I'd enjoy passing the hurdle and getting past a horrible examination that has little to do with the lab or modern networking. Study hard for the tough part, and congrats. --- Nate Vanderschaaf wrote: > Since I realized I would never feel ready for the > CCIE, I figured the best > way to prepare for the CCIE written was to take it > once, try to get a feel > for the subject material, topics and format, then go > home, study anything > that was a total surprise, and take it again. ($300 > for the test, instead > of $3000 for a class). Trouble is, I passed the > test-- barely. I got a 70%, > the absolute minimum passing score. > > I realize the lab is challenging, and since it's at > least 6 months out for > me (full schedule in NC and CA), I'm trying to > figure out if there's a good > reason to retake the written. I did notice that you > need to submit your > score when logging in to the Lab scheduling system. > > > BTW, I thought the CCIE written was too easy and too > difficult at the same > time. I really don't see the need to have memorized > tons of TokenRing > bridging techniques in today's Ethernet world, but > concurrently, I would > have liked to be more challenged with OSPF and BGP > questions, things that > are critical to today's Internet world. I wonder > how many people on this > newsgroup realize that ARIN has allowed backbone > carriers to only advertise > /20 bits to BGP peers and how this threatens the > integrity of the 'net? > (Also hats off to uu.net for continuing on with /24! > Damn you sprint!) > > > Congratulations to anyone who has worked hard to > learn internetworking. > Certified or not. > > Nate Vanderschaaf [EMAIL PROTECTED] ===== Robert Padjen __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=9737&t=9737 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]