Hang in there. You'll nail it next time. If it were easy - CCIE Voice engineers wouldn't earn ~150k / year! ;-)
Regards, Wayne A. Lawson II - CCIE #5244 Founder & President - IPexpert Mailto: wlaw...@ipexpert.com Telephone: +1.810.326.1444, ext. 101 Live Assistance, Please visit: www.ipexpert.com/chat eFax: +1.810.454.0130 ::Message sent from iPhone:: 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. On Feb 3, 2010, at 11:16 AM, "Jefferson Wilson" <jwil...@annese.com> wrote: > Good Morning (EST). > > > > I made a 2nd attempt last week in RTP and didn’t make it. It was qu > iet there with only one other candidate and one proctor. Lunch wa > s good as always though. > > > > I finished most of the test but had to skip QoS because of time. > > > > I have been practicing a lot sense my first attempt but not enough > apparently. > > > > I feel the IPExpert material has prepared me and will prepare me > well enough to pass some day. The “think outside the box” > questions from my first 2 attempts I will work on in the home lab an > d PL time. > > > > My stagey was to get all of the foundation config in place which > included all of the integrations of all the applications listed in > the blue print which were on my exams. I completed one questions > from each section to make sure the integration pieces were up. I > was going to complete the rest after the dial plan was complete. > > > > I would test a little along the way but have learned that usually a > reset or reboot later in the day fixes things. : ) > > > > I started the dial plan right before lunch so I could think about it > during lunch. Then after lunch I kept working on it. I think it is > more straight forward then they word it. But that is life and that > is why we all struggle with it. I almost think the dial plan is a > reading comprehension exercise. Through IPExpert you lean all the > tools for configuring a proper dial plan. I just have to lean to > apply those tools to the question based on the way they ask it. > > > > What I will practice is reading all the mock lab dial plan sections > and mapping out a solution on paper first so I understand it and > then practice executing it during my lab time. > > > > All though we all know the old way of doing the dial plan I have > been doing the labs then new way since that is the expert way and > will be the way for the day job going forward. > > > > I would like to thank the group for answering some of my questions. > I feel the OSL is good but like most followers I can’t always find > time to read it and respond to other questions from candidates. > > > > I am scheduled for Vic’s mock lab towards the end of March. I have > not scheduled a 3rd attempt yet. My company is reviewing things and > may not let me be out of town for 2 weeks in a row. > > > > That is all for now. Enjoy the journey. > > > > Jefferson > > _______________________________________________ > 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
