I'm proud of you. Go Vietnamese! I'm taking my lab this November
also. I hope I will be the second Vietnamese person who will send out
such good news to the group.
-Frank
On Thu, 10 May 2001, DUNG H. LE wrote:
> May 7-8, 2001 - RTP Lab facility
>
> This was attempt 2. I changed my study habits from attempt 1, and therefore
> testing technique, for my attempt 2 (you perform like you
> practice..right?). It paid off. The change was to monotonously ping every
> interface IP / IPX address from every router. I made a list of the
addresses
> and ran through all of them from every router. I believe this lack of
> attention to detail is what did me in on attempt one.
>
> Time management was key. If I didn't know the config off the top of my
> head, I skipped it. This allowed me to complete the entire day 1 portion 3
> hours early. I had 4 areas that I needed to think about, so I saved them
> for last. I methodically approached each of the 4 areas, knocked out each
> requirement, and had 1 hour left to do the testing above. My strategy was
> that no matter what, I would take the last hour to test thoroughly, I just
> happened to get my 4 items done. Day 2 was the same way...although only 3
> hours for the first part, I still had 45 minutes to test it all.
>
> Troubleshooting was by far the most nerve-racking experience. I had a
> "trouble ticket" list and was told to find as many problems as I could and
> document/fix them (one liners). Unexpectedly I had to troubleshoot a
> different network than the one I had spent a day and a half configuring. 3
> hours was the time limit to learn a new topology, IP scheme, protocol
> intent, and then fix as much as possible. I don't feel like I was ready
for
> this, and must have just kept calm enough to manage it.
>
> The waiting is a nerve killer. You wait before the lab starts about an
hour
> for everything and everyone to get ready. You wait all night long for
> status on day 1's score. You wait after day 2 build out...1.5 hours for
> me.... to find out if you made it to troubleshooting. Then you wait while
> they add up the points and spit a number out of the computer.... or not.
> Howard ???? was the best!!! Comic relief goes a long way to ease my stress,
> and he delivered. I was very comfortable in the RTP environment.
>
> Study material used / frequency:
> Caslow 2nd edition - read it cover to cover once.
> Ccbootcamp labs - practiced daily (almost and minus weekends) for 4
> months.... 4-6 hours per day on a rack of equipment that was very similar
to
> the real thing. I was very comfortable with what was required of me for
day
> 1 and 2 build out. In retrospect I would have practiced a bit more on
> troubleshooting. I was not comfortable with this at all and could have
used
> some familiarity with strategy and tactic on this part.
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