I didnt have the energy to post last night so here goes…… I spent last night working on Lab 5. What i have decided to do as of yesterday is to go back over all the Frame Relay, RIP & EIGRP labs that i can from now till July 31st. I feel that i have been making some simple mistakes, and need to step back and hone some skills that by now i thought were good. I noticed that as i complete a certain technology and move away from it, rustiness on that technology kicks in. Old age, maybe, working for a non Cisco company definitely has a lot to do with it. Thus my goal for the next two weeks is to crush FR, RIP & EIGRP. So thats the game plan there for now. I completed lab 5 last night ( IEBW ), actually i only worked the fore mentioned technologies, made a mistake on the Kvalues, i knew what was wanted for the command but i didnt think through on how to configure the solution. Overall i did well, the questions asked were not tough at all, accept for the K value and well i know where i am with K values. I need to revisit this aspect. Luckily i have my Cisco Networking Academy account that i can access and look at a through breakdown of the K5 values. I highly recommend getting one and using it, the pictures work wonders for me.
I know this might have been better said at the beginning, but anyone reading this can get the gist of what i am doing & that is I am drilling the core stuff so it becomes second nature for me. I have roughly 3 plus months before i go for the lab. I dont feel any pressure at this time, but i know once October rolls around then its going to be wreaking havoc on my mind. Last night i went back over to ardenpackeers website and grabbed his study method. Thanks Arden, if there is any copyright infringement on my part then i apologize to you. I had been using the process on checking my work solely through the doc cd. MY proficiency on using the doc cd is getting better. I still dont like getting broked links ( yes i misspelled that on purpose ) but oh you live with what you get.
http://www.internetworkexpert.com/ is running their $99 special on their mock labs. Kudos to cciepursuit for posting about that. As soon as i saw that, a couple of lab dates were purchased in my name. I though best to set my dates for the end of August ( 31st ) & September 6th since both those days fall on a weekend. I plan on giving myself a week in between both tries to see where i am at. I havent used IEBW mock labs before but have heard some rave reviews, i will probably purchase a few more dates before their special runs out, but for now i would like to see how i fare with their labs. I feel that late September i will be going at the CCIE Assessor labs.
Ok well thats for it now. I think i did enough writing for the day, time to get back to work. I need to crunch out some serious labs tonight and tomorrow during the day. Saturday night, one of my ( i used to refer to her as a spinster ) cousin is getting engaged so i will be occupied with that. But i know where my mind will be and its with Dynamips and the IEBW workbook. Hmm, i think once i pass the lab a poem will need to be written for their work. Guys dont blush, its all in good fun. Lastly congrats to Antonie who passed his CCIE R/S, congrats to you my friend.
