Re: Using the Workbooks

Thanks for the responses Guys, it is greatly appreciated.

I have been full on studying for my lab since January, and I think my head
is going to explode now; I've read so many books and explored so many
technologies yet I still make a lot of mistakes and although I have improved
greatly my timing is very slow still.

I take my lab on the 23rd and I do not feel like I will pass. I was working
on INE Lab 7 Vol 2 today, I started at midday and I only just finished got
up to the part where I start my BGP configuration which is not very far into
the workbook *sigh*

The redistribution was very time consuming for me, but I guess I wont move
on from a section unless I fully understand the behaviour I am seeing if it
is something that I do not expect!!

This is though the first lab that had me very excited, I managed to sit down
in my chair for almost 10 hours with only two breaks!

I dont understand how people can pass the lab after three months of study,
they must have a lot of industry experience but I personally take about a
month working on some major topics, just to forget it when i move onto the
next, frustraiting hey!! too bad for me i'm so stubborn i won't give up
until I have my number or fall of the perch ;-)

On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 10:49 PM, Adrian Brayton <abrayton_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> There is no magic bullet on how to use the WBs... In the course of studying
> for the IE, you will probably change the way you do things 20 times!
>
> Your study techniques will evolve as you get further and further as working
> on your IE, there is nothing like it out there. It can't be compared to
> college because in college you take your 16 week course and your done. Yes,
> you still have that knowledge but you can let it fade. Thats what makes the
> IE so hard, its not the technologies by any means, its the being able to
> remember them just like you read the RFCs yesterday. I think after the first
> IE, the rest are a little easier in the sense that your first one is kinda
> like going through puberty up to the point where you are living on your own.
>
> The obvious one is repetitiveness... Once you have configured OSPF over FR
> 100+ times is every way shape or form you will never forget it. Its the same
> with everything else on the blueprint! Thats why it pisses me off when I see
> people ask questions like, can frame relay use IP unnumbered interface's or
> simple multi-cast questions and 3 days later looking for praise that they
> just got there IE. You know they cheated because I know how much time and
> effort I have spent over the past year and how good I have become and
> questions like that would NEVER come out of the mouth of a CCIE that busted
> his ass to proudly wear AND earn that CCIE #!
>
> So with that being said, I will tell you a few things that work / worked
> for me over the past year.
>
> 1. Flash Cards - When you configure something that you know you wont
> remember, write it on an index card (You will have a stack of them so start
> off by keeping them organized by technology) and if you have a few extra
> minutes or whatever, review them and soon enough you wont need to look at
> them anymore.
>
> 2. Dont mess with WBs that have excessive error's... I know you cant remove
> them all but wasting a whole day searching for answers for a task and to
> find out it was wrong the whole time does nothing for you. Find a vendor
> who's WBs are extremely accurate.
>
> 3. Get a white board, a big one with a lot of pens.
>
> 4. Use GS as a "Question of the day" sort of thing... Take someone's
> question that you don't know the answer too and research it, study it and
> respond! You will be amazed at what you will learn.
>
> 5. Get rid of the radio playing or any distractions.
>
> HTHs!
>
>
> On Aug 8, 2010, at 10:00 AM, Jeferson Guardia wrote:
>
> > I think you should spend extra time looking up the documentation on
> > Cisco doc-cd, even if you know the answer, search for it, it will not
> > only guide you in the right way but also will make you learn more,
> > then verify the solutions as you go thru and don't forget to take
> > notes often, this helps a lot when you are stuck at something that
> > you've done before.
> >
> > On 8/7/10, Garth Bryden <hacked.the.planet.on.28.8k.dialup_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> Hiya,
> >>
> >> I'm starting to wonder if the way I am using the workbooks is the most
> >> effective; currently I'll work through an entire lab then compare mine
> with
> >> the solution guide when I have finished to work out where I went wrong,
> I'm
> >> wondering if it would be a better approach to implement a task then
> verify
> >> that task with the solution guide right away?
> >>
> >> How would you use the workbook and what approach have you found best?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Garth
> >>
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