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Blog: 10 Days to go…Last Mock Lab Done!

“Knowing is not enough. We must apply.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

I just finished Mock Lab 7 which is the hardest of the Mock Labs. I should probably rephrase that…it is the Mock Lab with the highest difficulty rating. I actually thought this one was easier than Mock Lab 4 (which is the spawn of satan! lol). I answered everything. There were plenty of tricky questions but each question was fairly independent of the others so if you stuffed one up, it didn’t really effect any other question. Couple of things I had to figure out because I had never done before, but that is where the DocCD really helped.

Blog: Mock Lab 4 is the spawn of Satan!

Mock Lab 4 is the spawn of Satan! lol.

*sigh*. I know I stuffed that one up. I just finished it. Didn’t have much time to check anything. I got full connectivity, and answered most things. I think I got something fundamentally wrong in the IGP section. I got to the end, and i was utterly exhausted. I’m sure I made mistakes, but I will see how it goes.

Blog: CCIE Assessor Lab A

I just finished my CCIE Assesor Lab A. I got 72%. I have mixed feelings about this one. The script looks for very specific answers but it gave you a fantastic insight on what Cisco is looking for in terms on configuration and how they mark your exam….

Mock Lab 6 Analysis - RIP Summary Address and Default Routes

I ran into this strange problem while doing Mock Lab 6, and I thought it warranted an article because it highlights why the order of operations that IOS performs certain tasks is important.

Blog: 23 days to go….Mock Lab 6 Done!

I finished Mock Lab 6 yesterday. I think i did better than the last mock lab. Going through the solution guide this morning, i got a few things wrong. Most of these were really stupid errors that I’m gonna blame on my brain being mush at around the 6 hour mark. 8 hours is still a killer for me to sit down in one stretch. I was reading on Slashdot the other day how scientists are using brain performance enhancing drugs…my first thought was “Where do i get some?! That would really help studying for a CCIE!” lol.

Multicast: What is the difference between an igmp filter and an igmp access-group?

After doing IE Mock Lab 5, and analyzing it over the last few days, I had an epiphany with regards to an igmp filtering question. The question required you to limit users joining a certain multicast group, and also place a limit on how many groups users in that vlan can join. I immediately thought “Oh cool, no problem ip igmp access-group with a standard access list, and an ip igmp limit and we are good to go! This stuff is easy”. Brrr! Wrong! :)

Blog: 40 days to go…

Well, I completed my first Mock Lab (IE Mocklab 5) last night. The Mock Lab was great and did just what I wanted it to do: push me just that little bit harder than I was used to. It definitely got me out of my comfort zone. It was rated an 8, which is supposed to be harder than the actual lab. This is a little comforting, because I didn’t do as well on it as I’d hoped.

Blog: 68 Days to Go….

After reading through the fantastic (and inspirational!) CCIE in 3 months blog I’ve decided I need to get more organised. His post on his dynamips environment contained something that literally caused me to sit up and say “now why the heck haven’t i been doing that!”. In the post is a picture of a pdf file, that he fills out after each and every lab that he completes to grade himself.