networker050184 wrote: » Sorry to hear it man. There is a comment section on the exam for each question. If you feel something was wrong with the question then you can leave a comment there. It doesn't stop your clock while you comment though.
Ryan82 wrote: » Also recommend checking out David Hucaby's blog for some additional study material for the exam: Ponder the Network (and other things)
Daniel333 wrote: » Sorry to hear about not passing. Personally I never go in expecting to pass the first time. Sometimes I take the exam to get a "Feel" for what I don't know. Sometimes I pass, sometimes I don't. But I am lucky the employer pays for it no questions. Do your best to replicate the switching labs you ran into right now. Go fire up your lab. Also, skim your book page by page. Highlight the concepts/question you saw and reread the sections. What did you do for training on your wireless btw? Something you already have experience with or lab at home? 650 says to me you didn't pass one of the labs. Generally those are highly valued. I bet you, you were one lab from passing. Next time you are in there, that lab will be 3 minutes instead of 30. You got this! Here is my challenge to you. I did this the other night with a 6 pack. Get your switches together, at least 4 of them. Fully mesh it with etherchannel. Add in, oh? 4-5 vlans. Set it up so it load balances at the core. Document it. Then set it so each switch it the root for each spanning tree instance. then ugprade your vtp version, mix up your VTP versions. See if you can break it. THEN upgrade to MST but all of 2 of your switches and place them in some random legacy modes RPVSP+?. Just screw around. Toss in some QoS for your workstation and limit everything else. Set a couple ports to authorize your workstations. and maybe unleash a DHCP attack against yourself. Capture the traffic while you do it with a span port. Just mix it all up, toss in the stuff you saw from the exam. If you can do all that from memory you are certainly on track.
tndfr wrote: » i am also contemplating buying Exam-Sim, but that makes me feel like a failure (not that i an not feeling that at the moment anyway) do you guys recommend buying this at all. i am literally kicking myself, when i was rushing though the questions, they all seemed so easy if i only had 30 seconds extra on each of them.... your advice is much appreciated.
creamy_stew wrote: » Don't spend 30 minutes on any one lab Remember, you get partial credit for each of the labs, so you don't have to fillfil all requirement to get some points on it. If you're struggling with a portion of a lab, your time is probably better spent on another question. Haven't taken switch, though.
tndfr wrote: » absolutely right, i remember when i was preparing for my CCNA exam two years ago everyone was telling me about this and the inability to go back and review questions, i completely forgot both golden rules! i am just labbing as crazy at the moment, luckily i have been blessed with plenty of kit to play with.
BroadcastStorm wrote: » You should nail this exam soon goodluck!!!
tndfr wrote: » thank you for your support, i have started going through FLG more thouroughly, it is quite good but not an easy read (compared to Hucaby's book) ! i will let you guys know of the outcome next week.
BroadcastStorm wrote: » Based on your inputs, make sure you're aware of the security features of L2/switching, then you're good to go, skip the one that you think you're already strong on FLG if you're booked in a few days. It wouldn't hurt to be comforatble with AAA implementation on switching, as well IP SLA, just to cover your bases, now the QoS/Multi-cast or preparing networ for advance services made me pull my hair when reading the FLG, it was rather hard...
tndfr wrote: » hi guys failed switch today with 650. spent 30min on one lab! the test was riddled with spelling mistakes and stuff that is inbelievably incomprehensible,
tndfr wrote: » i have managed to lab most thing for that topic: -IP SLA: i used the RTR command in my 3550 (does the same thing more or less, just different syntax) -AAA: setup radius server with Tekradius and freeradius -SNMP: PRTG for snmp traps and snmp get/set request covering v1 to v3 -Syslog: Kiwi -Switch security: multiple workstations, VM based -VACLs: same as above -DHCP snooping: send unsolicited DHCP offers using the pcap SDK and c# for most of the security stuff i managed to setup a span port, capture traffic with wireshark and resubmitt it via pcap library using c#, doing it this way i am able to simulate anything i want (switch, attacker, .1Q, .1P etc .....). i still need to be more confident with the design bit of the exam, FLG is amazing for that.
tndfr wrote: » spent 30min on one lab!
shednik wrote: » You'll need to contact Cisco support for the exam. I had the same experience as you and spent a good 20 mins on one of the sims. I didn't run out of time luckily so I barely missed the passing mark on the test. I had a drag and drop with two answers that were literally identical and I needed to use one of them. After opening a case with Cisco they reviewed and and I also let my systems engineer at cisco know about how bad the test experience was. He sent a few emails off vouching for me and I ended up with the confirmation that they found the issues I reported and are working to fix them. I also was given a voucher to re-take the exam, so I picked up an ebook of the foundations guide and am going through the sections I didn't score well on so I can hopefully still do well even with the crappy questions. hope this helps joe
nicklauscombs wrote: » having just taken the SWITCH exam yesterday I can venture to guess we got similar SIM questions.... and yes the one you probably spent 30 minutes on had a LOT of configuration hoops to jump through... good luck on your next attempt though. i definitely think this exam was a lot tougher than ROUTE.
