Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Questions about the real lab

2009-09-29 Thread Rick Mur
I agree, some people tend to spend waaay to much time to get comfortable with the environment.Just like you said, it doesn't matter which terminal emulator you get, you'll get one that will do the job, without fancy features. You have to be stupid to miss those shortcuts on your desktop, so

Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Questions about the real lab

2009-09-29 Thread Roger Pfaeffli
, 29. September 2009 08:33 An: Matt Hill Cc: ccie_rs@onlinestudylist.com; Michael Lipsey Betreff: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Questions about the real lab I agree, some people tend to spend waaay to much time to get comfortable with the environment. Just like you said, it doesn't matter which terminal

Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Questions about the real lab

2009-09-29 Thread prakash patel
; mayd...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 08:41:10 +0200 CC: ccie_rs@onlinestudylist.com; mich...@thelipseys.com Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Questions about the real lab In my preparation phase I sometimes tried to make „my“ environment as unfamiliar as possible, because after a while I really

Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Questions about the real lab

2009-09-29 Thread Justin Mitchell
This is a great point. I don't really care about most of the stuff, like pencils and terminal versions. 1 pencil or pen with some paper is all I need. I hate calculators. Due to circumstances, to study I am using a combination of: Ubuntu/GNS3/xterm emulating 3725s and all the fun that comes with

Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Questions about the real lab

2009-09-29 Thread Jonathan Charles
If you go to RTP, they cater lunch and the drinks are free... in SJ they give you a $14 voucher for their cafeteria... I have to recommend RTP, for the food if nothing else... J On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Michael Lipsey mich...@thelipseys.com wrote: Some of this I think depends on where

[OSL | CCIE_RS] Questions about the real lab

2009-09-28 Thread Justin Mitchell
If this has been asked before I apologize, I did a search and couldn't find anything about this: What are you given and allowed to use in the real lab? I know it used to be the DocCD, but this has or is going to change. What will we will be using instead? Can you use Notepad? Paper and pencils?

Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Questions about the real lab

2009-09-28 Thread Joe Astorino
| CCIE_RS] Questions about the real lab Sent: Sep 28, 2009 6:56 AM If this has been asked before I apologize, I did a search and couldn't find anything about this: What are you given and allowed to use in the real lab? I know it used to be the DocCD, but this has or is going to change. What will we

Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Questions about the real lab

2009-09-28 Thread Iwan Hoogendoorn
Justin, Frightning subject you just used ;-) DocCD will be available online (search function will be disabled) In Brussels you can just get some beverages like cofee all the time. Notepad is available and pencils arte also available. I brought my own pencils with different colors with me. --

Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Questions about the real lab

2009-09-28 Thread Justin Mitchell
LOL, what is so frightening about it? Isn't that why we are all here? ;-) Makes me feel better knowing I can continue my study habits as they are. Which version or link of the online DocCD is used? The busted one (http://www.cisco.com/univercd/home/home.htm), that links to the new documentation

Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Questions about the real lab

2009-09-28 Thread Joe Astorino
...@ipexpert.com Cc: ccie_rs@onlinestudylist.com Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Questions about the real lab LOL, what is so frightening about it? Isn't that why we are all here? ;-) Makes me feel better knowing I can continue my study habits as they are. Which version or link of the online DocCD

Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Questions about the real lab

2009-09-28 Thread Rick Mur
To: Iwan Hoogendoorni...@ipexpert.com Cc: ccie_rs@onlinestudylist.com Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Questions about the real lab LOL, what is so frightening about it? Isn't that why we are all here? ;-) Makes me feel better knowing I can continue my study habits as they are. Which version

[OSL | CCIE_RS] Questions about the real lab

2009-09-28 Thread Michael Lipsey
Some of this I think depends on where you take the exam. I took my first one at San Jose and it was a very pleasant experience. I was very nervous about what the lay of the land would be myself and it was very much a professional and easy to work in environment. The cubes were short

Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Questions about the real lab

2009-09-28 Thread Rick Mur
Thanks for sharing this! A lot of people have questions about these kinds of things :-) -- Regards, Rick Mur CCIE2 #21946 (RS / Service Provider) Sr. Support Engineer – IPexpert, Inc. URL: http://www.IPexpert.com On 29 sep 2009, at 06:01, Michael Lipsey wrote: Some of this I think depends

Re: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Questions about the real lab

2009-09-28 Thread Matt Hill
Something else I'll say which I said before... Don't spend too much time worrying about which version of SecureCRT you can use or if you can use your own pencils. You don't get marked on that. You get marked on spanning-tree, OSPF, MPLS, BGP, IP Services and whatever else is in the blueprint.