From: theKonqueror (thekonqueror@gmail.com)
Date: Mon Mar 03 2008 - 15:45:05 ARST
Guess I should give making diagrams a try. I purchased bunch of color pens
few months ago for diagrams, but never opened the packet :P
Maybe for Mock lab I've scheduled for tomorrow...
Thanks for the information guys.
-Rahul
On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:00 PM, Scott Vermillion <scott_ccie_list@it-ag.com>
wrote:
> If you don't need them, good on you! You probably have one of those
> highly
> organized minds and you don't give this sort of thing a second thought.
> Chaos minds such as my own demand a little more order. One thing I have
> found particularly helpful is to color-code iBGP differently than eBGP.
> The
> next-hop behaviors (etc) are different and sometimes a properly coded
> drawing helps that to jump off the page at you. As I have said elsewhere,
> it's unlikely to help you get any point you wouldn't otherwise get (either
> you understand next-hop behaviors (etc) or you don't), but it can help to
> save time when you're under duress and not thinking clearly...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> theKonqueror
> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 10:00 AM
> To: Scott Morris
> Cc: Patrick Galligan; Cisco certification
> Subject: Re: Diagrams in the lab
>
> 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,
> >
> >
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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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