Big day tomorrow

malcybood

Hey,

I sit the 640-801, my first attempt@10AM tomorrow which is actually only 12 hours away for me now as I'm in the UK!

I've gone through sybex book one last time to take short hand notes of the "niggly" pieces of info I keep forgetting and just gona take a couple of tests from the ciscopress flashcards and hopefully I will be posting back tomorrow with a pass

Any last minute tips?

Malc

Webmaster

Good luck!

mikej412

Good Luck!

malcybood wrote:

Any last minute tips?

Other than get plenty of tonight....

.... watch your time management on the exam -- no more than 10 minutes per Sim.

.... read the question and all the answers completely, and then reread the question again before selecting the answer.

malcybood

Thank you guys, I'm off to catch some zzzzzzz's now then

Cheers

Malc

janmike

Good luck!

APA

Good luck mate

laup

Tip make sure u know access lists, and know your way round a switch flawlessly mate i cant stress that enough.

spicc7

Best of luck!

malcybood

Bad news guys, I failed with 758! quite about it to be honest

I don't know what happened, I clicked start and was presented with an Access List sim as my first question and just froze.....then I found my time management was all out and was rushing questions

I'm totally gutted as I know that I know the material, I just got the exam jitters I think. Will probably re-sit in a couple of weeks

The guy that mentioned knowing your way around a switch flautlessly, you're not kidding......switches and access lists are where my mind blanked!

optimus

Just stay the course. Practice up on simulations..... Access lists, routing, etc. Retake in a month. Not everyone passes the first time, so it certainly is nothing to be embarrased about. I know about a CCIE that did not even pass the CCNA the first time. It can be a little disheartening, but overall, no biggy.

remyforbes777

Does the sim do tab completion the same as a switch?

laup

malcybood wrote:

Bad news guys, I failed with 758! quite about it to be honest

I don't know what happened, I clicked start and was presented with an Access List sim as my first question and just froze.....then I found my time management was all out and was rushing questions

I'm totally gutted as I know that I know the material, I just got the exam jitters I think. Will probably re-sit in a couple of weeks

The guy that mentioned knowing your way around a switch flautlessly, you're not kidding......switches and access lists are where my mind blanked!

Mate thats why i said. i got an acces list one and spent good 20 mins on that did it like 5 times over to make sure it was right. 3 questions later switch sim i was then left with 43 questions and 30 mins left good job i didnt have nomore sims after that.

malcybood

Optimus,

Thanks for the encouragement, I'm determined to knock this one out and know where I need to tune my knowledge/memory so hopefully next time

remyforbes777 wrote:

Does the sim do tab completion the same as a switch?

It said in the exam tutorial the tab wasn't supported but it was for some commands and wasn't for some. I'd say know the full commands incase

Ed Rooney

I don't want to let on too much about the exam, but any sim offers you a way to check your work. I just about clicked next before I realized that I could open web browsers and check access.

malcybood

Ed Rooney wrote:

I don't want to let on too much about the exam, but any sim offers you a way to check your work. I just about clicked next before I realized that I could open web browsers and check access.

I did notice this in a later sim

mattipler

Hard luck Malc... Stick with it mate. I won't be far behind you... should be taking mine in 3 - 4 months.

carveone

I realized that I could open web browsers and check access.

Failed too today . Didn't know you could check access. Didn't have time to be honest. The access lists are quite interesting. Blind adherence to the "extended access lists are applied nearest the source" rule is not a plan.

The exam is evil frankly even though I got 835. I was totally gutted too. Sniff.

No tab completion. Use ? everywhere in access lists and it walks you through. I thoroughly agree with "know switches inside and out". Oh boy they aren't kidding. Really. Find a switch and know how to discover everything about it, including other switches that you don't have access too.

I asked - everyone runs out of time. I put some hints in the "Passed" thread just near this one. I can't (and don't) tell you anything about the exam though.

Conor.

flyingtrapeze

The exam is evil frankly even though I got 835. I was totally gutted too. Sniff.

I took it two weeks ago. Was freaked out by the ACCESS LIST Sim then had to **** the Switch Sim in order to complete the exam with 1 min left.

835 score like yours. Retaking 2nd time in 48 hrs after a 2 wks break.

The web browsers on the PCs can help to validate the ACL.

I got given a 48 port switch about a month ago (broken MII). In a Sim when you type "sh int" and it just scrolls with lots of interfaces, can be a shock.

Over prepare, don't panic, good luck

Sam

seraphus

Success!

mikej412

seraphus wrote:

Success!

Is that for the rematches? Or did I miss a good news post in here?

Did anyone check their horoscope for today (er, yesterday)? Maybe it just wasn't a good day for exams.

Don't let it bother you... and kick some exam a** next time.

malcybood

Thanks for the feedback and encouragement everyone.

I plan to take it within the next couple of weeks but I'm not telling anyoe when lol....When I've passed it I'll update you all

djmd

malcybood wrote:

Thanks for the feedback and encouragement everyone.

I plan to take it within the next couple of weeks but I'm not telling anyoe when lol....When I've passed it I'll update you all

Good luck! Don't worry, more than half of first-timers failed. I scored 796 the first time and got it the second time.

One piece of advice for the sims - don't forget that you can telnet from one router to another. Forgetting this simple thing cost me a sim and almost put me under 849 on my second time around.

DirtySouth

Sounds like you guys had some VERY similar sims like the one I took just last week. I was glad to see the ? worked! Don't lose hope, guys. Give it some time and try again.

Good Luck!

malcybood

djmd and Dirtysouth, thanks for the advice guys. Been doing STP and ACL's galore yesterday and today and I'm gona kick this exam's ass on my second attempt

Cheers
Malc

flyingtrapeze

got mine 923 today
celebrating this weekend

malcybood

flyingtrapeze wrote:

got mine 923 today
celebrating this weekend

Brilliant, well done mate

Hopefully not too far behind you

Malc