> By the time you are actually ready to pass the lab, you will probably
> be able to complete the lab in under
> 8 hours with or without aliases.
>
> Create yourself goals and work to them.
>
> Example:
>
> Read the whole lab (about 17-25 pages with diagrams) - Figure about
> 15-30 minutes - you may want to draw diagrams or create lists with
> areas for points to mark off as you progress.
>
> Frame Relay: 10-15 minutes with verification
>
> Switching: 20-25 minutes with vertifcation
>
> IGPs: (RIP/EIGRP/OSPF/ODR/IPv6) 30-60 minutes with verification
> (includes like filtering and summarizations as well)
>
> ================================================
> Usually this should be done within about the 2nd hour or so and any
> "issues" if you have any should also be completed by this time.
> ================================================
> A 3-5 minute quick TCL script for routers and a macro for switches
> will quickly enable you to verify full connectivity. Sometimes you
> may or may not wish to include BGP in this step - so you could wait a
> bit and do it after BGP.
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> BGP: 30-60 minutes with verification (assume 10-15 minutes to
> configure any iBGPs and eBGP neighboging relationships and the bulk of

> the time to work on whatever real problems you may be asked to perform

> or solve).
>
> Multicast: 20-30 minutes with verification (enable pim
> 3-5 minutes, figure out what they are asking and solve the problem)
> ===============================================
>
> Right about now you may want to reload your routers and run your
> TCL/MACRO scripts again - just so you know where you are.
>
> If you started at or about 7:30am - it should be around 11am or 11:30
> about now...
>
> If you are not here and your head is not clear - your chances of
> passing are probably rapidly diminishing.
>
> I'd say at this point, you would have completed some 60-70% of your
> exam and this is probably where you are feeling either very relieved
> or very stressed and the world is closing in on your very, very
> fast...
>
>
> ***********************************************
> About time for Lunch
> 30 Minutes
>
> If you look at yourself and you are as pale as the corpses around you,

> start thinking about what you are going to tell everyone about how you

> almost past the lab this time but you failed on some 5-6 point
> non-essential task. They will comfort you.
>
> If you are wide-eyed and bushy-tailed wondering what your favorite
> selection of alcohol might be to celebrate and where you are finally
> going to go in Hawaii snce you finally tamed the beast - you are in
> pretty good shape.
>
> In either event, you need to have taken a look at any security, ip
> miscellaneous tasks, and qos items so that you are thinking about how
> you are going to approach them when you get back in the ring.
>
> Remember at this point, you have probably 10-20 points needed to pass
> but you want to treat each one like it is the one that will put you
> over the edge, finally.
> ***********************************************
>
> Re-run the scripts again - sanity checks are nice and if they worked
> before they will now as well. Double check everything - since this
> was probably 60-70% of the exam and likely the easist part so far -
> why lose
> 2 or 3 points here and there because you assumed something...
>
> So you get back in the ring and you have about 4 hours left - choose
> wisely, but do not forget the DOC Cd if you do get stuck and ask the
> proctors about anything in the qos or security you still do not
> understand or may have mis-interpretted.
>
> Don't make hasty changes that might break your work so far.