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On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 9:35 PM, Aaron O'Conner <[email protected]> wrote:
> Greetings everyone! I have been a silent candidate for 6 months now, and
> enjoy reading through some of the problems on here. I wanted to get ideas
> on the lab.
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> I have my lab scheduled in about a month, and I’m feeling pretty good to
> this point. (first time)
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> I had several questions for people that have taken the lab before, or that
> may know.
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> 1. Is any part of the lab heavy in routing? Do I need to study
> routing protocols hardcore before the lab? I have held more security roles
> (i.e access-lists, security zones, etc) and I’m not very knowledgeable on
> the routing side. From what I have been doing in the mock labs, routing is
> pretty much already configured, or you just have to do basic routing which
> I’m pretty familiar with.
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You need to know the concepts. The following are the things that you
should be strong with respect to lab:
Redistribution between EIGRP, OSPF and RIP
Authentication for EIGRP, OSPF and RIP
BGP - ttl security, ebgp multihops, across ASA (decremting ttl and
disabling randomizing TCP sequence numbers, RTBH - Remote Trigger Black
hole)
> 2. GET VPN, and DMVPN. I have had limited exposure to both of
> these. I have had a chance to do these via IPexpert mock labs, and
> understand the concepts. Is there a good source to really get a
> understating of how these work?
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My suggestion is do vol 1 labs and vol 2 mock labs. Go through the CCIEs
docs for DMVPN and GETVPN. Know how to bring them across ASA.
> 3. Documentation. I read that you get to use the doc cd, and I have
> been using cisco.com to look up examples etc. Will this be the same type
> of examples during the lab? How heavy can we lean on this during the lab? I
> know we cannot rely entirely on the doc (or cisco website)
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If you are confident over CCIE docs and do all the mock labs, then I
feel that is enough. You will not have enough time to surf the docs during
the lab. They should be just used for reference but should not be relied
on totally.
> 4. Are the mock labs that I am doing via IPexpert harder, or about
> the same as what the lab will hit me with?
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Harder
> 5. Any other things that I should know before taking the lab?
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> Have a strategy and use them during your mock labs, use the same in your
> lab. Try to finish the mocks well within time. Time management is the key.
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> Thanks to everyone in advance for reading, and your responses.
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> Aaron
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