From: Joseph Saad (joseph.samir.saad@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Oct 29 2007 - 00:01:30 ART
I wonder if having a physical topology that never changes or 300 labs that
always use the same topology or 2000-page books without a single error would
help any one.
We, human, learn from our mistakes - mostly.
I am against 100% error-free books. Because it is when we stumble over
something we learn lessons. It will also discourage people from doing it
themselves. The research process in GS, or the Vendors Forum or Cisco
Website (DocCD or whatever) is what enriches the learning experiience.
I would Never have this 100% trust in a single book unless I have labbed it
up over and over again and things work consistently.
As my manager says "Clarity comes out of confusion". And if you are not
confused first, you'll not that you are actually clear now :-)
I wouldn't mind few inconsistencies for the larger benefit of learning and
understanding.
My 2 cents.
Joseph.
On 10/29/07, Brian Dennis <bdennis@internetworkexpert.com> wrote:
>
> Kevin,
> The only possible physical changes would be about 3 or 4 of the
> switching labs that are referencing additional device connections but
> it's nothing major. It'll only take me 15 minutes to adjust those labs
> so that there isn't any confusion. I'll upload the changes later tonight.
>
> That being said when you get past the switching section you are
> required to build the layer 2 topology without being told what to do ;-)
>
> Brian Dennis, CCIE4 #2210 (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/SP)
> bdennis@internetworkexpert.com
>
> Internetwork Expert, Inc.
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>
> Phillips, Kevin wrote:
> > My co-worker and I are both using the same program and had the same
> > questions about IEWB Vol 1 v4.1
> >
> > We had spent a lot of time setting up the physical lab as documented in
> > numerous locations but as we started to work through the WB we found
> > that the physical topology changes from exercise to exercise.
> >
> > I had actually just emailed ineternetworkexpert.com about this question
> > this past week and just got an answer back Friday evening.
> >
> > From the answer I got it is my understanding that IEWB Vol1 v4.1 is used
> > to fill in the gaps, yes the physical topology changes from exercise to
> > exercise and doesn't actually follow the true lab physical topology
> > until you get to IEWB Vol 2.
> >
> > IEWB Vol 1 if you walk through it builds upon the basics, where exercise
> > 1 is BGP peering and shows you the debug and what is actually going on
> > within the packets. The next exercises change the physical topology as
> > you build upon the basics.
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > Steven Hodgson
> > Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2007 11:15 AM
> > To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > Subject: Newb question about IEWB topology and labs
> >
> > I have searched the archives, but can't find the answer to this
> > question.
> >
> >
> >
> > I am just starting my studies and am using IEWB Vol 1 v4.1. Some of the
> > lab
> > questions show equipment to be directly connected but in the lab
> > topology
> > diagram they are not directly connected. This has me scratching my head
> > as
> > I thought the topology never changes. Can someone help shed some light
> > on
> > what I'm doing wrong?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Steve
> >
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