Hello all, Thanks for the great advice so far guys. Don't worry Matt I will take your advice to heart. So no routingbits.com handbook? I was planning on reading that right before I go to sleep because I've made it a habit of falling asleep to Cisco material. Hey I need something dry to put me to sleep! What did you do about your nerves the night before the test? I'm hoping I will be able to fall asleep! I've been preparing for this day for 6 months and I can't wait to take it. Thanks again for the advice.
> Date: Sat, 7 May 2011 08:33:15 +1000 > Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] One month till Test day > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > > Here a few things from my view. Take them as you will. > > How far from the lab location are you? Ensure your flight is at least > ino day in advance. Do not fly out on the morning of the lab, even if > it is only an hour flight. You still need to dick around with > security, transfers etc and your hour flight really takes about 5 > hours. > > Dont rink ANY alcohol. No matter how tough you think you are and how > well you think you can handle your grog. Maybe one glass of wine with > dinner OR a cognac for a nightcap or similar but that will do. You > will be surprised at how much or a difference this will make after 3-4 > days. > > Make sure it takes less than 10 seconds to find anything in the > documentation. You WILL find somehting you are unsure of. The docs > load rather fast in the lab (I assume there is a local cache) so you > cant blame load times. Efficient documentation usage is essential if > you want to pass. > > A car wont run without wheels. Therefore dont concentrate on the > sunroof or the sound system. If your L2/OSPF etc is shagged then > there is no point trying to get the L7 pretty stuff working because > they wont even score without the underlying working. > > The above are general well-being/lab concepts. Work these and you > will be ready for test week. > > L-7 Keep studying as normal. By now you should be doing higher end > lab sims within 6 hours. If not enjoy your $1500 hamburger. > > L-6 to L-3 As above > > L-2 travel day. Stay out of the bar at the airport. Leave your books > at home. If you dont know it now you never well. Doing study from > now will only stress you out because you think you dont know things. > > L-1 hotel day pre lab. Grab your favourite media player and plug it > in to the TV in the hotel and watch the enrite Star Wars/Back to the > Future/Rocky/Debbie Does Dalls or whatever you like to do to chill > out. Go and get a massage. Buy a new jacket or jeans or something. > Dont even think about the lab at all. Yes, this is just as easy to do > as it is to say. A massage in the evening is very beneficial. Have a > nice dinner and get to bed as early as you can. A decent night sleep > is worth about 30% of your mark (in my view). If you sleep well you > can think better, see problems quicker and focus more. You could have > done 16 hours a day study for past three years and if you dont sleep > well the night before then it wont make any difference whatsoever. > > L-0. test day. Get up early so you arent to drowsy when you walk > into the test. Get a nice breakfast. Have a coffee. Not too many so > you dont get the jitters (save that for the QoS section > *baddum-tsch*). Enjoy the lab and kick it all the way back to San > Jose! > > Cheers, > Matt > > CCIE #22386 > CCSI #31207 > > > On 7 May 2011 01:38, Michael Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > Well its official, I have one month left to go until test day. I will blow > > through the rest of Volume 3's labs (going through them will with barely > > any hiccups!). I've also been really reading the Doc CD on the 3560 and > > 12.4. I feel like I'm really comfortable finding any command that I need > > and I've practiced all of the obscure things. Other than continuously > > labbing for the final month is there anything else that you guys (that have > > passed) would do for the final stretch that would put me over the top? > > Thanks for the advice in advance. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > > visit www.ipexpert.com > > > > Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out > > www.PlatinumPlacement.com > > _______________________________________________ For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please visit www.ipexpert.com Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out www.PlatinumPlacement.com
