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Hey Joe, I seem to remember you telling me that EEK was the only way to get multipoint interface to fail once the remote DLCI went down. Should I have taken your word for it?
Don’t worry, I’ll make plenty of mistakes too and you can point them it.
On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 6:55 PM, Joseph Brunner wrote:
> That is probably the best answer or post on here in a long time Felix! > > Very very well said! > > Multiple workbooks! What’s next? Removing the 30 day fail period, > You can just go to rtp for a week and take the lab five times? > > > > —–Original Message—– > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of > Felix Nkansah > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2008 8:37 PM > To: Hobbs > Cc: kmoorman@gmail.com; ccielab@groupstudy.com > Subject: Re: which workbook are you using and why > > Hi Hobbs, > > First of all, using a vendor workbook or attending a vendor bootcamp is not > a prerequisite to taking the lab or passing it. I know of some CCIEs who > passed their labs through self-study and practice, and not through the use > of any workbooks (Brian Dennis of IE is a typical example). > > One thing you need to understand is that even though we call it a LAB, your > theory and understanding of networking concepts, technologies and their > interworking is tested much more than it appears on the outside. > > You want to be a good network engineer when going for the lab (to pass it > and also for your career). Most candidates go for the lab with ‘holes’ in > their networking knowledge. Thanks the labs are good at exposing these > holes. > > You could use a million workbooks from a million vendors, and if you still > dont seal the holes in your networking knowledge, you would still not pass. > > Granted, vendor workbooks are supposed to help you do so. If you come to > think of it, how many different ways could one be tested on frame relay? > It’s finite. > > So if you settle on a workbook from a vendor who teaches the technologies > well and passes you through all the numerous scenarious of FR setups and > configurations (in about 10+ labs) so that you fully master the concepts, > do > you think you’ve got to need a billion more workbooks before you can pass? > > As experiences show, the key to passing the lab is mastering the concepts > and gaining the hands-on exposure. Any SINGLE good vendor could help you > achieve that. > > Buy time to study and practice, rather than buying thousands of workbooks > and doing little study. And don’t think Reading is the same as Studying. Go > figure! > > Regards, > > Felix Nkansah, CCIE > > > Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Subscription information may be found at: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html > > > Blogs and organic groups at http://www.ccie.net > > _______________________________________________________________________ > Subscription information may be found at: > http://www.groupstudy.com/list/CCIELab.html
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