From: Gary Duncanson (gary.duncanson@googlemail.com)
Date: Sat Apr 19 2008 - 08:55:27 ART
Patrick
Yes I think you are right. Im working on my timing of tasks at the moment
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Galligan" <pgalligan@gmail.com>
To: "Gary Duncanson" <gary.duncanson@googlemail.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 1:23 AM
Subject: Re: Switching
> On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Gary Duncanson
> <gary.duncanson@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> There are lots of switching points cumulatively, but as individual tasks
>> they are often not worth much.
>>
>> The problem is if your switching is poor you will screw the rest of the
>> lab. Probably.
>
> Well that will depend on what you're being asked to do. Having the
> wrong STP root, or not configuring MST when asked to is not
> necessarily going to mean things won't work. If you can't perform a
> task as requested, but you can make the topology work anyway, at least
> you will have connectivity and potentially only lose a small amount of
> points for the task you can't complete. My lab is in 3 weeks, I've
> worked a lot on getting full connectivity no matter what, completing
> the rest of the lab, and then going back to the tasks I couldn't
> complete earlier. Now, I'm quite confident that I will have full
> connectivity in 2-3 hours, even if I haven't met all the requirements.
> If I can then complete the rest and have an hour or 2 to go back and
> revise everything I think I have a pretty good chance of passing.
>
> To be honest, I'm not worried about any of the switching questions,
> only that I am thorough and don't miss anything. Switching is core,
> you need to know it or you'll waste too much time. IMO if you can't
> get full connectivity in 2-3 hours you will have a real battle just
> completing all the tasks let alone passing. Don't spend more than
> 10mins on 1 task. Move on and come back to it later. If it's a core
> task, find an alternative way to get connectivity so you can move on.
>
> Good luck! When is your lab?
>
> Cheers,
> Pat
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