There is a Vietnamese CCIE working as a SE for Cisco in the Northern
Virginia area. Her husband is also a CCIE. I do not know if he is
Vietnamese.
Good luck in your studies.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Kim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 1:01 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Congrats [7:4044]
>
>
> 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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