From: lei tian (again.tl@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Aug 31 2008 - 08:58:49 ART
Hi Anbu,
My personal experience on how to speed up,
1 Use notepad. Build configuration in notepad, and then copy/paste to
device.
2 Use TS. Use teminal server to save configuration and do all the stuff you
need apply to all devices
3 Read first. Fox example, OSPF. Read all tasks regarding ospf and then
think about the solution, so you dont need to come back to same box over and
over.
4 Use show run | sec on routers.
HTH,
Lei
On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 11:32 PM, CCIE3000 <ccie3000@googlemail.com> wrote:
> For sure do a layer two.
>
> I follow the IE method from the lab set up. Four boxes for your switches in
> a diamond shape, Sw1 left, SW3 top sw4 right, sw2 bottom.
>
> Show connections from routers to switches and mark whether trunk or which
> vlan it should be. plus any special things concerning your interswitch
> links. It should take between 5-10 minutes and closer to 5. You may not
> ALWAYS need it but I'd bet you need it more times than not.
>
> No matter how prepared you are unless you are ultra cool (and in my eyes to
> be ultra cool in the lab you must be under the influence of something :) )
> you heart beat is going to be up and you are going to be a little edgy
> (which is a good thing, keeps ya sharp) you will have lots of things going
> on in your head thinking things through, don't leave anything to chance,
> have it down on paper and as an easy reference. You will be tired towards
> the afternoon and should you face a problem it's better to have a diagram
> to
> hand than try and think things through from memory.
> You should be aiming to have read the lab and drawn your diagrams within 30
> mins to 45. But then again it's better to spend an extra 10 minutes and get
> it right.
>
> My enlightenment was to use alias' e.g.
>
> cc for conf t
> ss for show run | section
>
> etc..etc...You must remove the alias before the end of the exam but I noted
> on my last attempt, I felt good, my nerves were in normal levels but for
> the
> life of me I kept making silly typing mistakes which were driving me
> crazy...and normally I can touch type okay. Add up the amount of repeat
> commands I made and they start to eat into your overall time.
>
> You just have to do lab after lab after lab after lab after lab...you get
> the idea.
>
> When I first start one lab could take me 4-5 days. Now I average 4-5 hours.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Si
>
>
> On 8/30/08, Adam Elghafri <ccie.adam@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > ok for me...
> >
> >
> > I DON'T drow a L2 topology (the physical ethernet, more accurately)
> unless
> > i
> > see:
> >
> > "make sure vlan 73 is pruned where it is necessery"
> > or "both the trunks between SW1 and SW2 should balance the traffic of
> vlans
> > 15 and 20"
> > or something else where u want to track the spanning of the vlans across
> > your trunks...
> >
> > otherwise its useless and wast of 20 minutes.. u only need to have a good
> > utilization of the L3 topology (the logical mixed up, more
> accurately)....
> >
> > now for reading the lab .. again.. after investigating with ppl who
> > passed..
> > here what i concluded:
> > -don't read the entire thing word by word as u r trying to solve... or
> else
> > it will be harmful !!!!.. yes.. if i do that.. then when i go back to do
> > the
> > lab from the beginning i just do it without thinking... i just loose the
> > concentration while doing it and fall in mistakes !!!!
> >
> > exactly when u come "very" prepared to a class...
> >
> >
> > so my advice.. make the reading not to exceed 10 to 15 minutes.. or a
> slow
> > skimming ..
> >
> > Footnote: i dont have a ccie number.. so what i say are just conclusions
> to
> > my "studies" experience ....
> >
> > On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 12:19 AM, KS Anpu <ksanpu@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I have one more month to sit the lab. Still it is very difficult to
> read
> > the
> > > full lab and draw the L2 diagram and short notes before start the lab.
> it
> > is
> > > taking nearly more than one hour . So i am expecting your advice / help
> > how
> > > can i speed up it ? and is there any other good practice to follow for
> > speed
> > > up..... other than using alias , tclsh for ping .
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > anbu.
> > >
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