was your problem split horizon?
""The Long and Winding Road"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > In the words of the esteemed Maxwell Smart, missed it by that much. > > Good test. Liked it a lot. Can't say much about the content, obviously. > > The 3550's were there. I think that those who have expressed reservations > about this will find little to worry about. The Lab writers did a pretty > good job of integrating the devices into the rack and the exam. > > I think I was more surprised by what I did NOT see than by what I did see. > Wish I could say more. > > There were the usual off the wall requirements. I knew the names, or had > heard of the technology, but had never practiced it. Here's where the doc CD > came in handy. It was very easy to locate the information and do the > required configuration. > > I did have one very odd problem I was unable to solve. My own practice, not > to mention the doc CD configuration guide, told me that a particular > configuration should have worked. But it didn't. I've mocked up the > configuration here at home, and it took a total of 10 minutes to start from > a router with no configuration and have it up and running correctly. But in > the Lab it just would not work. I have an inquiry in to the CCIE Lab folks, > asking them to check the rack. I believe there is a physical problem, > although for the life of me I cannot come up with a plausible explanation as > to why. I would get more specific, except this would be a direct violation > of NDA. I will say that anyone who sits at rack 12 in San Jose - if you are > absolutely certain your configuration is correct, tell the proctor. I > hesitated to do so, and I paid the price. You'll know when you see it ;-) > > I did one stupid thing, and the more I think about it, I should have > corrected it immediately when I discovered it. When I first created my > notepad file with my alias commands, I stupidly did most of them as "alias > configure" rather than "alias exec" Given that the lab is graded pretty much > by scripts, I have this bad feeling that this mistake may have interfered > with the operation of some of those scripts, meaning that I was not given > credit for successfully completed tasks just because the script was unable > to function properly. > > You are no longer given a point total in your report. When I counted up > points in the late afternoon, I thought I had between 60 and 70. I had no > reachability problems, save to one interface, and that interface had nothing > depending upon it. I knew I didn't have enough points to pass, but I thought > I was close. To judge from my score report, the final total was maybe 35-45 > depending. As those of you who have been there know, the "dependings" will > kill you every time. :-) > > I can say I had a lot of fun doing this test. That's probably part of the > reason I failed - I'm having too much fun. I can also say I'm hot to trot. I > can taste it. I'm yay close to passing, and I want back in as soon as I can > get there. You can bet I'm checking CCO regularly for those open dates. > > Afterwards, I had the pleasure of hooking up with groupstudy regular Larry > Letterman. Larry - thanks for the tour - it was impressive. I was reminded > of exactly why I got into the tech business in the first place - the desire > to do things like you are doing, important things, things that keep > businesses competitive. You're doing a great job and I appreciate your > taking some time to show me what you're working on. > > well, another time. > > Back on the road again. > -- > TANSTAAFL > "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch" Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=58587&t=58587 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
