I agree, some people tend to spend waaay to much time to get comfortable with the environment.Just like you said, it doesn't matter which terminal emulator you get, you'll get one that will do the job, without fancy features.
You have to be stupid to miss those shortcuts on your desktop, so router access is another thing where you don't have to worry about. I agree, be comfortable with the blueprint and just take it as it comes :-) -- Regards, Rick Mur CCIE2 #21946 (R&S / Service Provider) Sr. Support Engineer – IPexpert, Inc. URL: http://www.IPexpert.com On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 7:28 AM, Matt Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > Something else I'll say which I said before... > > Don't spend too much time worrying about which version of SecureCRT > you can use or if you can use your own pencils. You don't get marked > on that. You get marked on spanning-tree, OSPF, MPLS, BGP, IP > Services and whatever else is in the blueprint. Worry about that. > > My (personal) opinion is spending too much time trying to be > comfortable with what they lab environment might be can lead to some > complacency and then shock when it is discovered on exam day what they > tried to set up does not resemble the lab at all. > > FWIW - the first time I used SevureCRT was in my lab exam. Prior to > that I was using Mac OSX terminal and Ubuntu terminal. Made no > difference to me whatsoever what terminal emulator you use. Work on > the Blueprint, focus on its contents and thats where you gain points. > > Cheers, > Matt > > CCIE #22386 > CCSI #31207 > > 2009/9/29 Michael Lipsey <[email protected]>: > > Some of this I think depends on where you take the exam. > > > > > > > > I took my first one at San Jose and it was a very pleasant experience. I > was > > very nervous about what the lay of the land would be myself and it was > very > > much a professional and easy to work in environment. > > > > > > > > > > > > The cubes were short walled and smallish but big enough to sit > comfortably > > in. The monitor was a large, flat, wide screen – at least 24” possibly > > larger. I usually use 2 19” monitors myself and this one was more than > big > > enough. > > > > > > > > Notepad, Calc are usable. > > > > > > > > The Terminal program is an older Secure CRT that does not support tabs. > > > > > > > > The browser was IE and you have access to this link basically: > > http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/psa/default.html?mode=prod > > > > > > > > There were a few parts of the documentation that were restricted but it > > wasn’t much and I wouldn’t worry about it terribly. Everything that is on > > the blueprint should be available to you. > > > > > > > > My proctor was very approachable and did not give me cryptic answers but > be > > sure your questions are simple and to the point. > > > > > > > > No food was allowed at the work station, drinks are allowed at the > > workstation. There was a bathroom across the hall and a break room. I > didn’t > > go in the break room but supposedly there was a drink and snack machine > in > > there. > > > > > > > > Lunch was good. > > > > > > > > Best of luck! > > > > > > > > -Mike > > > > _______________________________________________ > > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > > visit www.ipexpert.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > For more information regarding industry leading CCIE Lab training, please > visit www.ipexpert.com >
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