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| binary 2004-02-10, 8:25 am |
| As above.
Thanks.
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| richhillkc 2004-02-10, 10:19 am |
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| PSEUDO 2004-02-11, 12:25 pm |
| Hi,
I took this exam on 2/9/2004 and failed, and a few random thoughts for
those interested:
1. There was one tricky question in redistribution from Classful to
Classless routing protocols, I still do not know the right answer, I
have to set up a lab environment to see the results. Mainly the gist
was that on the classless protocol side they used several masking
types on the same major network class(ClassA,B), and the connected
subnets on the classfull side was also the same major class. The
question was if full redistribution is in effect what networks will be
seen on the classfull side. The point here I think is that the
classfull side will apply the mask it sees on its connected interface
to all networks belonging to the same class. Correct me if I am wrong
here. Please give some feedback here.
2. Dignostic commands like sh ip ospf database / interface and so on,
might as well get these by heart, as there are a lot of questions
trying to trick you, do this for ospf, eigrp, is-is, and bgp.
3. I did not see any ipv6 questions.
4. NAT was simulation and 2 Way NAT, learn static nat, dynamic nat,
both ways.
5. OSPF in NBMA was repeated incessantly, and might as well have this
by heart.
6. Redistribution: this was all pervading, please have this mastered,
especially the commands that need subnets at the end.
7. Other simulation was a simple OSPF, but the wildcard was a little
bit more involved, and do not have typos in the simulator as I am not
sure if it takes the no version of the commands. Also, what is scary
here is that we do not know when to stop, do we configure interfaces
and so on, and the question is slightly vague.
8. BGP peering using loopback, get this right, especially whether the
update-source and what it refers to, typically the books show you what
statement to use, but the Paquet Cisco book did not explain this well
enough.
9. Books to use: I used the Paquet Cisco book with ISIS notes from
CiscoPress Website. It took several reads before I understood
everything. My gripes with the book: too long and takes a lot of time
to read and by the time you get to redistribution, most of ospf and
much else is faint in your memory.
10. There were 57 questions, and do not linger on the easy questions
as there will be plenty of material needing serious pondering
(considering the timeframe), my suggestion is to practise code writing
as that will be the key.
The other newer Clare Gough book looked real bad as far as
explanations go, but the practice test gave a few insights.
I want to know others' experience with Sybex. Also, newsgroup messages
giving tips are lacking, and hence my attempt to fill in this gap.
Again opinions above are mine alone, if I am wrong please correct me.
PS.
Also how many re-attempts make you unfit for this field? I feel like
an earlier post where the writer said that he would leave the field if
he does not pass, I feel like doing the same.
Please give some ideas on how I can improve my next attempt.
Prakash Parasuram
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| fran-cisco 2004-02-27, 11:26 am |
| pparasuram@yahoo.com (PSEUDO) wrote in message news:<12ab0fbf.0402110814.5ca0a6cc@posting.google.com>...
> 4. NAT was simulation and 2 Way NAT, learn static nat, dynamic nat,
> both ways.
ehm, i never heard something about "2 Way NAT", did you mean natting
statically and dynamically in the same time?
> Please give some ideas on how I can improve my next attempt.
i'll give you some on next tuesday!:-)
thankyou
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