best of luck
i like the quote
There are only "pass" and "no pass".
> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:04:23 +0200
> Subject: Re: [OSL | CCIE_Security] I did not pass
>
> Hi Jimmy,
>
> Thanks for sharing your experience... I will pass the lab exam next
> Thursday... I'm afraid to meet the same problems...
>
> Best regards,
>
> Guillaume BAZIRE
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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] De la part de Jimmy Larsson
> Envoyé : mercredi 14 juillet 2010 19:46
> À : [email protected]
> Objet : [OSL | CCIE_Security] I did not pass
>
> I did not pass the test today.
>
> I just left Brussels after my first take on the CCIE Security lab. I made a
> list of tasks and marked each item as it was configured. My sum total was
> 78p. (100 is max, 80 is passing score). I am not 100% sure that all checked
> tasks was correct so I expect a somewhat lower score. Score report will
> probably be available later tonight.
>
> So, what happened? I Showed up early, 7:40 and was escorted to the lab room
> together with 6 other candidates. We had a lunch break that I can barely
> remember anything from and all of a sudden it was 5pm and time to leave.
>
> The first hour I did all preparations. Diagram, task list, lab reading and
> all that. After 1:30 I had the basic l2-l3 setup with ASAs and IPS. I got
> kinda stuck at the same point as so many times before: understanding the
> topology, get a feeling about what part of the network should work like what
> and where the boundaries are. Which addresses should be hidden and which
> should be universal routable. Doing a few mistakes with that costed me at
> least an hour to troubleshoot and fix what I killed by mistake.
>
> The self confidence was way low when it was time for lunch. After having
> serving to eat (a hamburger, but I honestly don't remember what else was on
> that plate!) I decided to do some cherry-picking. Selecting and gaining the
> easies points in the work book always do miracles to your mind! I summarized
> the task list and found that I had cleared about 70p!
>
> The last hour or 2 I just tried my best to get as many of the remaining
> points as possible.
>
> When I left I had the following list of uncleared tasks:
>
> * 2 individual tasks within the same technology. I definitely know what to
> study for the next attempt! I tried them both bud left them unfinished after
> I spent way too much time on them. These could have pushed me over the line!
>
> * one task worth 5 (or so) points. I left it untouched because I realized how
> much work it would have taken. If I had more Time at the end I'd probably
> fixed it.
>
> * one 3p task that I immediately saw that I had no idea how to solve. I could
> have done this as well if I had more time.
>
> Conclusion: I wasn't prepared enough. I need to speed up my workflow even
> more and focus on configuring a few specific technologies over and over with
> different tweaks.
>
> Oh. And the OEQ;s. My worst nightmare came thru: I got 2 hard questions. Now
> when I think about them I am quite sure that I nailed them. But they are
> EVIL!
>
> I am SO focused on getting this done. I can hardly get on the plane back to
> Sweden, I just wanna have one more attempt on it right now!
>
> Out of those other candidates I met today there was none that was confident
> with their result. At least 3 blew it for sure. One candidate lost ALL
> configs when doing a reload the last 30 minutes.
>
> While of course feeling a bit sad and worthless today I keep telling myself
> that there would probably be noone except for me at my company that would
> pass this test.
>
> I keep repeating Markos words: there are no failures when it comes to the
> CCIE lab exam. There are only "pass" and "no pass".
>
> Wait and see, I'll be back!
>
> Skickat från min iPhone
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