Right on Jack! This is a tremendous accomplishment. Accolades to Jeff is
all
that should be flying around under this subject.
Jeff - Thanks for your candor and your willingness to tell us all about your
approach, lessons learned, whatever you want to call. It is greatly
appreciated.
"Q" - Go take the test and then tell us your thoughts. Until then keep
studying, encourage and congratulate when HUGE miles stones are met.
Darren
At 05:16 PM 05/10/2001 -0400, Jack Williams wrote:
>Huh?
>
>For future reference, when someone achieves something significant, the
>correct response is "CONGRATULATIONS!".
>
>I don't know what our friend does for a living, but if I can pass the CCIE
>lab on the second try, I'll be very pleased with myself.
>
>
>
>------Original Message------
>From: "Q"
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: May 10, 2001 5:08:12 PM GMT
>Subject: Re: CCIE #7354 - for Jeff McCoy [7:3998]
>
>
>Yeah, but what do u do for a living? And do you have any real experience and
>to what extent? Survey says!
>
>Q
>
>"DUNG H. LE" wrote in message
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>> 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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