From: Jonathan V Hays (jhays@jtan.com)
Date: Mon Aug 25 2003 - 16:21:36 GMT-3
Hi Mary,
First - would you PLEASE put a subject header in your posts to
groupstudy? Thanks. (It's a real pain for those of us who sort our posts
by thread).
This subject of whether to enter the MAC address as given in the test
booklet or to convert to noncanonical format (which is what DLSW uses)
comes up frequently. Here is a long, inconclusive thread from January of
this year:
http://www.groupstudy.com/archives/ccielab/200301/msg00015.html
Over the years that I've seen this pop up here, there has been no
conclusive answer on groupstudy. There are people who hold adamant but
polar views on the subject of 'to swap or not to swap'. I recently asked
a couple of CCIE instructors and they stated you should always just
enter the MAC address exactly as shown in the test booklet. But who
really knows except Cisco?
The proctor may give you a hint or may not, depending on what your
question is. If you ask "is this address in canonical or noncanonical
format?" you probably won't get a straightforward answer. My experience
with proctors (3 failed attempts and LOTS of questions) is that they are
much more helpful when they see you really understand the question well,
but just need very minor clarification on some point. Occasionally they
even give you a hint on what you are missing, if they see you are an
expert on the particular technology but have a small blind spot for some
nasty trick. But if they see you don't have a clue you will get nothing
out of them.
HTH,
Jonathan
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
mary john
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 8:24 AM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject:
Hello all,
In dlsw, when do we do mac-address reverse-bit swapping versus just
using
it?
ex)
dlsw icanreach mac-exclusive XXXX.XXXX.XXXX
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