Re: configuration speed

Oh one more - make the pipe your friend.

sh run | s router e
sh run | s policy
sh run | s ip acc
..etc

If you feel compelled to actually use 'show run' without pipes, at
least use the / to hunt to the place you're looking for. Many don't
realize that 'show run' followed by /router is equivalent to 'show run
| b router'. After you master the pipe you'll be annoyed by a generic
'show run'.

-nick

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:41 PM, Nick Matthews <matthn_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> I was a big notepad fan. I did almost all the configuration in notepad.
>
> -I could see a history of what I typed into the routers. It's quite a
> bit easier to check what you copy and pasted than checking portions of
> the show run.
> -You memorize nearly all the commands. This increases speed for sure.
> -You can copy and paste from one to the other. As I got better, I
> used this less as I found my speed had greatly outpaced my accuracy. I
> found BGP to be a real culprit of mistakes on copy and paste.
>
> To speed up a few other things:
> -Screw aliases. If you're getting your IE you'll probably be doing
> these commands a lot, and not exclusively on your routers. Memorizing
> the shortest possible commands is much easier. Things like 'sw m a',
> 'sw a v', 'sw t e d' 'sh ip rou' etc.
> -Learn the keyboard short cuts. Another thing you can use on routers
> everywhere. Forget a 'do' in config mode? Ctrl-a. At the end of a
> long command and you botched the first word? Ctrl-U, try again. It's
> way faster to delete the line and try again than it is to correct it.
> This is gold: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_0/configfun/configuration/guide/fcui.html#wp21155
>
> You know what else helps? Not making mistakes. Do it right the first
> time, if you can. Harder than it sounds :)
>
> -nick
>
> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Steve Means <smeans_at_ccbootcamp.com> wrote:
>> There are lots of good tips already, but I've found that repetition of a
>> specific technology instead of an entire lab is the key. Spend a few
>> hours doing some longer configs again and again, making sure they WORK
>> after you do them. Then do a review of that tech the next day to
>> reinforce. I don't have R&S lab experience, but on security I got
>> ridiculously fast at the core connectivity tasks doing this, while still
>> retaining accuracy.
>>
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>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>> Mark Wicker
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 10:01 AM
>> To: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
>> Subject: configuration speed
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Anybody have any suggestions for improving configuration speed without
>> sacrificing accuracy? I have been practicing the INE vol 2 scenarios
>> everyday
>> but still need more speed. I am trying notepad now to copy and paste all
>> repetitive configs. How do others do it?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mark
>>
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