Wow Fawad. That doesn't sound like fun. I've been (accidentally) conditioning myself for that type of thing. I have some equipment in my garage that I access wirelessly, and my connection is horrible, so all command line goes in and out continuously. I was going to figure out how to improve the connection, but maybe leaving it as is might actually help prepare me :-)
On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Fawad Khan <[email protected]> wrote: > That's really tough luck Aaron. > I faced only one issue in RTP during my exam when the connection to lab > used to break at exactly 25 minutes o each hour and then it will restore > after 5 minutes. It happened 5 times but yes was a concentration breaker > and again frustration/anxiety builder. > > > On Monday, August 27, 2012, Jay McMickle wrote: > >> Man, that's rough Aaron. Sorry to hear! >> >> Regards, >> Jay McMickle- CCIE #35355 (RS), 3x CCNP (RS,Security,Design) >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Aug 27, 2012, at 6:59 AM, Aaron O'Conner <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I think it just depends on what URL it’s going to. I know that you >> have some config examples available, but if you try to browse to any other >> site it will be blocked. I had no issue with trying to pull up a site, but >> it would block them unless it was under certain categories that you said >> below. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> This last attempt I didn’t have any problem accessing the documentation >> site. However on my attempt about a year ago, I was not able to look up >> items I was supposed to get to. I told the proctor that the documentation >> website was not working and he said, “This happens sometimes, sorry.” I >> wouldn’t rely too much on the documentation, or the availability of it. >> You should only be looking at the site for reference anyway, and not >> complete config examples. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> With all that said, I must be attracted to things breaking during my >> lab. My attempt about a year ago, the fire alarm started going off in San >> Jose about 11:00am. Although we got an extra 30 minutes because of it, >> it’s a concentration breaker J. My last attempt a couple of weeks ago, >> my host computer was not working. I couldn’t use IDM to configure the IPS >> to get physical connectivity up. Then once they fixed it, I had issues with >> my IPS cabling. Three of the Gig ports where not hooked up physically to >> the switch. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> Good luck with your studies everyone.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Aaron**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* Ben Shaw [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Monday, August 27, 2012 7:04 AM >> *To:* Adil Pasha >> *Cc:* Aaron O'Conner; [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [OSL | CCIE_Security] Documentation Access in Lab**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Hi All >> >> I would agree that the path of documents under the Products section in >> the link above is available however I had a strange issue when I did my >> exam in San Jose a few weeks ago. >> >> I could access the Reference and Configuration Guides fine but whenever I >> tried to access the Configuration Examples and Technotes or the Feature >> Guides which are in the same location the CPU on my PC would spike and I >> couldn't do anything. The pages would only partially load and I would get >> the error message at the bottom of the IE window saying "Loaded with >> errors". We had to reboot my PC and after it was rebooted I had the same >> issue whenever I tried to access those documents under these sections so I >> ended up giving up and just focusing on the Reference Guides and >> Configuration Guides. >> >> I can't explain completely why this occurred but I can only think of two >> things: >> - Web/URL filtering is performed via software on the PC and it was this >> which was causing it to spike when I went to these pages and caused them to >> only partially load >> >> > > -- > FNK, CCIE Security#35578 > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com > > Are you a CCNP or CCIE and looking for a job? Check out > www.PlatinumPlacement.com >
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