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-Randy On Jun 8, 2012, at 12:56 PM, George Leslie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > My we have a lot of moaning minnies on the forum of late. > > So thought I’d pitch in my 2p worth (which is about 3 cents > to all you in the US!) > > I personally like 8 hours slots (ok 7h 45 min). Not 4 hours lots, 8 hour. > IPExpert’s mission in life is to prepare us > for the real CCIE lab exam. It is 8 > hours in length. Not offering (close to) > 8 hour slots would be a failure in that mission. They would then be faced > with a mass of > complaints about how having only 4 hour slots is not a realistic > representation > of the real lab. > > You see their dilemma? > In the space of a few days, they have had people complain that 8 hours > are too long and then some turn around and complains about losing 15 minutes > at > the end of the lab. They cannot cater > for everyone. So, their choice is to > give you as close possible to lab experience given the tidy up time. > > When you all bought your BLSs or rack time, you ALL KNEW > what you were buying. Don’t turn around and > complain about it now. > > For those of you that want 4 hour slots: > > Use GNS, buy your own kit from EBay, borrow some pieces from > work, or use one of the many other vendors who offer smaller timeslots. You > have more options than IPExpert. Or, put two 4 hour slots back to back and > use > an 8 hour session. > > For those from Europe that have complained about the start > times, grow up. I’m in the UK, and 5 > hours behind Proctor Labs start times. > My start times are 05:00, 13:00 or 21:00. I use 13:00 if I can, or 05:00 if I > must. All you lot east of here have an > extra one or two hours earlier in bed compared to me, yet you are still > complaining…. > > For those of you that want the 8h 15, I’m sorry, but 24 hrs > divided by 8 hours 15 does not end up in an whole number. If that 15 minutes > is so important to you, > then start your lab 15 minutes before your proctor labs session starts, for > your > read through, your diagrams etc. Or > start it 30 minutes earlier if you need to. > Or do the layer 2 section by doing offline scripts in notepad that you > can merely paste into the switches to save time typing at the command > line. So many ways to save the 15 minutes. > > Time keeping is part of the CCIE discipline, and this > teaches you some. > > To bods at IPExpert/Protcor Labs: don’t listen! You have it right! > > Regards, George. > > > > >> From: [email protected] >> Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2012 08:52:51 -0700 >> To: [email protected] >> CC: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] vrack time slots availability >> >> On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Josh Atterbury >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Maybe IPX should update the workbooks to say estimated for 7:45 hours :) >> >> Honestly, if someone can finish all the Volume 2 and Volume 3 labs in >> under 8 hours, I'd be beyond impressed. Those 15 minutes really don't >> change anything. >> >> We *could* offer 8 hour time slots, but then it will be students' >> responsibility to clean up the pod they work on. We have had this long >> time ago. Didn't work :-) >> >> -- >> Marko Milivojevic - CCIE #18427 (SP R&S) >> Senior CCIE Instructor - IPexpert >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs _______________________________________________ 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 http://onlinestudylist.com/mailman/listinfo/ccie_rs
