From: Danny Cox (dandermanuk@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Mar 16 2007 - 06:05:37 ART
Thanks Brian
that's just the sort of view I was looking for.
I certainly don't want to lose points for not being tight in some manner
a'la passive interfaces and the like, where not specifically asked for, and
it's reassuring to hear your view.
many thanks
Danny
On 15/03/07, Brian McGahan <bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com> wrote:
>
> Danny,
>
> I would recommend the opposite. Look specifically at what the
> task is asking you to accomplish. Based on this do nothing more,
> nothing less. Typically you won't lose points for excess configuration,
> but at the same time you won't get extra points for good design,
> documentation, etc. If you spend too much time trying to design an
> optimal network you will most likely run out of time in the lab exam, or
> break something that wasn't part of the original problem in the first
> place.
>
>
> HTH,
>
> Brian McGahan, CCIE #8593 (R&S/SP)
> bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> Danny Cox
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 4:05 AM
> To: Cisco certification
> Subject: more strategies
>
> In the lab we can keep it simple, or keep it tight.
>
> It occurs to me, for example, that building a trunk between the switches
> could have its VLANs restricted easily enough with pruning and only
> allowing
> the set of VLANs in use. Another would be making all interfaces passive
> by
> default -especially with RIP and its classful network statements. These
> restrictions might not be asked for, but are good practice. So, I find
> myself wondering what sort of strategy to pursue.
>
> As I understand it, the lab marking scheme will highlight whether
> something
> works or not. On the other hand I gather that the assessor labs, at
> least,
> can be tighter than that, and highlight some things which don't
> fundamentally stop things working, so I'm curious whether you good folks
> have a view as to which approach to take.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> cheers
> Danny
>
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