Re: configuration speed

Thanks. That's what I have been doing so I will keep on going with that
approach and continuing to work on weak technical areas.
I am also going to use the aliases that Tom suggested in conjunction with
the notepad strategy.

Thanks Everyone!
Mark

On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Joe Astorino <joeastorino1982_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> Learning how to bust out basic configurations for every major technology in
> notepad, and then copying / pasting only changing things where necessary was
> key to my success on lab day. I really recommend that approach as well, and
> doing all your practice that way so on lab day it is second nature.
>
> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 5:23 PM, Thomas Perrier <thomas_at_perrier.name>wrote:
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>> On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Mark Wicker <mwicker777_at_gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > I will do that. I am going to populate the devices in my lab with those
>> > aliases and see how it goes. And yes, this is just for the ccie lab, I
>> have
>> > plenty of real life experience and know all of the real commands as well
>> so
>> > it won't be a problem on a customer's equipment. My problem has been
>> that
>> > though I have over 13 years experience working on Cisco networks and
>> feel
>> > very comfortable with most of the technologies, I just seem to execute
>> too
>> > slowly in the ccie lab exam and have a hard time finishing. I think that
>> > maybe I try to be too thorough in each section and maybe I should not
>> double
>> > or triple check my work in each section. I guess my perfectionism maybe
>> > killing me due to time...lol
>>
>> IMHO, average typing speed is good enough for the lab. This is not a
>> secretary contest! :)
>> I wouldn't bother with aliases; I certainly didn't when I passed a few
>> years ago. If you feel short of time, I'd advise concentratint on weak
>> points where you spend too much time instead.
>>
>> -Thomas
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