Hey Groupies,
Just wanted to bring up a topic that I've been pondering. About a month
ago, me and another member on the list met up and started working on his path
to CCIE, starting with the "CCIE All-In-One Study Guide." Any of you who have
ever used this book have all seen the massive amounts of errors in it, from
picture errors, config errors, and even syntax spelling errors. We are almost
through the whole book and I must say that out of the 80 labs in the book, at
least 75% of them have had AT LEAST a tiny glitch on the authors part. I have
hated this for the time that I've been working in the book, until last night.
Me and the other member were working on one of the BGP labs. First of all,
there was a config missing for one of the routers, and for router D in the
config there wasn't supposed to be a serial address...but of coarse in the
picture there was one. We literally spent about 2 hours on what was supposed
to be a 20 minute lab. I commented this and the other member said "I know,
this is great." That's when I got to thinking. What if this author made all
of these mistakes to teach us troubleshooting. I must admit, I have spent a
lot of time on these labs trying to figure out what's wrong with them after
we use what the author wants, and I even get better from it. On the way home
last night I was thinking that maybe the book was intended to be that way and
all of those errata's are just ruining it because it's letting people not use
their heads. If this is NOT the case and the author didn't intend in making
this book a troubleshooter, then maybe he is a moron. But if he did, indeed,
write this book this way intentionally, then I have to tip my hat and say
that he is a genius and a great teacher. Just my thoughts guys. After all,
the second half of "the lab" is fixing what was made wrong. If this book can
simulate that...then it is the best CCIE study guide to a certain level. Have
a good one group,
Mark Zabludovsky ~ CCNA
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