug ip rip is right
>
>
> EIGRP was not tought, but due to my BB problem, i know my EIGRP wont
> fulfill the requirement.
>
> i went back to L2 technology
> a lot of them, easy but it test your accuracy & details
>
> OSPF was easy (in my opinion,not in cisco report)
>
> Redistribution
> not so hard, but...
> again with BB problems, my redistribution solution will not satisfy
> the requirement.
>
> BGP
> i think you know why i cannot get full point for BGP
>
> so i really lost a lot of points due to dependancy at L2/BB
>
> non core topic, make sure u repeat your lab to gain speed and accuracy
>
>
>
> unfortunately the docs was not working as i expected
> Jesus Christ,i clicked the link and it take almost a century to load
> i think cisco better provide the DVD to avoid this kind of problem
> so make sure u don't rely too much on the doc, in case u have the same problem
>
>
> i just remember that i always have problem with BBs reachability, even
> in INE mocklab
> so i need to get those BB things right first before my next v4
> but i dont know what is the the problem anyway
> Scott i think i will need your help on this, if u dont mind :)
>
>
> total damage = $1.750+$1000 ++ (for travel expenses)  , almost $ 3.000
>
> i hope  my next lunch with proctor will be the last one
> lunch with number offcourse
>
>
> wish you all the best with v3
> see u all in v4
>
>
>
>
> Ok Mr President, u make me feel better with those words...( plenty of
> failure along the way)
>
> Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it.
> But it's not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes
> with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you
> avoid this failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden
> or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you
> choose to persevere. (Barack Obama)
>
> did he really say that ?
>
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