Re: TCL Script - reachability to BGP networks

From my experience although i did have vast experience with tcl from work
(not related to the exam) when i was in my exam i did not use tcl or macro,
although a script is good for checking stuff over and over when it is
something as important as my exam i will check manually. My 2 cents ;-)
On 20 WDec 2011 07:15, "Tom Kacprzynski" <tom.kac_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Keller,
> For me it's a lot easier to generate a tcl script than a macro, but you
> have a point, if you have to create a macro for a switch why not just use
> that for the routers.
>
> The TCL scrip i'm using is really simple, just to save me time:
>
> foreach i {
> 150.1.1.1
> 187.1.13.9
> } { ping $i re 2 timeout 1 }
>
> .. basically all i have to remember is:
>
> foreach i {
>
> } { ping $i }
>
> Either way if you use a tcl or a macro, how do you generate the IP
> addresses for the BGP advertised routes in a quick efficient matter?
>
> Thanks
>
> Tom
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:08 PM, Keller Giacomarro <keller.g_at_gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > On a somewhat related note, why does everyone advocate learning TCL for
> > the exam? I've been doing my studies with nothing but ping macros and
> find
> > it to be intuitive, easy to change, and fast to setup. Additionally, you
> > can use the same macros for both routers and switches.
> >
> > Is there an advantage to TCL for CCIE purposes that I'm missing?
> >
> > Keller Giacomarro
> > keller.g_at_gmail.com
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 11:04 PM, Tom Kacprzynski <tom.kac_at_gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Hello Everyone,
> >> I have a quick question. Trying to optimize how I generate the
> >> reachability
> >> tcl script for the lab (the quicker I can create the script the more
> time
> >> i'll have troubleshooting any issue). For directly connected networks
> it's
> >> pretty easy.. just do sh ip alias on each router:
> >>
> >> Rack1R2#sh ip alias
> >> Address Type IP Address Port
> >> Interface 150.1.2.2
> >> Interface 187.1.235.2
> >> Interface 204.12.1.2
> >>
> >> ...using alt and mouse selection, copy only the addresses into the tcl
> >> script.
> >>
> >> But what* I'm looking for* is a nice quick way to get all of the active
> >> bgp
> >>
> >> routes in a similar way without doing much formatting, such as duplicate
> >> or
> >> tabs or weird spaces.
> >>
> >> What does everyone else do to check advertised routes reachability? Is
> >> there a nice BGP command that could be used with regex or some show ip
> cef
> >> ... command.
> >>
> >> Thank you in advance for any help.
> >>
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>
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