See this makes me feel better. That is the response that I hear a lot, "It was reasonable" or "Time didn't feel short" etc. Posts like yours here Eric, show that the CCIE is an exam and a test of a person's peristence and determination. You were able to attack things you know, look up things you didn't know and overall feel shall I say "comfortable" but you also took into account things like speed and other areas that you need to work on. This is better than "Wahhhhh the lab is so hard, oh my god I can't read anything there is no lab books, where are 2 monitors, everything is cluttered, oh my god freak out" Granted, I was guilty of that too I was thinking about the asthetics of how the actual lab rather than the CONTENT of the lab. Instead of worrying about a solid foundation on BGP or MULTICAST I was worried about the monitor size and the work space and crap that doesn't matter. I mean sure, it affects you but you have to overcome. As a new CCIE RS candidate since Sep 2nd 2009 (when finished my CCNP) I was a bit freaked out. Now I am calm, focused and know what I have to do. Thanks again Eric for this, I feel MUCH better. I know you failed, but you know what that will make you much better. I learn SO much from failure than I learn from winning. I want to win, but sometimes you got to lose in order to truly win. Wow, I just came off sounding like zen or something. Well, that's my new signature now!! "I want to win, but sometimes you got to lose in order to truly win" -Nick
--- On Tue, 12/29/09, Eric Holder <[email protected]> wrote: From: Eric Holder <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] CCIE R&S or SP which would be better To: [email protected], "sebastan bach" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 11:40 AM All CCIE R&S candidates. I recently attempted the R&S v4 lab. It was my first attempt and yes I didn't pass. However, I believe the lab to be very passable. I did not seem limited on time, just limited on my experience with the obscure rarely used commands and the ability to quickly find them in the docs. Also to be completely honest, I needed to improve my speed on the basic configurations and attention to detail to give me more time for the real CCIE stuff. The troubleshooting section seemed very straight forward and didn't seem constrained on time. I believe a well prepared CCIE candidate should not have a problem with the troubleshooting section. Especially, someone who's been working and troubleshooting routing problems for a couple of years. Bottom line don't get discouraged. My plan for my second attempt is to get more 300 hours of more lab time and more experience finding stuff in the docs; then give it another attempt. ---- Carlos Valero <[email protected]> wrote: ============= But you really think that the new exam can be passed? I know you are goint to say "yes" But where is the proof? Who has passed yet? No one I think! I guess that's a proof that Cisco went way over the top! Reducing the time available for the exam to only 6 hours and then giving you just a few minutes to solve all those "imaginary" Troubleshooting problems, makes it more than discouraging! --- On Tue, 12/29/09, Joe Astorino <[email protected]> wrote: From: Joe Astorino <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] CCIE R&S or SP which would be better To: "Mustafa Yadav" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected], "sebastan bach" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2009, 8:00 AM Guys, You have to go with where your passion is, not what is the easier road : ) If you are working in an SP environment or you find those technologies to be your passion than do SP. If you are more into R&S in an enterprise network then go R&S. R&S will give you more updated technologies and what I believe to be a broader scope of technology but that it not to say that it is "better" or "worse" than any other track. My advice stands -- Follow your passion and if you work hard things will take care of themselves. On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:23 AM, Mustafa Yadav <[email protected]> wrote: I am confused as well.Since new RS exam is getting harder to pass.But SP is still passable .It seems SP is a little bitr easier than SP and topics in SP much more popular. On the other hand finding docs,labs in RS track is easier than everything. On 12/29/09, sebastan bach <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > This is my first post in this mailing list. > > I already have ccie security cert with me I am planning for a dual but not > sure. I would require advise from people in this forum. I am little confused > about which track to pursue CCIE R&S or SP.The confusion is basically > because of MPLS being added to R&S track. and since SP track covers all > routing, advance routing and plus mpls in complete detail and there is > little investment required as we can do all labs in dynamips as of now.. but > not sure if in my journey suddenly cisco changes the lab equipment to > gsr/asr routers. > > With R&S i would require a good investment with regards to switches. I am > really not sure and i am really confused. > > Guys please send out ur opinions it would surely help me a lot. > > Regards > > Sebastan > _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com -- Regards, Joe Astorino CCIE #24347 (R&S) Sr. Technical Instructor - IPexpert Mailto: [email protected] Telephone: +1.810.326.1444 Live Assistance, Please visit: www.ipexpert.com/chat eFax: +1.810.454.0130 IPexpert is a premier provider of Classroom and Self-Study Cisco CCNA (R&S, Voice & Security), CCNP, CCVP, CCSP and CCIE (R&S, Voice, Security & Service Provider) Certification Training with locations throughout the United States, Europe and Australia. Be sure to check out our online communities at www.ipexpert.com/communities and our public website at www.ipexpert.com -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ 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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