Thanks Tyson. I have around a couple of months before my next attempt and I
guess that's gives me a lot of time to improve my speed.
Regards,
Mohammed Gazzaz
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Subject: RE: [OSL | CCIE_Security] Time management and speed
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:30:58 -0400
Mohammed,
One big thing that really improves my speed and accuracy is
putting all the stuff I can type out by heart in notepad. I create the
majority of my configurations in notepad prior to ever getting on the
router. The reason for this is when I make typos for example it is easier
to fix a small typo in a line in notepad and re-paste it then to re-type the
same line three times for small mistakes. Also using aliases to make
commands much simpler. My recommendation is any command that doesn’t
come by heart or that you type over and over throughout the lab I put an alias
so I don’t have to exit from config mode to run the show commands that I
use frequently.
So here is an example of my aliases
alias exec s show run
alias exec c config t
alias exec si show run interface
alias exec srs show run | section
alias exec srb show run | begin
alias exec sri show run | include
alias exec sio show ip ospf
alias exec sie show ip eigrp
alias exec zp show policy-map type inspect zone-pair
alias exec sck show crypto isakmp
alias exec sci show crypto ipsec
alias exec cck clear crypto isakmp
alias exec ccs clear crypto sa
alias exec sir show ip route
alias exec siib show ip interface brief
alias exec sib show ip bgp
alias exec di debug crypto ipsec
alias exec dk debug crypto isakmp
some people do stuff like sion for show ip ospf neighbor but
just using sio I can still type “sio neigh” or “sio inter”
or “sir ospf”.
People either hate aliases or they love them. Don’t
use too many. My list is probably a little long. Just make sure you
keep them in a notepad so that you can remove them at the end of the lab.
I will say that I finished my R&S Lab 3 hours early so I
have always been a big advocate of them.
All of these seem to be commands that I am constantly using when
working on Labs and it greatly reduces the time it takes me to do testing and
check my configurations by decreasing the amount of text I am typing each time.
The same reason text messengers use LOL HTH etc etc. It is all time
saving.
Regards,
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From:
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On Behalf Of Mohammed Gazzaz
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 11:41 AM
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_Security] Time management and speed
Thanks Shawn for your informative reply.
Maybe I was lucky but my OEQs were easy and I got 100%. I don't like them
either because it is like a lottery; it depends purely on luck. What can we do
is to study and hope to get easy questions next time.
"1.read the exam
2.reorganize the exam so
that I make sure to complete the dependent tasks first. For example, if you
have an inline IDS, probably finish this section first as the rest depends on
this.
3.After you have
re-organized, identify the two tasks that are the most complex. Chances
are that other tasks do not depend on these tasks. Make sure to complete
these tasks last. If you wiz past the easy stuff and only have 2 tasks
left, this will boost your confidence immensely. I think this will actually
help complete the complex tasks even more quickly. There is no worse feeling
then being stuck on the hardest task earlier on for 3 hours, and only
having an hour or 2 to complete the rest of the exam."
I used the same approach but sometimes things don't go smoothly
My biggest concern is speed and not having enough time to review my
configurations. After each question, cisco asks us to dome some pings or telnet
to verify the solution. I did this and verified my answers and every test I did
was correct.
For example, in the the VPN section, I solved 3 questions but got 0. I don't
know why and I did exactly what cisco told me and verified my answers by doing
the required tests in each question.
I guess I just need to do more labs to improve my speed so I can have enough
time for verification.
Regards,
Mohammed Gazzaz
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To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [OSL | CCIE_Security] Time management and speed
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:10:32 -0600
I did the following:
1.read the exam
2.reorganize the exam so
that I make sure to complete the dependent tasks first. For example, if you
have an inline IDS, probably finish this section first as the rest depends on
this.
3.After you have
re-organized, identify the two tasks that are the most complex. Chances
are that other tasks do not depend on these tasks. Make sure to complete
these tasks last. If you wiz past the easy stuff and only have 2 tasks
left, this will boost your confidence immensely. I think this will actually
help complete the complex tasks even more quickly. There is no worse feeling
then being stuck on the hardest task earlier on for 3 hours, and only
having an hour or 2 to complete the rest of the exam.
I have also tried twice for
my exam.
The first time I did not
even finish, the second time I failed on my core knowledge. I think I would
have passed (if it were not for the core knowledge) as I got 100% on 4
sections, and 67% on the rest. The thing that helped me the most was working on
my troublesome areas (like vpn). I knew the material, but I was referencing the
docs to often. I basically setup small mini labs with 3 routers and one
firewall, and rebuilt the lab every time. I would just perform one small
configuration each time, like setup dmvpn. Then I would do it again with a
twist, like dmvpn with certs. I kept doing this over and over. This helped a
great deal, as the second time around, I noticed I did not reference the docs
much at all.
Now it feels like I am back
to studying for the written exam due to the core knowledge section. I
personally do not feel like the core knowledge is beneficial in any way. I have
already passed the written, and the lab will weed out brain dumpers. Just on a
side note, I was very confused as I always received 0% on my core knowledge. I
thought this meant I did not answer any question correctly, but the score
actually
reflects a pass or fail on the core knowledge. I will probably end up studying
so hard for the core knowledge, I will forget all the technical stuff and fail
on that next time. I am starting to despise the person who thought it would be
a good idea to invent this CCIE cert ;)
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mohammed
Gazzaz
Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 7:24 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [OSL | CCIE_Security] Time management and speed
Hello,
How do I improve my Time management and speed? I lost some points in my last
two attempts because I didn't have time to verify my answers. I had only 10 or
5 minutes and that was not enough.
I don't know how people manage to finish 2 hours earlier. What is the secret?
doing more labs?
What about using a stopwatch to help me with this thing?
Regards,
Mohammed Gazzaz
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