From: Joe Rinehart (jjrinehart@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Oct 18 2004 - 15:14:09 GMT-3
Good point...
They have come a long way, when I started on this journey they just handed
you the final configs and it was kind of self scoring. The last go-round it
had gotten quite a bit more sophisticated, with a scoring mechanism that
would give you a better idea of how you actually did. There are some
shortcomings, though, since there are several ways to accomplish a task you
get marked off if you dont use the exact one in the answer key, which can
throw your score way off. In addition, sometimes it would miss things and
wasnt very intuitive. Keep in mind this is a free offering so there is some
limit to the functionality (including the fact that there is only 1 3550 on
the pod).
The cool thing that I personally found with the Netmaster stuff is that you
(per my previous post) can you into live routers in a web interface and look
at the routing tables, BGP table, interface, and all the down and dirty
stuff. I personally found that very helpful, as well as just being able to
look at the configurations. This has been great for me as I go through the
workbook, though I do notice there are some more graded labs available that
are more of the full court press kind of this (I think those are the
CheckIt, the tool I was talking about is ShowIt, I think I may have confused
that with my last post). I would guess that would be a good thing to hit
closer to the lab date. I lost my ISDN simulator last week (it was
borrowed) and can only do ATM but I can still do most of the stuff the labs
call for in the workbook. I am actually curious as to what everyone elses
experiences have been with this and other workbooks....
Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Seppeler" <Matt.Seppeler@InetX.com>
To: "Joe Rinehart" <jjrinehart@hotmail.com>; <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 10:34 AM
Subject: RE: Cisco Asset Labs
I don't consider one of them a full lab as one of them just focuses on
the Cat. 3550, about a 2-3 hour lab. They actually list them now as R&S
labs 1-8, the Cat. 3550 lab, and I believe about 4 or 5 Security labs.
Matt Seppeler
Email: mseppeler@inetx.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Rinehart [mailto:jjrinehart@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 11:46 AM
To: Matthew Seppeler; ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: Cisco Asset Labs
Arent there 9 labs now?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Seppeler" <Matt.Seppeler@InetX.com>
To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 8:33 AM
Subject: Cisco Asset Labs
> I'm sure most of you know about the Cisco Asset Labs. However, for
> those that don't, you might want to check this out. I just completed
> the 8 R&S labs they have gained some great lab practice, especially
for
> the price. They are free, provided your company is a partner with
> Cisco. They also have several Security labs that I've not had a
chance
> to take a crack at yet.
>
>
>
> Unfortunately, this may not apply for all on the distribution list.
But
> for those of you who work for a company that is a Cisco partner, I
would
> recommend that your contact your Cisco SE in signing you up for this
> rack time. You'll need to have your written passed and lab scheduled.
>
>
>
> Matt Seppeler
>
> Email: mseppeler@inetx.com
>
>
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