Re: Time saving tips for during LAB [Time Management]

I am not going to argue merits of all that. In my production
environment, I have all the shortcuts I can have. You couldn'y
possibly believe what you can do with TextExpander and things like
that when working in IOS :-).

However, when I was in lab, I thought of only one thing - my workbook.
I didn't want to risk ending up with wrong shortcuts, shortcuts not
working, aliases being wrongly pasted - whatever that may happen...
not to mention cleaning up afterwards. I relied on my fingers,
configurations in Notepad and good-ol' copy/paste. That's only me,
though, YMMV and, of course, I visited lab only once and my view may
be skewed...

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Marko
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On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 17:40, Ryan West <rwest_at_zyedge.com> wrote:
> Marko,
>
> What I didn't mention is that I really only used a few of the aliases on regular basis. B I guess I don't understand how typing 4 or 3 letters is less efficient or demonstrates less knowledge than trying to type show ip int br | e una or show ip os nei. B I can't tell you how many times I've typed show run or conf t wrong on routers.
>
> Do you also recommend not taking the time to create a key-map? B I mapped mine to F6, seems a bit quicker and less error-prone to hit one key vs a 3-key combo followed by x. B Then when you're ready to create your TCL script, just hit F6 1, type sibe, hit F6 2, type sibe and go the whole way down. B Hit alt, highlight your IPs from R1 on down, paste them and remove dups and fluff.
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> Maybe I'm just paranoid, but with 4 hours left to go in the lab and I've completed it once, I think going over things once to look for abnormalities is a pretty good idea. B Maybe you'll interpret a question a little different after something later in the lab jogged you memory. B I think it's idealistic to think, hey I'm really good, there's no chance for errors. B I think most people will tell you they have recovered points by going through the lab again.
>
> So, just to reiterate, I think the 'shortcuts' are just as much for accuracy as they are for speed. B What's the point of typing out a long drawn out command when you can type it out once and refer to again with 4 characters?
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