From: DougAtHome (dcalton@fuse.net)
Date: Mon Apr 28 2003 - 16:31:55 GMT-3
Another poster said the tool was SecureCRT. They actually set up an icon
for each router session, so you can have all windows open at once. Outside
of the notepad issue (which I am receiving universal notes saying it IS
there - I must have missed it somehow), I had no problems with the lab setup
actually.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roshan Chepuri" <roshanc@cisco.com>
To: "DougAtHome" <dcalton@fuse.net>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: Failed first attempt at RTP yesterday
> Hi Doug,
> Thanks for letting us know your experience at the lab. I am sure
> you will ace your next attempt.
> I have a question wrt the telnet software. Is the default windows
> telnet from start-->cmd--> telnet router allowed or are we supposed to use
> the one window Hyperterm software or whatever sw they have in the lab.
> I like to have all the windows open at a time...so I will have to
> change my habit if I am allowed to use some sw which opens only one
> window.
> Appreciate your comments in this regard,
> Thanks
> Roshan
>
> > I knew I was pushing it going in. In general, I don't feel like I was
too far
> > off, but I definitely need to get more comfortable with the newer
products and
> > technologies - as has been often suggested. In general, my biggest
problems
> > were fat fingers and calcification of the brain.
> >
> > One gripe I had was that the desktop is so locked down, that notepad was
not
> > available. I really use notepad a lot - both to generate base config
sweeps
> > and to help counter the brain calcification problem. That ommision and
the
> > pretty rudimentary telnet product available (whatever it is) made me do
more
> > typing of basic stuff than I would have cared to.
> >
> > On the positive side, my strategy going in was to review the entire test
> > first, write out shorthand each section, and at that time classify them
as
> > whether I knew how to do it off the top or not, and whether it was
testable or
> > not. My philosophy was to do the things that I knew how to do and could
test
> > first, then do the ones that I was less comfortable with but could test,
and
> > then work on the things I couldn't test. I admit I found it hard to
move on
> > two times when I was temporarily stumped on a config that didn't work
> > correctly. Next time, I SWEAR I am going to drop a failing config after
3
> > minutes and hit it again later after attacking an easy one first.
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