From: Hansang Bae (hbae@xxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Thu Oct 04 2001 - 12:01:40 GMT-3
At 07:28 PM 10/3/01 -0700, Jay Hennigan wrote:
>This may be as significant with the one-day exam, but FWIW I did not use
>aliases in the lab nor did I use them on my practice lab.
>My reasoning is that in the old-style two day lab your troubleshooting
>is likely to be on a different network. If you look at the alias lists
>suggested here you'll see that they're primarily show and debug commands.
When I got to the troubleshooting section, I didn't bother putting in the
alias commands again. But I don't quite see how using an alias diminishes
your capacity to troubleshoot (as others have stated).
Bottom line is.. I'm very lazy by nature. So the prospect of typing "sho
ip bpg neigh" vs " bn" is a no brainer for me. And as you note, typing in
the same global commands it easier when you cut&paste.
>If you become accustomed to your favorite alias lists, you'll come to
>rely on them.
But they are *just* some commands. It's not like I'm suggesting you change
the ospf network type or anything. I guess it's a matter of personal
taste. I'm a very fast typist (over 70-80WPM) but I tend to mstype the
same words over and over and over. So using an alias helps me calm down a
bit.
Editor's Note: We're talking about the CCIE lab here. And time
management. During my second attempt, I had nothing but time. In fact I
had 3 plus hours to doublecheck everything on the first day. Day two AM
was completed within the first hour. But I *didn't* know I was going to
have that much time to spare. The memories of my first attempt was
haunting to say the least. So if spinning around in circles three times
before typing calms me down, that's just as effective as using
aliases. But again, it just comes down to personal preference.
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