Re: Written Exam and troubleshooting

Don't forget you need to fail the written in order to pass the lab ....

On 5/25/10, Travis Niedens <niedentj_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> "most of the ccies on this list don't have the skills needed to be good at
> troubleshooting" ..... Did you seriously just send that out and actually
> mean
> it? Have you personally evaluated the troubleshooting skills of every ccie
> on
> here? Who are you to evaluate even? Did Cisco give you this great nugget of
> knowledge and you just couldn't help but sharing it with us? A very lame
> comment indeed. what's your ccie #? Travis
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrian Brayton
> Sent: 5/25/2010 7:30:58 PM
> To: Kambiz Agahian
> Cc: John Lockie , Charles T. Alexander , ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: Written Exam and troubleshooting
> A decent book is "Troubleshooting IP Routing Protocols", you can find it on
> E-Bay...
>
> Just remember that troubleshooting is not something that you can just read
> and
> be done with it... Its a methodology in how you approach things! Most of the
> CCIE's on this list don't have the skill's needed to be good at
> troubleshooting thus the reason that Cisco brought it back to the lab. You
> wont get the skill from just working on labs either as I had thought, you
> need
> to practice it just as you would any other topic on the lab.
>
> As I had said before, it might only be 25% of the lab but it's 50% of the
> exam!
>
> Good Luck!
>
>
> On May 25, 2010, at 2:50 PM, Kambiz Agahian wrote:
>
>> Charles,
>>
>> Believe it or not but I see a great chance of success for the students
>> with failed written attempts on their lab exams! Why? Because you're
>> truly doing your best, taking the test and what you've got is exactly
>> what you ran for. Now you know your weaknesses "truly". Frankly, That's
>> why you see all those folks with the written 1000/1000 and stuck on
>> their 5th lab attempt. You're not going to be one of them.
>>
>> Please don't feel discouraged; you're on the right track mate.
>>
>> We do have a written workbook with heaps of questions - that may help;
>> you might wish to give it a shot but anyway you're now building your lab
>> foundation and not just wasting your time - not a problem.
>>
>> HTH
>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>> John Lockie
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 11:34 AM
>> To: Charles T. Alexander; ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
>> Subject: Re: Written Exam and troubleshooting
>>
>> Another argument for doing lab prep only, and then taking the written
>> only
>> when you are ready for the lab (or feel ready) :-)
>>
>> Regarding books, this probably depends on what you are looking to
>> troubleshoot!
>>
>>
>> On 5/25/10 11:20 AM, "Charles T. Alexander"
>> <charles.t.alexander_at_verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>> I failed the written exam. I have read all the usual books such as
>> Odom.
>>> The exam really has a lot more troubleshooing, or at least that is my
>>> take on it. Is there a good book(s) on this?
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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