a question of "over-configuring"

From: John Matus (john_matus@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Jun 15 2005 - 16:04:55 GMT-3


Many times I encounter more than one way to configure something according to
a task....

and it leaves me wondering "should i do both things, or should i
just do the basic thing....

for instance:

for security, ensure that rip updates are only sent to neighbor 1.1.1.1.

well, you can do the basic:
router rip
pass int s0/0
neighbor 1.1.1.1

and you can do something like

ip access-list exteded rip
permit udp any host 1.1.1.1 eq rip
deny udp any any
permit ip any any

int s0/0
ip access-group rip out

and likewise if you have to configure something like rsvp or wred or rtp,
you need to enable "fair-queue", BUT, should you just do
"fair-queue" or,
"fair-queue 64 256 2 ?

would you get busted on the lab exam for these examples of
"over-configuring" a requirement? is this a good idea? any thoughts?



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