From: Mike M (mike_malan@yahoo.co.uk)
Date: Mon Mar 03 2008 - 18:04:06 ARST
Hi, all
I would say a "must" diagram to draw would be a
physical/L2 diagram.
This will allow you to quickly check ports, vlan and
trunking assignments. L2 is very important to building
the lab.
From someone who has sat and failed 4 times. Attempt
number 5 coming up.
Regards
Mike
--- Luan Nguyen <luan.m.nguyen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Try Netmasterclass scenarios. They have prettiest
> diagrams of all vendors
> :))
> If you have vlans spanning switches and they ask you
> to only allow
> appropriate vlans traverse the trunk links, then
> without a diagram, it would
> be extremely hard to do.
> if you have complicated bgp scenario, you'll need a
> diagram for bgp.
> if you have complicated multicast scenario, you'll
> need to draw it out. If
> something goes wrong, you could troubleshoot easier.
> Then again, it all depends on people. For me,
> drawing make sense.
>
> -lmn
>
> On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 12:00 PM, theKonqueror
> <thekonqueror@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I've solved around 18-20 labs so far from
> workbooks, but I never created
> > any
> > diagrams, just used what's provided with the
> workbook. Sometimes that
> > makes
> > me wonder, am I doing something wrong by not
> making diagrams?
> >
> > Although I finish the tasks properly and with
> expected results.
> >
> > Any advise on this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Rahul
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Scott Morris
> <smorris@ipexpert.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I would advise tracing the diagram they give you
> (quick 'n' easy for
> > those
> > > of us who can't draw!) and then putting
> everything you want/need on
> > there.
> > >
> > > L1 is important here only from a visualization
> standpoint. There won't
> > be
> > > any L1 faults to worry about or recabling to do.
> but sometimes the fact
> > > that a router plugs IN to Cat1 yet shares an Ip
> subnet with Cat4 seems
> > to
> > > vex some people. :) So do whatever is
> necessary, just do it quickly!
> > >
> > > I'm a big fan of the L3 diagrams though because
> I always like more
> > details
> > > that what seems to be supplied. Again, no
> points so make it fast, but
> > put
> > > whatever you need to make your brain work the
> most efficiently! If you
> > > gain
> > > speed in NOT rethinking things, you had
> definitely done well and not
> > > wasted
> > > your time!
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > >
> > >
> > > Scott Morris, CCIE4
> (R&S/ISP-Dial/Security/Service Provider) #4713,
> > > JNCIE-M
> > > #153, JNCIS-ER, CISSP, et al.
> > > CCSI/JNCI-M/JNCI-ER
> > > VP - Technical Training - IPexpert, Inc.
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> > >
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> > >
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> > >
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nobody@groupstudy.com
> [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > > Patrick Galligan
> > > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 8:43 AM
> > > To: Cisco certification
> > > Subject: Diagrams in the lab
> > >
> > > Hi group,
> > >
> > > I'm looking for some tips on diagrams in the
> lab.
> > >
> > > How do you do your diagrams in the lab?
> > >
> > > Do you redraw them all and make your own notes?
> eg. note where you are
> > > having to do redistribution, and where you are
> sending summaries etc.
> > > Do you draw a physical layer diagram, in
> particular for the switching
> > > topology?
> > >
> > > For real networks that I work on for customers,
> I do extensive diagrams
> > of
> > > physical, layer 2, and layer 3 topology, but
> these take a lot of time,
> > > which
> > > of course they get charged for :) I will often
> have more than 1 layer in
> > > each diagram but rarely all 3 layers since it
> gets too messy. I won't
> > have
> > > the luxury of time (or charging someone for my
> time!) in the lab so I'm
> > > wondering how best to do it to give me all the
> info I need quickly.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Patrick
> > >
> > >
>
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