In my preparation phase I sometimes tried to make my environment as unfamiliar as possible, because after a while I really got used to my home topology of my rack and all the environment.
So it was also a good lesson to do the ASET Labs, to get a complete other environment thats a good training because, as others said before, the real lab will be different than your own lab environment so try to not get used to it and be very flexible regards Roger Von: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Rick Mur Gesendet: Dienstag, 29. September 2009 08:33 An: Matt Hill Cc: [email protected]; Michael Lipsey Betreff: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Questions about the real lab I agree, some people tend to spend waaay to much time to get comfortable with the environment. Just like you said, it doesn't matter which terminal emulator you get, you'll get one that will do the job, without fancy features. You have to be stupid to miss those shortcuts on your desktop, so router access is another thing where you don't have to worry about. I agree, be comfortable with the blueprint and just take it as it comes :-) -- Regards, Rick Mur CCIE2 #21946 (R&S / Service Provider) Sr. Support Engineer IPexpert, Inc. URL: http://www.IPexpert.com On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 7:28 AM, Matt Hill <[email protected]> wrote: Something else I'll say which I said before... Don't spend too much time worrying about which version of SecureCRT you can use or if you can use your own pencils. You don't get marked on that. You get marked on spanning-tree, OSPF, MPLS, BGP, IP Services and whatever else is in the blueprint. Worry about that. My (personal) opinion is spending too much time trying to be comfortable with what they lab environment might be can lead to some complacency and then shock when it is discovered on exam day what they tried to set up does not resemble the lab at all. FWIW - the first time I used SevureCRT was in my lab exam. Prior to that I was using Mac OSX terminal and Ubuntu terminal. Made no difference to me whatsoever what terminal emulator you use. Work on the Blueprint, focus on its contents and thats where you gain points. Cheers, Matt CCIE #22386 CCSI #31207 2009/9/29 Michael Lipsey <[email protected]>: > Some of this I think depends on where you take the exam. > > > > I took my first one at San Jose and it was a very pleasant experience. I was > very nervous about what the lay of the land would be myself and it was very > much a professional and easy to work in environment. > > > > > > The cubes were short walled and smallish but big enough to sit comfortably > in. The monitor was a large, flat, wide screen at least 24 possibly > larger. I usually use 2 19 monitors myself and this one was more than big > enough. > > > > Notepad, Calc are usable. > > > > The Terminal program is an older Secure CRT that does not support tabs. > > > > The browser was IE and you have access to this link basically: > http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/psa/default.html?mode=prod > > > > There were a few parts of the documentation that were restricted but it > wasnt much and I wouldnt worry about it terribly. Everything that is on > the blueprint should be available to you. > > > > My proctor was very approachable and did not give me cryptic answers but be > sure your questions are simple and to the point. > > > > No food was allowed at the work station, drinks are allowed at the > workstation. There was a bathroom across the hall and a break room. I didnt > go in the break room but supposedly there was a drink and snack machine in > there. > > > > Lunch was good. > > > > Best of luck! > > > > -Mike > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com
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