too bad. in production/client environments we will never face this much of trouble with infrastructure.
On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Michael Lipsey <[email protected]>wrote: > Today was my day. It sucked, primarily because I didn’t pass. > > > > The OEQs are what you have come to know. > > > > The troubleshooting section is more or less how Wendell described it. I > can’t really add much to it. > > > > The Lab configuration part – also, less of the same so to speak. I think > that it was a good mix of stuff doable in about 6 hours. Problem is you only > have 5.5 officially. > > > > Overall my thoughts are for the test I had; If I had known a couple of the > newer techs as well as I know say OSPF or EIGRP, I would have finished most > if not all the tasks. I don’t think I would have had much if any extra time > from it though. There is probably ‘just’ enough time to do what they give > you. > > > > The lab config part, well I think that in some respects it may be easier > but still – 5.5 hours is just not much time. Task points were summarized > more, instead of a few here and there for each task – it was points for the > section. I don’t really know what this means as far as grading is concerned. > > > > The biggest problem I had was the new GUI interface. It’s interesting, has > good points but for the most part I hate it compared to the v3 delivery. > > > > Let me repeat. I hate it. > > > > One of our proctors was Maurillio, I told him at lunch that I didn’t like > it. I didn’t say I hated it though but the more I think about it the more I > do. > > > > If we had two monitors things I think would be better. Still, the monitors > they have are 24 freakin inches – you would think that would be big enough > but it isn’t. The primary diagram takes most of it up. When you open the > ‘questions’ pop up which describes what you are supposed to do it covers up > the diagram. Both windows are too big to be seen on a 24” monitor at the > same time. So you have to play with the windows the entire freaking lab so > that you can refer to the documentation, the questions and your secure CRT > sessions. > > > > Seriously, I spent more time moving windows around in the first 2 hours > that I finally just drew out my diagrams and was done with it. If you’re > going for your lab any time soon, prepare for the suck. > > > > There are 2 ways to solve this problem. Go back to the old delivery or give > the candidates more monitor real estate. > > > > It is just ridiculous that the GUI is so problematic. The easiest fix I > think is to provide 2 monitors (and a free attempt for me to make up for my > significant frustration). > > > > -Mike > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > -- Tharindu Rukshan Bamunuarachchi
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