Re: configuration speed

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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