Re: configuration speed

You need to know all IOS shortend commands. Just try how short you can type
in a command until it gets ambiguous.
Like
int fa0/1
 sw tr en do
 sw mo tr
 sw tr all vl 1,2,3,4

Kind regards,

Maarten Vervoorn

2011/9/8 Tom Kacprzynski <tom.kac_at_gmail.com>

> Nick
> Thanks for the link with shortcuts. That looks really good.
>
> Tom
>
> On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 10:41 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.
> > >
> > > Steve Means
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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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