RE: CCIE Blues [7:32440]
Scott, Me too. I grasped the nettle about a month ago and wrote a list of all the things that terrified me - 30 items long. I then used MS Project and allocated as much time as I could trying to group the revision sensibly and making sure I did it!!! However, i't helped me channel my studying to make sure I tried to configure all the items I hated. You know dlsw filtering , ipx filtering isdn, learning the bgp decision process backwards, and other daft things. My lab's on 7th March in Brussels and I go through these phases of thinking: 1 - You're cool and you can overcome this blind panic as soon as you walk in the door without fainting 2 - I must be a complete idiot and will get completely flawed by a simple routing loop I read and read and read and spend every saturday/sunday and wednesday evening in my lab trying anything and everything and all my spare work hours on the lab. Let me know what you do and where your lab is. Best of luck Richard Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=32451t=32440 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CCIE Blues [7:32440]
Scott, If you have three weeks to go, the last thing I'd be worrying about is your initial configs. You should be hitting the racks and working scenarios. Dont let yourself get distracted with things that you have no control over. Focus on what you DO have control of (the scenarios you practice, your speed on the access-server, your understanding of the materials, your organized and well-thought approach of attacking a lab, etc). Last but not least, go study! thanks, -Brad Ellis CCIE#5796 (RS / Security) Network Learning Inc Scott wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... 3 weeks to go and I'm starting to question everything. Anybody got any advice for this? Also, their have been different rumors floating around about what is actually provided for you in the initial configs.. Can any body shed some light on this (w/out violating NDA of course)? For example, the IP addressing is provided for you but to what degree--are all your interfaces (including any lookbacks you might need) up and addressed? Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7i=32464t=32440 -- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: CCIE Blues [7:32440]
Scott, I'm in a similar spot regarding both the calendar and mental state. Let me preface this by saying that I've not (yet) attended the 1-day lab and thus can't be accused of breaking NDA. For what it's worth, these are the operating assumptions I'm using to prepare for my 1st attempt at the 1-day lab. These may or may not be anywhere close to what is contained in the actual lab but I would say that anyone who confirms or dispels my assumptions would be breaking NDA so you probably won't get a real answer. I agree with Brad's comments that you shouldn't be worried with these issues but depending on your study/prep style some people prefer to make checklists of topics/issues to run through. In addition, I feel that getting mentally prepared will help you with issue spotting (ala Mr. Caslow). Without further delay, here are my thoughts on the subject (perhaps worth the $0.02...who knows): ### What I'm assuming will be configured/setup: - Physical cabling - Access-Server configuration (complete) - Frame-Relay switch configuration (complete) - IP addressing on all LAN interfaces - IP addressing on most WAN/Dial interfaces - IP addressing on most Loopback interfaces - Cat IP address(es) ### What may be configured (but maybe not depending on the lab scenario): - Cat default gateway (unless a dynamic solution is required) - ISDN SPIDs - Frame-Relay sub-interfaces (if required) - IP addressing on some F/R interfaces (e.g. main S0 frame interface) - VLANs defined (some) - Ports assigned to VLANs (some) - Simple routing protocol stuff (e.g. RIP on a stub router) ### Simple L1-3 stuff that will probably be left unconfigured (because of the problems that can be caused and/or multiple config. options that 'work' where only one is 'right'): - IP addressing on key loopback interfaces (e.g. routers involved in Virt. Links, etc.) - Frame-Relay address mapping - Dialer maps / dialer string - Datalink encapsulation (PPP, Frame, HDLC, Ethernet trunking, E-net frame types) - Tunnels - NAT - Bridging FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
