From: Andrew Dempsey (apdccie@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Oct 04 2008 - 21:49:12 ART
I really see that this could lead to a lot of troubleshooting in the real
lab. Especially if they have broken stuff in your configs to begin with.
If I don't configure verify configure verify configure verify I tend to get
into a lot of trouble. Some things I do in notepad and then dump on the
routers the main ones that come to mind are PIM modes on interfaces, frame
relay configs, and L2 switching if there is a lot of it. This actually
sounds like something that might be useful to try just to test my
understanding of commands, but I wouldn't dream of doing it on my lab date.
Are you writing the configs all in notepad or using dynamips? No chance I
am gonna pull a full labs worth of commands out of thin air.
On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 7:42 PM, Charles Henson <chenson@gmail.com> wrote:
> This may be a bit naive of me but I was curious what anyones feedback would
> be on this subject. I'm coming up on my first lab attempt in a few months.
> I
> am currently using dynamips and renting racks for the most part. To make
> better use of my time (which is still an issue for me) I often sit down and
> write all my configs COMPLETELY in notepad one night and then paste them
> into the routers/switches at the beginning of my rack rental and
> study/troubleshoot/explore from there. One of the things that this has
> helped me with is the "gotchas" that come 10 pages later in the lab. It
> also
> makes me better with the configuration commands themselves. I have
> everything in notepad so changes are easy. Has anyone used this approach
> for
> the real lab or even considered it? I'm not saying do the entire lab in
> notepad, but maybe all the L2/L3 and routing protocols first before any
> security or QOS or whatnot is applied? I'm not seeing how this could
> negatively impact me too much. Since I haven't heard it mentioned on GS
> before, I'm wondering if maybe someones already been burned trying or if
> it's just too far out there.....
>
>
>
> --
> Charles
>
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